US threatens tariffs over Greenland
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
President Trump warns he'll impose fresh trade tariffs on countries that oppose his plan to annex Greenland. European leaders have condemned the move, describing it as blackmail. Also: Iran's supreme leader acknowledges that "a few thousand people" were murdered during recent anti-government protests; a US federal judge calls for ICE agents in Minneapolis to face restrictions; Yoweri Museveni becomes Uganda's president for the seventh time in a row; NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad; scientists debunk claims linking paracetamol to autism; the Scottish football team's change of clothes sparks a row over identity; and 'Sentimental Value' wins big at the European Film Awards.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.8 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.2 | I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 18th of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.7 | Demonstrations in Greenland as Donald Trump threatens |
| 0:22.4 | export tariffs on eight European countries which oppose his plan to take control of the semi-autonomous |
| 0:29.1 | Danish territory. Uganda's electoral authorities declare Yuri Maseveni, president for a seventh term, |
| 0:36.1 | despite opposition accusations of widespread voter fraud. |
| 0:39.9 | Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khaminai admits, as he puts it, a few thousand people died in the recent anti-government protests. |
| 0:50.9 | Also in this podcast, get off the fence. We will identify you and come arrest you. Get off the fence. |
| 0:55.0 | We will identify you and come arrest you. |
| 0:57.8 | Get off the fence. |
| 0:59.4 | We will come arrest you. |
| 1:01.7 | A U.S. federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that 3,000 ice agents sent to Minneapolis |
| 1:07.9 | should face restrictions on what tactics they can use. |
| 1:15.5 | Ever since his first presidency, Donald Trump, was keen to get hold of Greenland. But since the |
| 1:21.5 | audacious US raid on Venezuela, the president has been increasingly strident about his desire to |
| 1:27.3 | buy the semi-autonomous Danish territory. |
| 1:30.5 | On Saturday, he threatened eight European allies with tariffs if they continue to oppose his plan, |
| 1:36.6 | starting at 10% before rising to 25%. |
| 1:40.4 | The nations in the firing line include Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany and the UK. |
| 1:46.3 | Just hours before the announcement, people in Greenland took to the streets to protest against |
| 1:51.1 | Mr Trump's threats to annex the Arctic Territory. |
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