Protests continue after Georgia parliament approves controversial 'foreign agent' law
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Opponents say Georgia's 'foreign agent' legislation will stifle democracy and are calling for the government to step down. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, says America will remain alongside Ukraine until its security is guaranteed. President Biden introduces new tariffs on imports from China.
Also on the programme: a new study has found that the summer of 2023 was the warmest in the northern hemisphere in 2000 years. Two prison officers have been killed in northern France, as an inmate was freed by a heavily armed gang while he was being transported back to jail. Voters in the EU take part in European parliament elections next month - our correspondent hears from people in the German city of Hamburg.
Flooding in southern Brazil worsens after three more days of heavy rain. Canada's first ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Alice Munro has died at the age of 92. Meryl Streep receives an honorary Palme D'Or at the opening ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 15th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:10.0 | Riot police confront protesters in Georgia after Parliament passes a foreign influence law |
| 0:15.4 | that opponents fear will be used to stifle dissent. |
| 0:18.6 | The US tells Ukraine more weapons are on their way to the front line. Joe Biden accuses China of cheating |
| 0:25.0 | not competing as he introduces a massive package of trade tariffs. |
| 0:29.0 | Also in this podcast Donald Trump's legal team has been questioning his former |
| 0:35.1 | fixer Michael Cohen's credibility as a witness at the ex-president's Hushmoney trial |
| 0:40.0 | in New York and... It's the most important film festival in the world. I like when all |
| 0:47.0 | stars they come to one city. The film world gathers in the south of France as the Can Film Festival gets underway. |
| 0:58.1 | Let's begin this podcast in Georgia. It's been clashes between riot police and thousands of protesters in the capital Tablisi, after parliament voted |
| 1:12.1 | through a controversial bill which will force civil society |
| 1:14.9 | and media organizations to register if they receive foreign funding. Critics are likening the |
| 1:20.3 | bill to legislation in neighbouring Russia used to stifle dissent and |
| 1:24.3 | silence criticism of the Kremlin. Thousands of protesters in the capital Tbilisi |
| 1:28.9 | chanted no to the Russian law. The government claims it's necessary to maintain Georgian sovereignty. |
| 1:34.7 | Ryan Dimitri is in Tablise. |
| 1:36.5 | It's been a dramatic day here in Belize. |
| 1:39.1 | Protesters clashed with the police after more than three weeks of demonstrations. |
| 1:44.0 | Er's heart is a fight over Georgia's future, one that takes it to Europe or one that takes it |
| 1:50.8 | back to Russia. They marched in with a warning against the |
| 1:58.1 | protesters who have been demonstrating outside parliament for weeks. |
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