A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.
This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240216.mp3 (29:00)
From FRANCE- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is continuing to push his plan to expel migrants to Rwanda despite the UK Supreme Court rejecting the idea.
From JAPAN- Japan has lost its place as the world's third largest economy. The severity of the New Years day earthquake in Central Japan has led to fine tuning evacuation plans around nuclear power plants. South Korea has restored ties with Cuba which had stopped with the 1959 Cuban revolution. Jose Borell, Foreign Policy Chief for the EU, says the death toll in Gaza should have Israeli allies rethinking their military support. Egypt and Turkey are working together to avert the catastrophe happening in Palestine.
From GERMANY- Last weekend Trump said that NATO countries that do not pay into it at the agreed amount will not be defended by the US- which has rekindled the idea of an EU military alliance and possible nuclear weapon proliferation. A few excerpts from the Putin interview by Tucker Carlson. Protests continue to swell in Israel against Netanyahu and the war in Palestine.
From CUBA- Venezuela accuses Mobil-Exxon and Guyana of working together to steal their land and petroleum resources. Argentinian Peace Prize Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel urged the international community to demand the release of Julian Assange.
Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml
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