Nato marks its 75th anniversary
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Nato's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, hails its success as Ukraine pleads for more missiles. Mr Stoltenberg stressed helping Ukraine is not in question. Also: Emergency workers in Taiwan say more than 600 people remain trapped after Wednesday's strong earthquake, and as veteran hard rockers Kiss sell off their back catalogue for $300 million we hear from co-founder Gene Simmons.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Nigel Adelie and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 4th of April, |
| 0:12.0 | these are our main stories. As NATO celebrates its 75th |
| 0:16.5 | anniversary Ukraine pleads for more missiles. |
| 0:20.3 | I don't want to spoil the birthday party but my main message today will be patriots because saving |
| 0:27.0 | Ukrainian lives depends on the availability of patriots. |
| 0:30.9 | Myanmar rebel groups carry out drone attacks on key military targets in the capital. |
| 0:36.4 | Aid agencies have told Israel it must better respect the rules governing the protection |
| 0:41.4 | of humanitarian workers. |
| 0:47.0 | Also in this podcast, the former speaker of the South African Parliament appears in court |
| 0:51.4 | on corruption charges and he won a million dollars at |
| 0:55.4 | 15 but a gaming champion talks about why he quit. I've realized that there is |
| 1:00.8 | more to life than gaming and you do grow up and it's not a thing that you |
| 1:04.8 | can do forever especially at a high level. |
| 1:07.0 | NATO is marking its 75th anniversary today, but it's no time to celebrate as leaders of the Defence Alliance |
| 1:18.4 | worry they're not spending enough and not doing enough to prepare for the possibility of a wider war with Russia. |
| 1:25.0 | NATO's two newest members, Finland and Sweden, joined in direct response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. |
| 1:35.0 | At his ceremony in Brussels, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg |
| 1:40.0 | said the Alliance's success came from the interdependence of its North American and European members. |
| 1:46.5 | Europe needs America for its security. |
| 1:50.5 | At the same time, North America also needs Europe. |
| 1:55.0 | European Allies provide world-class militaries, |
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