The Oval Office Argument Aftermath
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at how Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders are reacting to the row/pile on/slanging match between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.
Starmer called both men on Friday night to show support, and he’s hosting Zelensky at Downing Street ahead of a European leader summit on Sunday.
Laura and Paddy discuss the Prime Minister’s plans plus answer questions from listeners about the dispute.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Well, since we have met on the weekend newscast, |
| 0:09.0 | has never been actually never been a week like it. |
| 0:11.7 | No, there hasn't. |
| 0:13.3 | Not because it's been busy with the news. |
| 0:16.1 | We have lots of weeks when they're busy with the news |
| 0:18.1 | and all sorts of different stories happening, |
| 0:19.6 | but because of the pylon, meltdown, car crash of epic proportions, whatever you want to call |
| 0:25.6 | it in the Oval Office last night, that I still probably think to a lot of people listening, |
| 0:30.0 | and even to me to be honest, you still kind of think, did I really see that? |
| 0:33.2 | Did it actually really happen? |
| 0:34.8 | So the row is now, well, 18 hours old. |
| 0:37.6 | We're recording at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. |
| 0:39.8 | But I don't think the dust is settled. |
| 0:41.0 | Try from it. |
| 0:41.7 | So let's get underway with Saturday's newscast. |
| 0:44.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:46.9 | I like landscapes. |
| 0:47.8 | I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 0:49.2 | Japping, unemployed people who are overweight. |
| 0:51.6 | That is not the agenda. |
| 0:52.9 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
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