Trump's military action threat alarms Nigeria

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Speaker 4 I'm Janet Jalil and at five hours GMT on Monday the 3rd of November these are our main stories.

Speaker 4 Donald Trump says he won't rule out airstrikes or deploying American troops to protect Christians in Nigeria, who he claims, without proof, are being slaughtered by Islamist extremists.

Speaker 4 Delays increase at American airports as the US government shutdown enters its second month.

Speaker 4 Also, in this podcast.

Speaker 9 We won the World Cup for the first time in history, and I feel really good about it. And the stadium was completely full, and the environment was too good.

Speaker 4 Indians celebrate after their team wins the Women's Cricket World Cup for the first time.

Speaker 4 Donald Trump was re-elected president on a pledge to bring peace and end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.

Speaker 4 But now, a day after threatening military action against Nigeria over what he says, without proof, is the mass slaughter of Christians by Islamist extremists, he has doubled down on that threat.

Speaker 4 He told reporters on Air Force One that the US could send troops to Nigeria or carry out airstrikes there.

Speaker 10 They're killing

Speaker 4 The US President's words have caused great alarm in the vast African nation, which has a Muslim majority north and a Christian majority south.

Speaker 4 Nigeria denies that Christians are being targeted more than any other group. It's tried to play down Mr.
Trump's threats by saying it would welcome U.S.

Speaker 4 help in fighting Islamist insurgents, but that America must respect its sovereignty. Daniel Bawala is an advisor to the Nigerian president.

Speaker 11 If it is a joint action with the Nigerian government, then that's fine, because Nigeria is a territorial country, right? It's a sovereign country.

Speaker 11 And I don't think diplomatically it would be right to invade a country without collaboration with that country, especially if that country is your partner in the fight against insurgency.

Speaker 11 Where you see that kind of intervention is where there is an intelligence assessment that that country is, in fact, the one fueling the crisis for which the Americans want to intervene.

Speaker 11 This is not the case with Nigeria.

Speaker 4 Our Africa analyst, David Bamford, told me more about Mr. Trump's comments.

Speaker 12 In Air Force One, he was telling reporters that he did not rule out sending troops to Nigeria or carrying out airstrikes to protect what he said, Christians who were being killed in large numbers by the Islamist insurgents.

Speaker 12 He wasn't very specific about when or how that might happen or whether he really means this, but it will be a quite significant thing if he was to actually send ground troops into Nigeria.

Speaker 4 And the Nigerians are saying that this is not true, that Christians are not being targeted any more than any other group. So, what is behind this? Why is Donald Trump saying these things?

Speaker 12 For months now, the evangelical groups in the US have been coming up with this idea that the the Islamist insurgents are killing large numbers of Christians in Nigeria.

Speaker 12 This has been egged up by the Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth, who's talked about imposing some faith-based security in Africa, Senator Ted Cruz, groups like Open Doors, which have been calling for American intervention.

Speaker 12 But the problem is that Nigerian politics is a very complicated thing, and the Nigerians are saying that it's not Islamist insurgents that are particularly killing Christians.

Speaker 12 The Islamist insurgents in northern Nigeria are killing all sorts of communities, and there are only a very tiny number of Christians who actually live in northern Nigeria.

Speaker 4 And so it's it's it's a very difficult balancing act for the Nigerians because they they're trying to say that they welcome any US help, but that it shouldn't infringe their sovereignty.

Speaker 4 As you say, they are acknowledging they have a problem with Islamist insurgents, but just not Islamist insurgents particularly targeting Christians.

Speaker 12 it is true that the Nigerians themselves, the Nigerian military, have been totally incapable of dealing with the Islamist insurgents in northern Nigeria.

Speaker 12 And they've been saying that actually they would potentially welcome some American help in dealing with that issue.

Speaker 12 The problem is that what President Trump is talking about, the Christians, that's just not happening there.

Speaker 12 There is a different battle going on in central Nigeria, and that involves bandits attacking local communities.

Speaker 12 And as it happens, the bandits, they're Fulanis who happen to be Muslims, who have cattle, and they're attacking pastoralist farmers who happen to be Christians.

Speaker 12 But that's an argument about water shortages. It's nothing to do with religion or Islamist insurgency.

Speaker 4 David Bamford.

Speaker 4 The lives of millions of Americans are increasingly being disrupted by the US government shutdown, which began more than a month ago after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree a funding bill.

Speaker 4 But despite the hardship caused to federal employees or people who rely on food aid, both sides in Congress continue to dig in their heels.

Speaker 4 Chantel Manuel from Sarasota in Florida is one of more than 42 million Americans whose access to food stamps is at risk.

