2025-11-11
30 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Uncle Desai and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 11th of November, these are our top stories.
The US says Syria is joining the international coalition to defeat Islamic State Jihadists and is resuming diplomatic relations with Washington.
It follows talks at the White House between Donald Trump and the Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharam.
The US Senate has voted in favour of a compromise funding package to try to end the government shutdown.
And also coming up in this podcast, the UK's top literary award is handed out.
Once it had got some momentum and I felt the award was going to be good,
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We hear from the British-Hungarian author David Salloy who won the Booker Prize.
The U.S.
has recruited a new member to its alliance of countries fighting the Islamic State Group in the Middle East.
Officials in Washington say Syria has joined the coalition after its President Ahmed al-Sharah met Donald Trump at the White House.
The two countries have also resumed diplomatic relations.
Mr.
Al-Sharah is himself a former Islamist extremist with ties to Al-Qaeda.
But last year,
he led the overthrow of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and became the head of the new government.
Since then, he's been trying to build bridges with the West, promising to bring stability to Syria.
On Monday, Mr.
Al-Sharah arrived at the White House without fanfare, entering through a side door.