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🗓️ 19 April 2025
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US President Donald Trump has warned that unless Russia and Ukraine agree quickly to end their conflict, the United States will abandon its peace efforts. Also: project shares the sounds of Unesco World Heritage sites.
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0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:05.0 | I'm Jackie Leonard, and in the early hours of Saturday the 19th of April, these are our main stories. |
0:10.9 | President Trump has confirmed he will abandon efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine |
0:16.5 | unless there's progress within days. A US senator has been speaking about his meeting with Kilmar Abrigo Garcia, |
0:23.6 | an immigrant who was wrongly deported last month to a jail in El Salvador, |
0:28.4 | and nearly 200 people have gone on trial in Istanbul |
0:31.2 | over their role in huge protests against the Turkish government. |
0:36.5 | Also in this podcast on World Heritage Day, |
0:40.2 | celebrating Sonic Heritage. |
0:48.4 | The US President Donald Trump once famously promised |
0:52.3 | to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. |
0:56.5 | But now, almost three months in, it's proving harder than he expected, and frustration and |
1:01.5 | tough talk are coming from Washington. On Friday, President Trump said he believed that Ukraine and |
1:07.5 | Russia were what he described as enthusiastic about peace, but he had this warning. |
1:12.8 | If for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say |
1:19.2 | you're foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people, and we're going to just take a pass, |
1:24.1 | but hopefully we won't have to do that. |
1:27.0 | President Trump's comments echoed remarks earlier in the day by the U.S. Secretary of State |
1:31.7 | Marco Rubio, who warned that Washington was prepared to walk away from talks aimed at ending the |
1:37.6 | war if a deal can't be reached soon. That outcome could potentially leave the Ukrainians looking |
1:43.4 | even more exposed as Russia continues to launch strikes on Ukraine. |
1:48.0 | Meanwhile, people in Ukraine are preparing for their fourth Easter period while at war with Russia. |
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