2025-04-15
29 分钟You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
We're recording this at 13 hours GMT on Tuesday, the 15th of April.
The Trump administration says it's freezing more than $2 billion of funding for Harvard.
At least six prisons in France have been attacked overnight, with one hit by gunfire.
And after two years of civil war in Sudan, we report from one of the worst hit cities.
Also in this podcast, China accuses three U.S. national security agents of cyber attacks.
We can't continue our education.
I studied English privately for three years, but poverty forced me to stop.
When every door closed, I came here.
Carpet weaving was all that was left.
The girls in Afghanistan forced to take up carpet weaving.
Along with immigrants, law firms and trading partners,
U.S. universities have been caught up in President Trump's efforts to radically reshape the world.
Some of America's most prestigious seats of learning have been accused of left-wing bias and not doing enough to stop anti-Semitism.
Some, such as Colombia, have caved into the administration.
But Harvard is standing firm, rejecting demands to audit the views of its students and shut down diversity programs.
No government, regardless of which party is in power,
should dictate what private universities can teach, the Harvard president said in a statement.
Now, the U.S. government has hit back freezing $2.2 billion in grants.