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Global News Podcast

Trump awarded Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Fifa President Gianni Infantino awarded Donald Trump with the football federation's first-ever peace prize, at a lavish ceremony to select the groups for the 2026 men's World Cup. The tournament will be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico. But why does President Trump care about football? Also: Colombia signs a peace deal with the criminal drugs gang Clan del Golfo. Violent clashes jeopardise a ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan. And the celebrity architect Frank Gehry has died at the age of 96.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.

0:05.5

This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:12.4

I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Saturday, December 6th, these are our main stories.

0:19.1

The world's most popular sport goes to Washington. Donald Trump

0:23.0

presides over the men's World Cup draw at an offbeat event that tried to mix sports with politics.

0:30.1

There's nothing bigger than the biggest event in the world's biggest sport, and he wants to be front and center of that.

0:36.8

Colombia signs a landmark peace deal with its largest drug gang.

0:41.3

And our correspondent travels to northern Italy to speak with women migrants trying to start

0:47.0

new lives in Europe.

0:51.9

Also in this podcast, a woman who's wanted for allegedly trafficking tiger parts is arrested in India after 10 years on the run.

1:06.5

We're going to start with an event in Washington, D.C. that on the face of it, was focused on sport, but managed to mix in politics and entertainment, too.

1:17.3

It's the draw for next year's Men's World Cup, starting next June in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

1:23.4

The draw was meant to focus on allocating the 48 qualifying teams into groups to set out how the tournament will proceed.

1:32.3

But it was an entertainment event, too.

1:35.3

The more than two-hour spectacle was hosted by the Hollywood actor Kevin Hart and supermodel Heidi Klum and featured a long list of celebrities and sporting greats.

1:45.8

Donald Trump was the one winning all the accolades and was presented with the newly created

1:50.9

FIFA Peace Prize at the ceremony. The head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, said he was handing over

1:57.2

the giant golden trophy and medal on behalf of football fans worldwide.

2:02.7

We see images of war all over the world. And like everyone, we suffer for every child that dies.

2:13.3

We cry with every mother that loses someone she loves.

2:19.8

And we want to see hope.

2:23.7

We want to see unity.

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