US military targets Islamic State group in Nigeria
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump says US air strikes have killed multiple Islamic State fighters in Nigeria. He described the group as "terrorist scum" who had persecuted innocent Christians. Also: as Russia considers the latest US-backed peace plan, Ukraine's President Zelensky hails "new ideas" to end the war; former Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, endorses his son Flavio to effectively stand in for him in next year's elections; how neutral Switzerland tried to maintain an uneasy compromise during the Second World War; and how an unexpected knock at the door one Christmas led a homeless man making himself at home - for 45 years.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Danny Cox, and in the early hours of Friday the 26th of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.0 | President Trump says U.S. forces have carried out a powerful and deadly strike |
| 0:22.1 | on the Islamic State Group in Nigeria. Philodomier Zelenskyy says he's had a long conversation |
| 0:27.8 | with U.S. invoice to find new ways to end the war against Russia. The former Brazilian leader Jaya |
| 0:34.2 | Bolsonaro has endorsed his son Flavio's bid for the presidency in 2026. |
| 0:42.2 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:44.2 | I have a plan for the people of my country, for my country. |
| 0:52.1 | An emotional return after 17 years in political exile. |
| 0:56.3 | But what will Bangladesh look like if Tarek Raghman wins power? |
| 1:04.0 | First, since he returned to the White House at the start of the year, |
| 1:08.2 | President Trump has launched attacks against Iran |
| 1:10.7 | and built up U.S. military presence in the Pacific and Caribbean seas, |
| 1:15.2 | striking alleged Venezuelan drug smuggling boats, |
| 1:18.1 | as part of efforts to force the country's leader Nicholas Maduro to stand down. |
| 1:22.8 | He's now entered a hotspot in Africa, Nigeria. |
| 1:26.5 | Mr. Trump said that U.S. airstrikes targeted the Islamic |
| 1:29.5 | state group in the northwest of the country, killing multiple IS members. He also said that he did |
| 1:35.1 | so because the group, which he described as terrorist scum, had persecuted innocent Christians. |
| 1:41.2 | Nigeria's foreign minister, Yusuf Tugar, gave his reaction to the BBC. |
| 1:45.5 | What I can confirm is a joint operation between Nigeria and the US that has targeted terrorists. |
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