Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has met Saudi Arabia's crown prince in his first foreign trip since returning to the White House. Also: tennis stars Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic end their working partnership after just six months
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Andrew Peach and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 13th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.7 | President Trump's lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia as he seeks trade deals worth a trillion dollars. |
| 0:17.7 | The latest on whether President Zelensky will meet Vladimir Putin in peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday. |
| 0:24.0 | And the head of the main UN agency for Palestinians tells the BBC, |
| 0:27.9 | Israel's blockade of food deliveries to Gaza is a war crime. |
| 0:33.7 | Also in this podcast, one of France's biggest film stars, Gerard Depardiers, found guilty of sexual assault. |
| 0:40.3 | For me, it's a victory, truly a great step forward. I feel justice prevailed. |
| 0:45.6 | And? But the thought that he could be, going behind enemy lines, if you like, and working for the man who was his great adversary for so many years, |
| 1:00.3 | helping him trying to win a 25th Grand Slam title so soon was phenomenal. |
| 1:04.4 | Tennis rivals Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic end their partnership. |
| 1:13.1 | President Trump has landed in Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip since returning to the White House. |
| 1:21.4 | The Neshid al-Watani to the United Americania. |
| 1:24.3 | The Salam of the Sautilani al-Saudi. |
| 1:26.2 | Salaam! Take! Thank you. He was greeted by a military guard of honor. The president hoping to secure deals worth a trillion dollars. |
| 1:39.9 | Saudi Arabia was also the first country Mr. Trump went to in his first term in the White House. |
| 1:44.6 | So why is it so important to him? |
| 1:46.6 | Our North America editor Sarah Smith is traveling with the president. |
| 1:50.7 | Because it's about the cash to be absolutely brutally blunt about it, |
| 1:54.5 | Donald Trump is not on a diplomatic mission to cure any kind of peace deals |
| 1:59.5 | or negotiate long-term strategic goals in the Middle East. |
| 2:03.2 | He is here to secure American investment and Saudi Arabia has promised him hundreds of billions |
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