Putin’s poisonings

Worldly

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Yochi, Jenn, and Zack talk about the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK with a deadly nerve agent. The British government says Russia was behind the startling attack, but it’s not clear how far they — or the Trump administration — are willing to go in response. On Elsewhere, they talk about how a French far-right party tried to rebrand itself to hide its racist and anti-Semitic history, but wound up adopting the name of an infamous group that cooperated with the Nazis during World War II. Zack shows off his French, Jenn thinks “Le Google” is a thing, and Yochi bids a fond farewell to former Secretary of State Rex “Mr. Charisma” Tillerson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Worldly, Box's Weekly Guide to the most important stories in the world,
0:11.8	part of the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:13.9	I'm here as always with Jen and with Zach.
0:16.3	And today we're starting with what seems like a James Bond movie come to life, the poisoning
0:20.3	of a former Russian spy and his daughter who lived in the United Kingdom.
0:24.0	Both were found unconscious late last week in the town of Salisbury.
0:27.5	So who is behind the attack?
0:29.3	According to Prime Minister Theresa May, it's Russian President slash
0:33.0	shirtless bond villain Vladimir Putin.
0:35.0	Mr Speaker, this attempted murder using a weapons grade nerve agent
0:38.9	in a British town was not just a crime against the Scripples.
0:43.0	It was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the United Kingdom
0:48.0	putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk.
0:51.0	And we will not tolerate such a brazen attempt to murder innocent
0:55.5	civilians on our soil. So Moscow says it isn't responsible because of course that's
1:00.4	what they say but no one believes them. That's because the nerve agent
1:03.7	was made by the Soviet Union. As far as we know, the only place it is held in the world
1:07.7	is within Russia. It also isn't the first time Putin has tried to kill
1:10.7	his enemies in England using gloriously Baroque and somewhat
1:14.0	macabre and grim methods, but let's start with the poisoning itself.
1:17.5	You know, Zach, who is Sergei Scripple and why would Putin want him and it seems
1:21.4	possibly his daughter dead.
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