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

I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Saturday the 31st of May, these are our main stories.

Donald Trump has showered his billionaire backer Elon Musk with compliments at a news conference

to mark the tech baron's departure from the US government.

The UN has warned that Gaza's entire population is at

risk of famine, despite the partial lifting of an Israeli blockade. Taylor Swift says her greatest dream

has come true, having brought back the rights to all her albums. Also in this podcast? If we consider that Russia could be allowed to take a part of the territory of Ukraine without any restriction,

how would you phrase what could happen in Taiwan?

A stark warning from the French president over Ukraine.

Elon Musk's time in the Trump administration has come to an end after 129 days, during which

the world's richest man took an axe to government spending, stirring plenty of controversy

along the way. While he was in the role for little more than four months, his work with

the new Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, upended the Federal Government and had an impact not just in the halls of power

in Washington, but around the world. He said he would cut trillions. That hasn't happened, but there have

been real cuts. Thousands of jobs have gone, and Trump and Musk have remained close, despite

some openly expressed policy differences.

Here's some of what's been said since Donald Trump came to power.

Goge. Perhaps you've heard of it. Perhaps.

Which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight.

The people voted for major government reform.

There should be no doubt about that.

That was on the campaign.

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