2026-01-24
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I'm Will Chalk and in the early hours of Saturday January the 24th these are our main stories.
The White House has made its first comments
since President Trump started a row by saying NATO troops had stayed a little off the front lines during the war in Afghanistan.
The issue of territory takes centre stage at trilateral talks between Russia,
Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi.
The UN urges Tehran to end brutal repression after thousands were killed during anti-government protests.
Also in this podcast.
I'm going to be freesolving Taipei 101, one of the tallest buildings in the world.
No ropes, no gear, just me in the building.
Rock climber Alex Honnold is about to go sky high, but not everyone's impressed.
Well,
the angry reaction to Donald Trump's comments that NATO allies didn't pull their way and stayed a little off the front line during the war in Afghanistan doesn't seem to be dying down.
The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, normally treads carefully around the US President,
but he called it insulting and frankly appalling.