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

I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Saturday the 14th of September,

these are our main stories.

President Biden has met with Britain's Prime Minister to discuss whether to

let Ukraine fire Western long-range weapons at Russia. A military court in the

Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 37 people to death for taking part in an alleged coup attempt.

The football at Cristiano Ronaldo is thought to be the first person ever to reach more

than a billion followers across all of his social media accounts.

Also in this podcast...

I just want everybody to know how much we appreciate the concern for us specifically.

Every time I talk to someone that hey that we're praying for you

There's prayers coming up for me and sunny both street science people we don't even know across the nation

Butch Wilmore one of two NASA astronauts stranded at the International Space Station by technical

problems with their Boeing spacecraft. They say they don't feel let down.

President Biden and the British Prime Minister have met at the White House

with an appeal by Ukraine to be allowed to fire Western-supplied long-range weapons

at targets in Russia on the agenda.

President Zelensky has said if Mr Biden and Mr Starmer give the go-ahead,

Russia's missile launchers in the main logistics routes could be destroyed within months.

As they sat down in the White House before the media were instructed to leave,

the US President addressed the British Prime Minister.

I want to thank you for the UK leadership in the United States.

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