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Global News Podcast

Russian missile attack on Chernihiv

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

President Zelensky calls for more air defences after a missile attack kills at least 14. He described the attack in Chernihiv, which destroyed an eight-story building and damaged a hospital, as Russian terror. Also: A BBC investigation uncovers the death of more than 50,000 Russians in the war, and a controversial emoji forces Apple to update its software. All this and more in the podcast with the top news stories from around the world - from the BBC World Service.

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:06.0

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is being recorded at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 17th of April.

0:12.0

Ukraine says a Russian attack that killed 14

0:15.1

people could have been prevented if allies had provided more defense equipment.

0:18.9

The UN says inequalities in health care around the world are literally killing women and the young men fleeing Myanmar to avoid conscription.

0:30.0

Also in the podcast, the British and German foreign ministers are in Israel to try to prevent a

0:35.1

wider war after Iran's attack at the weekend and to read or not to read this book it's

0:41.8

in your hands so take a look the plays by gentle

0:44.9

Shakespeare here with pictures through each play appear trying to get children to

0:50.2

enjoy Shakespeare plus how an emoji became embroiled in the long-running dispute over Jerusalem.

0:57.0

It is not a new complaint from Ukraine, but it is one that seems to be increasingly relevant

1:06.3

as Russia steps up its attacks.

1:08.9

Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky says his army was unable to stop a Russian missile attack on the northern

1:15.0

city of Cheniev because they didn't have enough military support from Western allies.

1:20.1

Officials say the assault killed at least 14 people,

1:23.8

with many more believed to be injured and trapped under the rubble.

1:27.4

Our correspondent in Kyiv James Waterhouse has the latest.

1:30.8

We saw footage online of people running for cover, in one case of a trolleybus, where

1:38.2

there were loud explosions and columns of smoke going into the air.

1:41.8

Now according to authorities in this northern

1:44.5

Ukrainian city which is 60 miles from the border with Russia, there were three

1:48.9

missiles which hit the center of the city. Authorities say an eight-story building was hit in a

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