2026-04-13
26 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Ankur Desai and in the early hours of Monday the 13th of April, these are our main stories.
Peter Meijer wins a landslide election victory in Hungary,
unseating Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years in power.
Iran reacts defiantly to President Trump's announcement that the US military will blockade all maritime traffic
to and from Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz.
And Peru says it will reopen some polls after tens of thousands of people were unable
to vote in the country's presidential election.
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I thought it was so difficult to win last year because of trying to win the Masters and the Grand Slam.
And then this year I realized it's just really difficult to win the Masters.
Rory McIlroy makes golfing history at the Masters,
becoming only the fourth player ever to win golf's biggest tournament twice in a row.
The European Union's longest-serving leader has conceded power,
and there is now a new prime minister in charge of Hungary.
Peter Modya has been greeted like a rock star in the Hungarian capital after the party
of the opposition leader won a landslide election victory.
It heralds sweeping change in Hungary after 16 years under Viktor Orban, with ramifications across Europe.
The outgoing PM is a friend of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and had often been a thorn in the side of Brussels,
repeatedly blocking funding for Ukraine, which he accused of trying to force his country into war with Russia.