Nato 75th anniversary summit begins in Washington

Global News Podcast

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Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ukraine is high on the agenda at the three-day summit in Washington. In his opening remarks, President Biden pledged more air defence systems for Kyiv. Meanwhile Democratic party politicians have held meetings over concerns about Mr Biden's fitness for re-election.

Also in this podcast, a Russian court issues an arrest warrant for opposition figure Yulia Navalnya, the trial of actor Alec Baldwin begins in New Mexico, and how Denmark is encouraging tourists to go green.

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0:00.0	This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:05.0	I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Wednesday the 10th of July,
0:09.0	these are our main stories.
0:11.0	NATO members are in Washington to mark the Alliance's 75th birthday
0:15.8	and to discuss support for Ukraine. Democratic leader in the House of Representatives
0:20.4	holds a crisis meeting on President Biden's re-election bid.
0:25.0	A Russian court issues an arrest warrant for Yulier Navalnya, five months after the death of her husband
0:31.1	Alexei Navalny in prison.
0:35.2	Also in this podcast we hear from two victims of FGM who underwent
0:40.0	reconstructive surgery in Europe and
0:43.2	five
0:44.2	four
0:45.3	four two
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0:51.6	the mai two sers decolage the Europeans The European Space Agency successfully launches its new Arian6 rocket.
1:00.0	NATO members have begun a three-day summit to mark its 75th birthday. It comes
1:09.2	just a day after Monday's ferocious series of attacks on Ukraine, which left the country's largest
1:15.5	children's hospital in ruins. World leaders have condemned the strikes on civilians,
1:20.4	which killed 42 people, although Moscow denies the hospital in Kiev was hit by a
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