King Charles praises NATO in address to US Congress

Global News Podcast

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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President Trump has called the bond between the US and the UK a friendship "unlike any other on Earth" at a state dinner attended by King Charles and Queen Camilla. Earlier in a historic address speech to Congress, King Charles praised NATO and said the UK-US partnership was more important than ever. We ask if these warm words can repair the two countries' relations. Also: The former FBI director, James Comey, has been charged with threatening the life of President Trump in a picture he posted on social media last year; Mali's ruler appears in public for the first time since insurgents tried to seize power; and we look at the impact of lab-grown diamonds on the wider diamond industry.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:11.6	I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 29th of April, these are our main stories.
0:18.1	Warm words have been shared between King Charles and President Trump during
0:22.5	the King's state visit. Is it enough to repair relations? Also in the U.S., the indictment of
0:29.0	James Comey, Donald Trump has been openly pushing the Justice Department to prosecute the former FBI
0:34.4	director. Mr. Comey says he'll fight back.
0:43.6	Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago.
0:49.4	And this won't be the end of it. But nothing has changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid.
1:00.0	Also in this podcast, Molly's ruler appears in public for the first time since insurgents tried to cease power.
1:10.8	My dear fellow countrymen, now is more than ever the time to show confidence in our armed forces who are engaged in a complex struggle against terrorism.
1:20.3	We begin in the U.S. and King Charles' state visit to the country.
1:25.2	It's an important visit for U.S. U.S. U.S. U.K. relations which have been struggling during the Second Trump administration.
1:27.3	And in the last few weeks, President Trump had a harsh reaction after Britain's prime minister, Kier Starrmer,
1:33.9	made it clear the UK would not be drawn into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.
1:39.2	Many on both sides of the Atlantic hope the visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla to the United
1:45.0	States will put things back on track. After meeting President Trump at the White House on
1:49.8	Tuesday, the King addressed the U.S. Congress. And as we record this podcast, he's attending a
1:55.9	state dinner at the White House. Our North America correspondent Peter Bowes is following the visit. I began by asking
2:03.3	him what King Charles said in his speech to Congress. Well, he talked a lot about NATO. In fact, this is a
2:09.8	subject that he returned to later during his speech at the dinner. At the banquet, his speech was
2:15.8	mostly lighthearted, but he said of the alliance that it
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