Russia scales back Moscow Victory Day parade
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Russia has announced that its annual military parade in Moscow, which commemorates its victory in World War Two, will be scaled back this year because of the threat from Ukraine. For the first time since 1945, there will be no armoured vehicles or missiles systems on show across Red Square. Also: the British Government rules that a woman abused by the late Harrods owner Mohammed El-Fayed was a victim of modern slavery; a new report suggests extreme heat, wildfires and record sea temperatures have affected much of the continent of Europe; police in Colombia say they've arrested a guerrilla leader accused of orchestrating the country's deadliest bomb attack on civilians in decades; and London Zoo is planning a new wildlife health centre to allow people to see everything from animal medical checks to post mortem examinations.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.6 | Hi, I'm Ankara Desai and on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 29th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.2 | Russia has announced that its annual military parade in Moscow, which commemorates its victory at World War II, will be scaled back this year. |
| 0:25.1 | The Kiev regime is now engaged in full-scale terrorist activity, and therefore all measures are being taken to minimize the danger. |
| 0:35.2 | The British government rules that a woman abused by the late Harrod's own |
| 0:38.3 | Mohammed Elfayad was a victim of modern slavery. |
| 0:41.8 | We'll be hearing from her. |
| 0:45.7 | Also in this podcast? |
| 0:47.4 | Inspire the next generation. |
| 0:49.1 | Perhaps just inspire the people of today to actually care that a little bit more for wildlife. |
| 0:53.1 | They're so critical to us and we know populations are declining. |
| 0:56.3 | London Zoo will for the first time allow visitors to watch life procedures inside a planned state-of-the-art animal hospital. |
| 1:02.8 | And do women's footballers need their own stadium? |
| 1:05.5 | One English club have released their plans for Europe's first purpose-built women's football stadium. |
| 1:21.5 | We start this edition in Moscow, which is gearing up for Russia's annual Victory Day parade on the 9th of May. |
| 1:26.5 | It's usually an occasion to show off the country's military might, with hundreds of tanks and thousands of soldiers |
| 1:28.0 | parading in step through Red Square. |
| 1:46.5 | But for the first time in nearly two decades, the Kremlin has announced there will be no military equipment on display this year. |
| 1:50.0 | I asked our global affairs reporter Paul Moss, why are they doing this? |
| 1:55.4 | Well, I can give you the official reason, which is that there is a threat of a terrorist attack. |
| 1:59.4 | Now, in some ways, this parade has always presented an obvious target. |
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