Speaker 13 I think that crime rates will probably go up because, I mean, what are you going to do? Let your child starve? No. I doubt it.
I wouldn't.

Speaker 13 I don't feel like they would make the decisions that they're making if it affected them the way it affects us.

Speaker 13 If they were the ones that was going to be affected by how they got to eat that night or whatever, then they would not be making these decisions.

Speaker 4 Then there are other government employees who aren't getting paid. These federal workers spoke to us at a food bank in Washington last week.

Speaker 14 It's been a huge hassle.

Speaker 15 This upcoming month is going to be a struggle for us.

Speaker 16 That extra food makes a difference more than you realize.

Speaker 15 I do have a daughter at home. She's a year old.
She's eating real food. She's not on formula.

Speaker 16 I still go into the office, not get paid. So it's like slavery.

Speaker 14 The uncertainty is a lot in regards to families coming up on the holiday season.

Speaker 4 Also not getting paid are air traffic controllers. Because they're essential workers, they're expected to come in regardless.

Speaker 4 But many have been calling in sick, with some saying that they've had to get second jobs.

Speaker 4 This has meant widespread delays at airports, and the Transport Secretary, Sean Duffy told CBS News that they will keep cutting flights rather than compromising safety.

Speaker 19 We're already stressed in that we don't have enough controllers in our system and this shutdown when we have staffing triggers where they're not coming in because they're funding their families and food on their tables, that makes it more difficult because we're already short.

Speaker 19 They're making decisions to feed their families. I'm not going to fire air traffic controllers.

Speaker 19 I have loved them and supported them as they're trying to go through this process and it's challenging for them. They need support.
They need money. They They need a paycheck.

Speaker 4 A North America correspondent, Peter Bowes, told us more about the deadlock.

Speaker 18 On Friday, the FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration, said nearly half of the 30 busiest U.S. airports faced shortages of air traffic controllers.

Speaker 18 The cities of Nashville, Dallas, Denver, Austin, particularly badly hit. Newark Airport today, just in the last few hours, facing delays, passengers facing delays of about two hours.

Speaker 18 That's one of the worst affected areas. That's the airport that serves the New York area.
The impact has been patchy, though, over the last few days.

Speaker 18 I flew from Los Angeles to Washington last Friday, didn't experience any problems, although that may have been because it was Halloween and some people were taking the day off.

Speaker 18 But generally speaking, and the FAA expanded on this in its statement, saying that after 31 days without pay, air traffic controllers are under immense stress and fatigue.

Speaker 18 And it does seem inevitable that more of them will be calling in sick as the days go on.

Speaker 20 And Peter, I mentioned in the introduction people are missing their food stamps as a result of this government shutdown. Which other areas are affecting people everyday life?

Speaker 18 Well, that's one of the key areas, the food stamps issues, the fact that the assistance program is now devoid of funding, but also more generally on healthcare.

Speaker 18 The beginning of November marks the beginning of the sign-up process for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, sometimes sometimes referred to as Obamacare.

Speaker 18 The government deadlock over whether to extend health subsidies, which is really at the heart of the dispute and why Congress is deadlocked at the moment.

Speaker 18 But the uncertainty over that means that as people are contemplating and considering signing up for healthcare over the coming months, they're realizing that it's going to cost them so much more, although that isn't certain because this dispute involving the Republicans and the Democrats who are deadlocked hasn't been resolved yet.

Speaker 20 And Peter, is there any sign that either side is going to back down with regards to that?

Speaker 18 No sign at the moment, but clearly someone will have to back down. I think just as they were a month ago, both sides are blaming each other.

Speaker 18 The Republicans are still insisting on what they're calling a clean funding measure with no strings attached. So in other words, no extra issues.
The deadlines...

Speaker 18 The Democrats want to extend those healthcare subsidies. They're due to expire at the end of the year, and they're sticking to their guns on that.
And what about the voters?

Speaker 20 Who are they blaming for this? Does it really go along party lines?

Speaker 18 I think, generally speaking, it does go along party lines. Opinions polls do suggest that more Republicans are getting the blame and that includes the President than Democrats.

Speaker 18 Although what I've sensed over the last few days is that when these issues begin to affect individuals, I think some people have sailed through the last month and haven't really felt the effect, but now it's beginning to hit home with more people, and that is focusing people's minds in terms of who they blame.

Speaker 4 Peter Bose, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, has told the BBC that five months on, he's still struggling to come to terms with the disaster.

