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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson at 1400 hours GMT on Friday the 29th of December.

These are our main stories.

Deaths are recorded after Russia launches more than 150 missiles

across Ukraine. A peace initiative is developing in Cairo as the Israelis continue strikes

on Gaza also.

My duty and obligation is to hold the Constitution.

And I made the determination that I did.

My decision is thorough and based on the rule of law the facts before me.

Why it's becoming more difficult for Donald Trump to get back into the White House.

Also in this podcast, lovers of luxury in Switzerland may soon have to say farewell to foie gras and...

I don't like sharks, that's why I'm sitting on the beach always I don't go into the water

how South Africans are taking measures to prevent shark attacks

We start in Ukraine where the sound of air defense sirens rang out through the night in the capital Kieve.

Then in the warning of the sound of at least three big explosions in the city centre.

Mariska papalushka is a journalist who lives in the capital.

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