Hi Namalanta combo here with some very exciting news.

Dear Daughter is back for a new series.

I'm putting together a handbook to life for daughters everywhere,

full of stories and advice to help navigate life.

That's Dear Daughter from the BBC World Service.

Find it wherever you get your BBC Podcasts.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritzen and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 8th of March,

these are our main stories.

Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump in the last state of the Union speech

before the US election.

Both the US and the European Union announced plans to bring large-scale humanitarian aid into

Gaza by sea.

Raids are carried out in India against traffickers who have been tricking people into

joining the Russian army.

Also in this podcast could the Oscars provide a morale boost for the Ukrainians

wars don't start with explosions. They start with silence.

And International Women's Day, what is its significance today?

But first, President Joe Biden has taken on critics who say he's too old at 81 to run for

office again, delivering a fiery state of the Union speech and

claiming that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world.

Mr. Biden used the term my predecessor to refer to Donald Trump 13 times in a speech that lasted more

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