Speaker 4 In June, a flight to London from Ahmedabad crashed within seconds of taking off. All but one of the 242 people on board were killed, along with 19 victims on the ground.

Speaker 4 While Viz Kumar Ramesh did survive, he's still grieving for his brother who was on the same flight. He's been speaking to Naptesh Johal in his home city, Leicester, in England.

Speaker 5 A man walks away from a plane crash that has killed everyone else on board.

Speaker 5 Onlookers are stunned.

Speaker 5 How Visvash Kumar Ramesh survived is a question no one, not even he, can really seem to answer.

Speaker 4 Things are still smoking around us, it's really hard to breathe here right now.

Speaker 5 The Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad in June killed 241 crew and passengers and 19 victims on the ground.

Speaker 5 Sat just a few seats away from Visvash Kumar was his brother Ajay, who also died.

Speaker 5 In the aftermath, Visvash Kumar was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. He's now returned to his home in Leicester.

Speaker 3 Thank you.

Speaker 18 You ready?

Speaker 5 The BBC and other media were invited to the home of one of his advisors for his first interviews in the UK. May I have your first name, sir?

Speaker 5 The two advisors sat next to him, and a documentary crew were also present.

Speaker 5 Visash Kumar.

Speaker 5 Thank you for speaking to us. During our interview, there were questions he couldn't answer.
When did you realize when you were on that flight that something was wrong?

Speaker 21 It is very painful for me to explain that happen

Speaker 21 still.

Speaker 21 So I can't

Speaker 21 say anything about that now.

Speaker 5 Do you feel like you are the luckiest man alive?

Speaker 3 Yes.

Speaker 21 it is miracle any.

Speaker 5 Is that difficult? Because on the one hand you say you believe you are the luckiest man alive.

Speaker 21 On the other hand I'm I'm luckiest man but also I lost everything. I've lost my brother any

Speaker 21 my brother is my backbone.

Speaker 5 What have the last few months been like for you and for your family?

Speaker 21 I don't like to talk with anyone else. I just sit in my room and alone.

Speaker 21 My wife, my son, I'm not talking with anyone. I just like to loan in my house.

Speaker 5 Viswash Kumar says he's also struggling with his physical injuries and hasn't been able to work or drive.

Speaker 21 My leg is very painful.

Speaker 5 One of his advisors, Sanjeev Patel, a community leader in Leicester,

Speaker 5 says they want to put pressure on Air India to provide more compensation to meet his immediate needs.

Speaker 23 What we want to do is speak to Air India and not somebody down the chain who's processing paperwork. So they can understand the real impact and put in real support for this family that's suffering.

Speaker 24 He is at the moment a number on a spreadsheet.

Speaker 5 His other advisor, Rad Seeger, a former lawyer, says the airline have so far treated him appallingly.

Speaker 24 Three times we have issued an invitation to them to come and sit with us and collaboratively and work together to try and help Viswash Kumar and his family through this ordeal.

Speaker 24 Three times they've either ignored us or turned us down.

Speaker 5 In a statement, Air India, which is owned by Tatar Group, said, We are deeply conscious of our responsibility to provide Mr. Ramesh with support.

Speaker 5 Care for him and indeed all families affected by the tragedy remains our absolute priority. Senior leaders from across Tatar Group continue to visit families to express their deepest condolences.

Speaker 5 An offer has been made to Mr. Ramesh's representatives to arrange such a meeting.

Speaker 23 Honestly, I need to get him to arrest someone.

Speaker 5 Visvash Kumar was led away by one of his advisors for arrest before his next interview.

Speaker 5 This man, whose miraculous escape amid a horrifying tragedy fascinated the world, is still counting the cost of survival.

Speaker 4 That report by Navatej Johal.

Speaker 4 It's not the White House, but being mayor of New York is one of the highest profile jobs in US politics, and this year's year's race has got even more attention than usual because a candidate who, at the start of the year, was a complete unknown, has surged to the top of the polls.

Speaker 4 Now, America is waiting to see whether Zoran Mamdani can beat the veteran Democrat, the former governor, Andrew Cuomo, to become the city's first Muslim mayor and the youngest in over a century.

Speaker 4 Curtis Lewa is their Republican rival. Sunday was the last day of early voting before the highly anticipated election day on Tuesday.
Stephanie Stephanie Prentiss reports.

Speaker 6 New York is America's biggest city and witnessing its biggest race in recent history.

Speaker 6 Not the marathon, but the sprint to become mayor of a metropolitan area with an economy bigger than two trillion dollars.

