Stay calm on Greenland UK tells Trump and EU
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer has given a special address to set out Britain's stance over Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his move to annex Greenland. The British prime minister said tariffs were no way to resolve differences within an alliance, and that calm discussion was needed instead. Also: Mr Trump criticises Norway, mistakenly accusing its government of not awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize; Investigations begin after Spain's worst train crash in a decade; the Pentagon prepares to deploy 1500 soldiers to Minnesota where protests continue over immigrant deportations; Snap elections are announced in Japan next month; Russia's President Putin is invited onto the Gaza peace board; trials are underway for a blood test for Alzheimers; and why short attention spans may be changing the ways films are made.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Valerie Sanderson at 1600 hours GMT on Monday the 19th of January. |
| 0:16.0 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:17.9 | The British Prime Minister, Kier Starrarrmer says President Trump's plan to impose |
| 0:21.7 | tariffs on countries opposed to his goal to take over Greenland is completely wrong. At least |
| 0:27.7 | 39 people have died in a train crash in Spain. Japan's Prime Minister calls a snap election. |
| 0:36.2 | Also in this podcast, I'm looking at the presence of three proteins that have been linked to Alzheimer's disease, so-called blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease. |
| 0:46.7 | Could a simple finger-prick blood test be the future for diagnosing Alzheimer's? |
| 0:56.7 | There have been many tests for European leaders during the first year of Donald Trump's second term in the White House, |
| 1:03.1 | but so far they've tried to manage, placate and charm the US president. |
| 1:07.7 | Now, his aim of acquiring the semi-autonomous territory of Greenland, part of the |
| 1:12.2 | Kingdom of Denmark, has alarmed politicians to such an extent they're pushing back. Some senior |
| 1:18.2 | EU figures are openly accusing the US President of blackmail over Greenland. Here is Germany's |
| 1:24.2 | Finance Minister, Lars Klingbbilt speaking alongside his French counterpart. |
| 1:30.1 | Germany and France agree that we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed. |
| 1:35.3 | There will be a united, clear response from Europe. |
| 1:38.1 | And we are now preparing united countermeasures with our European partners. |
| 1:43.2 | We are preparing for the event that President |
| 1:45.3 | Trump maintains his tariff threat. Washington insists there will be punishment in the form of trade |
| 1:53.6 | tariffs from next month for any country that stands in the way of the President's ambition to acquire |
| 1:59.1 | Greenland. President Macron of France wants the EU to fight back |
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