Second fatal shooting by US immigration agents
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Masked ICE agents in Minneapolis have shot a US citizen dead -- the second such killing this month - sparking further protests in the city. The Department of Homeland Security says he was violent and armed with a gun. Also, we report from Myanmar on the final stage of elections, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide victory; Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has described the first three-way peace talks with Russia and the United States in Abu Dhabi, as "constructive"; and an exhibition at Britain's National Archives of Love Letters across the generations.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 25th of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:20.0 | Another US citizen is shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis. |
| 0:24.3 | The Trump administration says the man violently resisted, a claim disputed by city and state leaders. |
| 0:31.3 | It's the final round of voting in Myanmar, where the pro-military party looks on course for a landslide. Critics call it a sham. |
| 0:41.9 | Also in this podcast, Donald Trump pays tribute to British soldiers who died in Afghanistan, |
| 0:48.3 | appearing to step back from false claims about their role. China's highest ranking general |
| 0:53.8 | becomes the latest military official |
| 0:55.7 | to be purged by President Xi Jinping. And, |
| 0:59.4 | I most humbly beseech your majesty to pardon your poor old servant to be this bold |
| 1:05.5 | and send you to know how my gracious lady doth, I humbly kiss your foot. |
| 1:10.0 | An exhibition of love letters across the generations opens in London. |
| 1:18.9 | First. |
| 1:20.1 | Ice go home! I go home! Ice go home! Ice go home! Hens go home! Hundreds of people have been protesting on the streets of Minneapolis |
| 1:30.8 | against the presence of ICE agents after an American citizen was shot dead by a federal immigration officer. |
| 1:37.6 | It's the second such killing there this month. |
| 1:40.6 | The victim has been named as 37-year-old Alex Preti, |
| 1:45.9 | a nurse who worked with military veterans in an intensive care unit. The Trump administration moved swiftly to defend the actions |
| 1:51.6 | of the federal agents. The Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Noem, gave this account of what |
| 1:57.4 | happened. An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a nine |
| 2:01.8 | millimeter semi-automatic handgun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed |
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