President Putin says Russia will respond to the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Speaking at a Russian security council meeting, he said the Russian army must dislodge Kyiv's troops from the border region. Also: The leader of a Kenyan cult goes on trial for manslaughter over the deaths of more than four hundred of his followers; and the Italian media is exercised about rumours that Madonna wants to hire the ancient ruins of Pompeii to stage a birthday party.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Monday the 12th of August, |
| 0:07.8 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:09.6 | Russia is evacuating people from another border region as Ukraine continues its surprise attack. |
| 0:16.7 | Greece's most severe wildfire this year is approaching the northern outskirts of the capital |
| 0:22.1 | Athens. The leader of a Kenyan cult has |
| 0:25.4 | gone on trial for manslaughter following the discovery last year of more than 400 |
| 0:30.2 | bodies in mass graves. Also in this broadcast, the US has sent a submarine to the Middle East. |
| 0:38.0 | We'll hear from our chief international correspondent on the latest situation in the region. |
| 0:43.0 | And after the Olympic Games, President Macron thanks volunteers and organises in Paris |
| 0:48.0 | and says they proved the doubters wrong. Increasing numbers of Russians are being moved from their homes as Ukraine continues a week-long |
| 0:59.6 | military offensive in the Kursk region. Its governor Alexei Smyroff said evacuation |
| 1:05.6 | orders had been extended to the Belovsky district south of Ukraine's main |
| 1:10.2 | manoeuvres and with a population of 14,000 people. A further 11,000 have left their |
| 1:16.8 | homes in an adjoining district of the Beelgorod region because of what its governor |
| 1:21.6 | called enemy activity on the border. |
| 1:25.0 | Well videos online show Ukrainian soldiers in Russian villages raising their blue and |
| 1:29.5 | yellow national flag on official buildings. |
| 1:32.8 | Thousands of soldiers are now believed to be as far as 30 kilometers |
| 1:36.5 | inside Russian territory. |
| 1:38.6 | James Waterhouse is in Ukraine's Sumi region |
| 1:41.8 | close to the border with Russia. |
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