Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Zohran Mamdani has won New York’s mayoral election after defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, making history as the city’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest in more than a century. The 34 year old surged to victory with promises to tax millionaires to pay for expanded social programmes. Meanwhile, Democrats are projected to win governor races in Virginia and New Jersey. Also: a cargo plane has crashed at Louisville airport in Kentucky, sparking a huge fire and killing at least seven people; the UN says new restrictions by the Taliban have forced it to suspend operations at a crucial border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran; Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said his government will seek an independent investigation into a police raid in Rio de Janeiro that left more than 120 people dead; the American man who faked his own death and fled to Scotland after being accused of rape; and Paris residents are offered a chance to be buried alongside the rich and famous.
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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. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Julia McFarlane and at 6 o'clock GMT on Wednesday the 5th of November. |
| 0:17.4 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:19.6 | A Muslim and democratic socialist, Zerran |
| 0:22.3 | Mamdani, has won the race to be New York City's next mayor, the youngest person to hold |
| 0:28.2 | the job for more than a century. In a further blow to President Trump, the Democratic Party |
| 0:34.2 | is on course for victories in other polls across the US, including governor |
| 0:38.8 | elections in Virginia and New Jersey. A huge fire has broken out after a cargo plane crashed |
| 0:45.8 | at Louisville Airport in Kentucky, killing at least seven people. Also in this podcast, the UN suspends operations on the Afghan border with Iran. |
| 0:59.2 | And these are very beautiful places. |
| 1:01.4 | You know, in the most dense city in Europe, these are places where you can have sort of pastoral walks. |
| 1:06.9 | Although they're graveyards, they're very nice places to be. |
| 1:10.1 | The Parisian neighbourhood with the quietest residents. |
| 1:17.7 | Zaran Mamdani has won the race to be New York City's next mayor. |
| 1:23.2 | With the victory, the 34-year-old will etch his place in history |
| 1:26.9 | as the city's youngest mayor in a century |
| 1:29.7 | and the first Muslim to hold the position. |
| 1:33.2 | This is the moment the news was announced at his campaign's watch party. |
| 1:44.0 | Well, Mamdani, who described himself as a democratic socialist, led a campaign focused on making life more affordable for ordinary Americans. |
| 1:54.1 | Several politicians have congratulated him, with Barack Obama saying the future looked a little brighter. |
| 2:00.9 | But President Trump suggested the results were down to the government shutdown, now the longest |
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