2026-01-15
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China is developing its ambitious polar silk road through the cold and volatile waters of the Bering Sea that borders both Russia and the United States.
Join me and Aholigan
as I travel to Alaska to explore why China is increasing its presence around America's last frontier.
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Thursday,
the 15th of January, these are our main stories.
High-stakes talks on Greenland's future at the White House failed to dissuade the US president to drop his demand for the Arctic island.
Donald Trump says he's been told on good authority that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped.
After days of threats against the regime, is he backing away from military action?
Elite recording of the Taliban in Afghanistan obtained by the BBC reveals political divisions between hardliners and pragmatists.
Also in this podcast, the International Space Station carries out its first medical evacuation.
There's always a lot of thought that goes into the contingency scenarios.
So whilst this hasn't happened before, it's often been trained for and considered.
Four astronauts leave the station a month early after one of them develops a serious health issue.
A high stakes meeting at the White House over Greenland's future has failed to make a breakthrough.
President Trump has long made it clear that he is intent on taking over the huge Arctic island,
a self-governing territory that's part of Denmark, possibly by military means.