Speaker 6 The frontrunner in the polls is the Democrat Zahron Mamdani, notable for his age, 34, his potential to be the first Muslim mayor of New York City, and the speed at which he's gone from an unknown city council member to running against seasoned politicians decades his senior.

Speaker 6 He's used social media to amass an army of campaign volunteers. His campaign has galvanized younger voters.

Speaker 8 You want to vote her, brother?

Speaker 6 And his major pledges are crowd pleasers.

Speaker 3 We are going to free the rent for more than two million rent-stabilized tenants.

Speaker 3 We are going to eliminate the fare on every single bus line.

Speaker 3 And we are going to to create universal childcare at no cost to parents.

Speaker 6 Andrew Cuomo is running as an independent and lost to Mr. Mamdani in the Democratic primary.

Speaker 26 Yeah, it sounds good. Flying buses, free food.
It is all untrue.

Speaker 26 There is no Santa Claus.

Speaker 6 He's also reminded voters in a city with a significant Jewish population of his rival's pro-Palestinian stance and comments around Israel during a debate, seen as a major misstep by some.

Speaker 22 And just yes or no, do you believe in a Jewish state of Israel?

Speaker 18 I believe Israel has the right to exist. Not as a Jewish state, as a state with equal rights.

Speaker 3 He won't

Speaker 25 say it has a right to exist.

Speaker 6 Andrew Cuomo has the big money behind him and is running on an experience ticket, including tenures as governor of New York.

Speaker 6 But his experience did involve resigning in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal. He's always denied denied wrongdoing.

Speaker 27 I didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn.

Speaker 28 There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn't fully appreciate.

Speaker 6 Republican nominee Curtis Sleewer is the most fiscally conservative and law and order candidate of the three. He's polling last, but is expected to create problems for Andrew Cuomo by splitting votes.

Speaker 25 I mean, he's terrible. He's a communist.

Speaker 6 We know where President Trump stands.

Speaker 25 The last thing we need is a communist.

Speaker 6 He's warned that if Zahram Mamdani wins, he may withhold federal funds. Frank Morano is a Republican councilman for Staten Island in New York, working on Curtis Slewer's campaign.

Speaker 6 We asked him if that would be fair.

Speaker 11 Curtis's view, and certainly my view, is that federal funding decisions shouldn't punish citizens for who they voted for. If New York shows, it can govern itself responsibly and funding follows.

Speaker 6 Whatever follows, after Tuesday, the outcome is being watched as a signal of broader party dynamics in the US ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Speaker 4 That report by Stephanie Prentiss.

Speaker 4 Still to come in this podcast.

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Speaker 4 You're listening to the Global News podcast. Let's turn now to the shaky, fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with a group saying it's returned the remains of three more hostages from Gaza.

Speaker 4 The Israeli military said it received the coffins from the Red Cross. If the remains are confirmed to be the three dead hostages, that would mean eight more still remain in Gaza.

Speaker 4 Israel has accused Hamas of being too slow to return the bodies of the dead, but Hamas has pointed out that it's extremely difficult to retrieve bodies from underneath the huge piles of rubble in Gaza.

Speaker 4 Sebastian Usher in Jerusalem gave us this update.

Speaker 14 Hamas has handed over three more bodies to the Red Cross, which it says belong to deceased Israeli hostages. They are now with the Israeli army.

Speaker 14 There will be a forensic examination to see if they are the bodies of hostages. It hasn't always been the case.

Speaker 14 If it turns out that they are, then the numbers of dead hostages to be returned will go down to eight.

Speaker 14 The Israeli authorities believe that Hamas has been drawing this process out, that it could have recovered the bodies and handed them over more quickly.

Speaker 14 But certainly the fact that they continue to be given back to the Israeli Israeli army does give a sense that there is some continuing momentum over this.

Speaker 14 I mean, we had two or three days ago, we had major Israeli strikes, the deadliest on Gaza since the ceasefire began. Things have quietened down to some extent since then.

Speaker 14 I think it would be far too much to say that trust is building between the two sides, but certainly if the issue of the dead hostages is resolved by the return of all of them within the coming weeks, that will go a long way towards paving

Speaker 14 the path towards the second stage of a ceasefire, which is when it becomes existential for Hamas, when the very existence of Hamas,

Speaker 14 the demands for it to disarm, the demands for it to play no further role in governance in Gaza become paramount.

Speaker 14 That's why I think there are these strong feelings, not just in Israel but outside, that they have perhaps been drawing this out to try and shore up their position in the part of Gaza where they still hold control.

Speaker 4 Sebastian Usher.

Speaker 4 As Iran grapples with its worst drought in decades, there's been a warning that drinking water could run dry in its capital in the next two weeks.

