Muhammad Yunus sworn in as interim Bangladesh leader

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🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as Bangladesh's interim leader. He flew into Dhaka after Sheikh Hasina - who ruled the country for 15 years - fled to India following weeks of student-led protests. We hear from someone who worked with Mr Yunus in microfinance - the field that led him to win a Nobel peace prize in 2006.

Also in our programme: as Kamala Harris draws closer in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held his first conference since her nomination as his Democratic opponent; and the Norwegian Foreign Minister responds to Israel's decision to strip eight Norwegian diplomats of their diplomatic accreditation.

(Photo: Muhammad Yunus signs the oath book as the country’s head of the interim government in Bangladesh. Credit: Reuters / Mohammad Ponir Hossain)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to New Zow from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live
0:07.8	from London. I'm James Menendez and we're going to begin today in Bangladesh
0:12.1	where just a few hours ago the Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Eunice
0:16.6	was sworn in as the country's new interim leader.
0:19.7	I mean Mohammed Eunice. Shrutitte, Shrutte, Shrutte, Shrutte, Shrutte, Shrutte,
0:26.0	Shrutrutte,
0:28.0	Shrutrutte,
0:29.0	Shrutrutte, Mr Yunus only arrived back in Bangladesh earlier today.
0:33.0	Its return follows the toppling of the previous government, led by the long time former
0:39.0	Prime Minister Shay Kacina, after weeks of often violent unrest. She has now left the country and so an interim
0:46.5	government will take over until new elections can be held. Mohammed
0:51.0	Una said restoring law and order was his immediate priority.
0:55.0	Well let's head to the Bangladeshi capital now and hear from Samira-Hossane
0:59.0	our South Asia correspondent who's in Dhaka, she managed to up with Mr Eunice on his return.
1:05.0	I was there just as he got off the plane and walked into the airport and in front of me
1:10.5	he was greeting some members of the military and as he was walking
1:15.6	through I've caught up with him and I asked him just what this all means for
1:20.6	him and what this means for the country?
1:23.8	I feel good and that is a lot of work to be done.
1:28.6	People are excited, know that something new opportunities have arrived.
1:33.0	What is your message for people here?
1:37.0	Discipline.
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