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Global News Podcast

Ukraine's troop mobilisation deadline

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Ukrainian government is struggling to replace battlefield losses in its ongoing war against Russia which is well into its third year. Also: why Donald Trump picked JD Vance as his running mate, and Gareth Southgate is resigning as England manager, even though his team reached the final of the Euros football tournament.

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0:00.0

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

0:05.0

I'm Valerie Sanderson at 13 hours GMT on Tuesday the 16th of July.

0:10.0

These are our main stories.

0:12.0

In Ukraine, men age between 18 and 60,

0:14.9

are queuing at military enlistment offices to update their personal details or face

0:20.1

fines and possible prosecution. It comes as the country tries to boost its

0:24.7

forces to fight Russia's offensive. Donald Trump receives a hero's welcome at

0:29.9

the US Republican Convention in Wisconsin.

0:33.0

That was amazing.

0:34.0

It was one of the best experiences.

0:35.0

I had tears in my eyes and I haven't cried like that since I lost my mother.

0:39.0

He loves us all and I love Trump and I'm not ashamed to say it.

0:44.0

Also in this podcast, four people are killed and others wounded in a shooting near a mosque in

0:50.6

Oman known as one of the most stable countries in the Middle East.

0:54.3

And South Korea Spy Agency says a former North Korean diplomat defected with his

0:59.7

family last November. We start in Ukraine where men of fighting age only have today to update their contact details with military enlistment offices.

1:14.4

The government will impose fines and possibly prosecute those who don't comply.

1:18.9

The Ukrainian government is struggling to replace battlefield losses in its ongoing war against Russia, which is well into its third year.

1:26.0

A correspondent in Kyve is James Waterhouse.

1:29.0

A couple of months ago, Ukraine passed a controversial mobilization law which widened the age of

1:35.3

conscription where men were would be forced to fight. It was widened to between the

1:41.2

ages of 25 and 60 so So it's a pretty wide catchment area. But this is the

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