US ends its longest-ever government shutdown
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
President Donald Trump said the country has "never been in better shape" as he signed a funding bill re-opening the government. Democrats had said they would not support the bill unless Republicans restored healthcare subsidies for lower-income Americans. But this week a handful of Democrat lawmakers crossed the aisle, voting to end the shutdown. Also: the White House accuses Democrats of creating a "fake narrative" after parts of the Epstein files are leaked. The documents include emails in which the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein says President Trump "knew about the girls". We look at the lucrative business of building drones in Ukraine. And we find out why the Northern and Southern Lights are easier to see this week.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm on criticise and in the early hours of Thursday the 13th of November, these are our main stories. |
| 0:15.9 | President Trump assigned a bill to end the 43-day shutdown of government after it was passed by the U.S. House |
| 0:21.8 | of Representatives. The White House says emails released from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey |
| 0:26.8 | Epstein were selectively leaked by Democrats to create a false narrative about President Trump. |
| 0:34.9 | Also in this podcast, prosecutors in Milan investigate allegations that wealthy Italians took part in so-called sniper safaris during the Bosnian War of the 90s. |
| 0:46.4 | And a mass ejection of energy and particles from the sun means a spectacular light show may be visible in many parts of the world. |
| 0:54.0 | When it's particularly strong, it can travel even further away from the polls. |
| 0:57.8 | It can be easily visible to the naked eye, even if you're not necessarily at a dark site. |
| 1:02.3 | And it's just gorgeous, like such a show, it's spectacular. |
| 1:10.2 | We start in the United States where after 43 days, the longest ever U.S. government shut down is coming to an end. |
| 1:17.0 | The House was back in session on Wednesday for the first time in weeks, |
| 1:20.1 | and it narrowly approved a Senate bill that will provide the necessary funding to reopen government. |
| 1:26.1 | On this vote, the ayes are 222, the nays are 209. |
| 1:30.3 | The bill is passed. The motion is adopted. Signing the bill into law, President Trump blamed |
| 1:38.4 | the Democratic Party for what he called the madness of the past 43 days. I just want to tell you, |
| 1:46.1 | the country has never been in better shape. |
| 1:50.0 | We went through this short-term disaster with the Democrats because they thought it would be good politically. |
| 1:53.2 | And it's an honor now to sign this incredible bill |
| 1:57.3 | and get our country working again. |
| 2:00.2 | Thank you. |
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