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The World

What Trump's foreign policy picks say about the war in Ukraine

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6943 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump promised to end wars, worldwide, starting in Ukraine. As his administration's Cabinet takes shape, we'll look at his appointees' records to get a deeper understanding of the Trump administration's approach to that conflict. Also, three new laws passed by Iraq’s parliament could effectively legalize child marriage, according to critics. And, what the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change will mean for the globe going forward.

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0:00.0

President Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time.

0:11.3

The exit may go faster, maybe more painful, or have more impact with a spillover effect this time around.

0:18.0

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

0:19.3

And I'm Marco Wurman. Today, the Paris Agreement without the U.S.

0:23.3

Also, what to expect for Russia and Ukraine from an administration setting peace as a priority.

0:29.2

The war must end. Every single person has said the war must end. And there's a way of talking that's become

0:34.7

trendy in South Korea. You can probably hear raising tone at the end, even though it's not a question.

0:42.7

Why that uptalk is illegal in North Korea.

0:46.6

Plus, in a church in Spain, bacteria have been enlisted to save priceless frescoes.

0:51.8

Those stories and much more coming up today on the world.

0:58.0

This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for joining us this Wednesday.

1:04.7

Ukrainian President Volodymere Zelenskyy says that if Russia and Ukraine come to a peace deal,

1:09.7

a minimum of 200,000 European troops would

1:13.1

be required to enforce it. Those were his comments at the Davos conference in Switzerland this

1:18.9

week. President Trump says ending wars is a top priority for his new administration, but how that

1:24.6

will happen has not come into focus. The rules Daniel Offman starts us off today with a look at what Trump's cabinet nominees

1:30.9

are saying about the war in Ukraine.

1:33.7

Just hours after the inauguration, President Trump was in the Oval Office signing executive

1:39.1

orders and taking questions from reporters.

1:42.1

On a few occasions, he was asked about the war in Ukraine

1:45.1

and his thoughts about Russian president Vladimir Putin. He can't be thrilled. He's not doing so well.

1:51.1

I mean, he's grinding it out, but most people thought that war would have been over in about one week.

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