White House talks on Greenland end without progress
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The United States has not changed its ambition of taking over Greenland after hosting high level talks at the White House. Denmark's foreign minister described the discussions as constructive, but warned there was still a fundamental disagreement over the Arctic island's future. Also: President Trump says the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped amid threat of US strikes; the Gaza peace plan moves to phase two; a leaked recording of the Taliban in Afghanistan hints at political division; the International Space Station carries out its first medical evacuation; and a renowned Michelin star restaurant gets a one star hygiene rating.
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| 0:36.8 | High-stakes talks on Greenland's future at the White |
| 0:39.4 | House failed to dissuade the US President to drop his demand for the Arctic Island. Donald |
| 0:45.5 | Trump says he's been told on good authority that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped. |
| 0:51.5 | After days of threats against the regime, is he backing away from military action? |
| 0:57.0 | A leaked recording of the Taliban in Afghanistan, obtained by the BBC, reveals political |
| 1:02.2 | divisions between hardliners and pragmatists. Also in this podcast, the International Space Station carries out its first medical evacuation. |
| 1:14.4 | There's always a lot of thought that goes into the contingency scenarios. |
| 1:18.6 | So whilst this hasn't happened before, it's often been trained for and considered. |
| 1:23.9 | Four astronauts leave the station a month early after one of them develops a serious health issue. |
| 1:33.6 | A high-stakes meeting at the White House over Greenland's future has failed to make a breakthrough. |
| 1:39.2 | President Trump has long made it clear that he is intent on taking over the huge Arctic island, a self-governing |
| 1:46.1 | territory that's part of Denmark, possibly by military means. That alarmed his NATO allies in Europe |
| 1:53.0 | so much that on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland went to Washington for a meeting |
| 1:58.9 | with the US Vice President, J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Greenland went to Washington for a meeting with the US Vice President, J.D. Vance, |
| 2:01.4 | and U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. |
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