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The World

Trump's action on Ukraine leave Europe flat-footed

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6943 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have signaled a dramatic shift in the US approach to Russia, Ukraine, and the NATO alliance. Where does that leave Europe? Also, the latest craze in cryptocurrency is using memes to bring attention to specific coins. They're called meme coins, and they're risky, because they're backed by nothing but internet attention. Now, one of the world's poorest countries has become the first to launch a national meme coin. The Central African Republic's president launched it on X, and it's been a wild ride ever since.  And, in Spain, the trial of former women's national team coach Luis Rubiales comes to an end; Rubiales is accused of sexual aggression for a victory kiss that player Jennifer Hermoso says was not consensual.

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0:00.0

On October 3rd, 1980, a bomb was detonated outside a synagogue on Copernic Street in Paris.

0:06.0

Three decades later, French investigators finally identified a suspect in the case.

0:11.0

A Lebanese Canadian sociology professor, living a quiet life on the outskirts of Ottawa, Canada.

0:17.0

Is Hassan Zyab guilty?

0:19.0

Can you introduce yourself? Or is the escapego?

0:22.1

Hassan Diab. From Canada land, this is the Copernic affair. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

0:35.1

When President Trump talked about ending Russia's war in Ukraine, he called up Putin without consulting Europe or Ukraine.

0:41.9

European leaders are in shock.

0:43.7

There is a feeling that a phase of history is ending, that a phase of the transatlantic relationship is ending.

0:51.2

I'm Marco Wurman, today the impact of one 90-minute phone call. Also,

0:55.2

the discovery of a Roman ruin in London's financial district gives some shape to past history.

1:00.6

It should give us a whole load of answers about the origins of London. In Azerbaijan,

1:06.1

police are cracking down on same-sex relationships. They're not reading homes anymore or

1:10.4

reading the cafes anymore.

1:11.6

They're using technology.

1:12.6

Plus the new crypto craze.

1:14.6

With meme coins, there's literally nothing back in there.

1:18.6

It's just based on memes, vibes, and internet attention.

1:23.6

All that and more today, here on the world.

1:26.6

This is the world.

1:45.3

This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being here. It took one phone call to change the U.S. European relationship. President Trump's 90-minute conversation yesterday with Vladimir Putin recast the Russian leader into seemingly a legitimate negotiating partner. On the same day, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsteth was at NATO headquarters in Brussels and effectively ruled out Ukrainian membership in NATO

1:50.9

and Ukraine getting back its territory that Russia occupies. European allies were not consulted

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