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

I'm Andrew Peechon in the early hours of Wednesday,

the 22nd of February.

These are our main stories.

A year after its invasion, President Biden says Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia

in a defined speech in Poland, just hours after President Putin

lashed out at the West during an address in Russia.

A court in New York finds Mexico's former anti-narcotics chief guilty of pocketing millions

in return for allowing safe passage for drugs.

And parts of southern Africa on higher alert as a powerful cyclone hits Madagascar.

Also in this podcast why some of the canals of Venice are completely dry

and how do you get artificial intelligence to write you a novel in a matter of hours?

You start giving the chat GPT information about characters and settings

that you want your book to revolve around.

Autocrats only understand one word.

No, they were the words of President Joe Biden as he challenged Vladimir Putin's vision

of the war in Ukraine.

Standing outside the royal castle in the Polish capital Warsaw,

he urged the world's democracies to continue standing up to Russian aggression.

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine on the 24th of February last year,

neighboring Poland opened its border to millions of Ukrainians fleeing their country

and Polish people welcomed refugees into their homes.

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