Trump edges closer to Republican nomination
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Indonesia, Georgia, Thailand and Colombia.
Donald Trump’s only Republican rival for the US presidency, Nikki Haley, says she’ll fight on, despite roundly losing to him in her home state of South Carolina, where she was governor twice. Our Correspondent, Will Vernon, joined Republican campaigners in South Carolina, as they went door-to-door.
In Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, a former army general with a questionable past humans rights record, is set to become the country’s next president. Our South East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, remembers first meeting Mr Subianto, when he served under the dictator General Suharto.
Thousands of babies in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia were stolen from their parents at birth and sold. Our Correspondent, Fay Nurse, meets some mothers who were told their new-borns had died suddenly, but who now wonder if they may still be alive.
Thailand is moving a step closer to legalising same-sex marriage. In Bangkok, Rebecca Root meets couples who are keen to tie the knot.
And we’re in Colombia, where a literary festival encourages people to debate divisive issues without turning to violence. Kirsty Lang finds out more.
Producer: Sally Abrahams Production Co-ordinator: Sophie Hill Editor: Matt Willis
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Today we're in Indonesia, where the former Army Chief with a dark past |
| 0:10.0 | is set to become the new president. |
| 0:12.0 | But what will this mean for the country's future as a democracy? |
| 0:16.6 | In Georgia, the mothers who were told their babies had died at birth, but now learn they might |
| 0:22.2 | actually be alive. |
| 0:24.0 | As Thailand moves a step closer to legalising same-sex marriage, |
| 0:29.0 | we meet couples keen to tie the knot. |
| 0:31.0 | And we're in a part of Colombia once known as Narco Country, |
| 0:35.8 | where a book festival gives people the chance to debate divisive issues without the need for violence. |
| 0:42.0 | First, Donald Trump's republic... without the need for violence. |
| 0:43.0 | First, Donald Trump's Republican arrival for the US presidency, |
| 0:47.0 | Nicky Haley, says she'll fight on, |
| 0:50.0 | despite roundly losing to him in her home state of South Carolina. |
| 0:55.0 | Former UN Ambassador Mrs. Haley is the only remaining challenger to Mr. Trump |
| 1:00.0 | who won last weekend's primary by a 20-point margin. Just days later came |
| 1:06.4 | Michigan where Donald Trump also won a decisive victory. Our correspondent |
| 1:12.4 | Will Vernon was in South Carolina joining Republican |
| 1:16.0 | campaigners as they went door to door. Some years ago the state of South |
| 1:21.0 | Carolina adopted a new slogan for car number plates. |
| 1:24.8 | Smiling Faces Beautiful Places. |
| 1:28.0 | Shoe Shop owners Sean and Zoe Owen are indeed beaming when I meet them in the state capital Columbia. |
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