2025-12-06
26 分钟This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Celia Hatton and in the early hours of Saturday, December 6th, these are our main stories.
The world's most popular sport goes to Washington.
Donald Trump presides over the men's world cup draw at an offbeat event that tried to mix sports with politics.
There's nothing bigger than the biggest event in the world's biggest sport and he wants to be front and center of that.
Columbia signs a landmark peace deal with its largest drug gang and our correspondent travels to northern Italy to speak with women migrants trying to start new lives in Europe.
Also in this podcast,
a woman who's wanted for allegedly trafficking tiger parts is arrested in India after 10 years on the run.
We're going to start with an event in Washington, D.C.
that, on the face of it, was focused on sport,
but managed to mix in politics and entertainment, too.
It's the draw for next year's Men's World Cup, starting next June in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
The draw was meant to focus on allocating the 48 qualifying teams into groups to set out how the tournament will proceed.
But it was an entertainment event, too.
The more than two hour spectacle was hosted by the Hollywood actor Kevin Hart and supermodel Heidi Klum and featured a long list of celebrities and sporting greats.
Donald Trump was the one winning all the accolades and was presented with the newly created FIFA Peace Prize at the ceremony.
The head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino,
said he was handing over the giant golden trophy and medal on behalf of football fans worldwide.
We see images.
of war all over the world.