President Trump hails the golden age of America
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Following Donald Trump's annual State of the Union address, we look into some of his claims about the economy and immigration. Also: Japan announces a timeline for deploying missiles to a small island near Taiwan in a move that angers China. The Spanish government declassifies documents related to a failed coup 45 years ago which had threatened the transition from military dictatorship to democracy. And how to watch the planet parade this week.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Pete Ross and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday the 25th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.8 | We'll take a closer look at Donald Trump's claim in his State of the Union address |
| 0:22.6 | that America is in a golden age. |
| 0:25.2 | In Sudan, four leaders of the paramilitary Sudanese group, the rapid support forces, |
| 0:29.9 | have had sanctions imposed on them by the United Nations. |
| 0:33.3 | Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a former intelligence chief in connection with the deadly |
| 0:37.9 | 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 280 people. |
| 0:46.7 | Also in this podcast, Japan says it will deploy missiles on a small but strategic island |
| 0:52.3 | close to Taiwan amid rising tensions with China. |
| 0:56.0 | And... |
| 0:56.7 | If you're in a tall building looking out, it will help or just somewhere over the sea. |
| 1:00.4 | All those things really helped to find planets when they're low down in the sky. |
| 1:04.7 | A rare opportunity to see six planets lined up on parade. |
| 1:13.6 | In our previous podcast, you heard about Donald Trump's historically long State of the Union speech, |
| 1:19.5 | during which the US President told a sharply divided Congress that his administration had heralded, |
| 1:25.1 | in his words, the Golden Age of America. In nearly two hours of |
| 1:29.4 | remarks, Mr Trump talked up his successes, railed against Democrats over the economy and immigration, |
| 1:35.2 | and warned Iran against developing its nuclear program. We'll have an assessment of the key points |
| 1:40.4 | made by Mr. Trump during his address in a moment. But first, here's a reminder of the |
| 1:45.1 | highlights of the speech from Helena Humphrey. |
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