2025-12-14
27 分钟Hey there, I'm Asma Khalid.
And I'm Tristan Redman.
And we're here with a bonus episode for you from the Global Story podcast.
The world order is shifting.
Old alliances are fraying and new ones are emerging.
Some of this turbulence can be traced to decisions made in the United States.
But the US isn't just a cause of the upheaval.
Its politics are also a symptom of it.
Every day we focus on one story, looking at how America and the world shape each other.
So we hope you enjoy this episode and to find more of our show,
just search for The Global Story, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Every day, 137 women and girls around the world are killed by an intimate partner or family member.
That's according to the most recent data from the United Nations.
In an effort to curb violence against women,
Italy has now become the latest country to adopt a specific law around the murder of a woman an account of her gender.
Last month, the Italian parliament voted unanimously to introduce this term,
Femmicide, into the country's legal code.
Now, there's ample debate about whether this new law will actually change the reality for women,
or whether it's purely symbolic.
But the law has strong support across political and ideological lines, and a major reason?