Speaker 4 The director of Tehran's water company is reported by state media to have said that a key dam that provides drinking water for the city of ten million people currently only holds just eight percent of the water it should.

Speaker 4 In recent weeks, supplies have been cut to several neighbourhoods in a desperate bid to try to conserve water. I got more from BBC Persians environment reporter, Siavash Adelan.

Speaker 33 The situation is very bad. The day zero scenario, which means the country completely, or a particular city completely, running out of water, has been looming since summer began.

Speaker 33 The country has seen very low rainfall compared to previous years. In the capital, it's been about 20% less than the year before.
In some other parts of the country, over 80% less.

Speaker 33 The dams are running dry and the authorities have been trying to manage somehow to avert a day zero scenario. And now everyone was expecting more rain to fall as the new season began.

Speaker 33 But there hasn't been any rainfall and none is predicted to occur until towards the end of fall.

Speaker 4 And critics of the government are saying this isn't just about a drought, however bad it is this year. It's also about government mismanagement of water resources.

Speaker 33 Yes, there's always this argument, isn't there, how much of an environmental issue, be it water resources or deforestation and so on, is a result of climate change and global warming and low rainfall and how much is it, you know, how much does it stand for mismanagement?

Speaker 33 Not to mention the fact climate change and the low rainfalls itself can be argued to be a result of mismanagement on a global scale anyway.

Speaker 33 In Iran, obviously mismanagement on a local and national level has exacerbated the problem.

Speaker 33 A lot of Iran's lakes and seas have dried up as a result of climate change, but more so as a result of certain policies that are driven not by

Speaker 33 sustainability concerns, but rather people trying to make profits out of the out of a particular water policy, what we call the water mafia.

Speaker 4 And it's really hard to imagine a city like Tehran with 10 million people running out of water.

Speaker 4 We've already seen some neighborhoods having supplies temporarily cut off as the authorities try to deal with this.

Speaker 33 Yes, this has been the case all throughout summer. They've tried to bring down consumption between 10 to 15 percent, and they've managed to do that throughout summer.

Speaker 33 with the anticipation that rainfall will occur as we approach the autumn season. But that hasn't happened yet.

Speaker 33 In Iran, there is no sense among among the public, like it was in those other cities, that really the situation is bad. There's a lot of misinformation, a lot of disinformation going on.

Speaker 33 A lot of people don't know what to believe.

Speaker 4 Sirvash Adlan.

Speaker 4 Now, to a world first, and the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives, which this weekend became the only country on earth with a generational smoking ban, so that anyone born after January 2007 will not be able to buy or use tobacco products anywhere on any of the islands.

Speaker 4 The measure also applies to visitors. Ahmed Afal is the vice chair of the country's National Tobacco Control Board.

Speaker 4 One argument against this type of age-related ban is that it could push young people towards unregulated and maybe even more harmful forms of smoking. Tim Franks put this question to him.

Speaker 29 We do understand people who say this particular negative aspects on this.

Speaker 29 Yes, we also do understand some countries where they have had, for example, in Bhutan, some issues initially related to such trade as well.

Speaker 29 What we feel for the Maldives though is we are a smaller country. We have an advantage in terms of controlling a lot of what we import.

Speaker 29 We have also been putting in other regulations such as smoke-free places and it's been just one year since we put a ban on all electronic cigarettes and vapes as well.

Speaker 1 I was going to ask you about that because I mean you're you're not unique in banning vapes and e-cigarettes. There are a few dozen countries that do that.

Speaker 1 For a lot of countries though and a lot of public health specialists they're rather unconvinced by that move because actually clearly vaping carries some health downsides because it can be addictive but it's also public health professionals say that it's a really important way in which you can get people to quit smoking and that its health harms are far fewer than smoking.

Speaker 1 I just wonder whether you are concerned at all that perhaps it's a move that could backfire.

Speaker 29 No, actually, I'm not concerned about this particular notion.

Speaker 29 I very firmly believe this was actually a good step that is taken towards a generation of tobacco-free citizens because these new stylish gadgets are not necessarily harmless, but they are tactics of the industry to approach the younger generations to uptake an addictive process, which definitely harms their health.

Speaker 1 You are a country that is incredibly reliant on tourism.

Speaker 1 I wonder if you're at all concerned that perhaps by having generational ban on smoking, but also your restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes and vaping, whether that might put people off from coming to the Maldives and therefore perhaps hit your budgets?

Speaker 29 Well, that could be used as a scapegoat. People don't come to the Maldives because they are able to smoke.

Speaker 29 They come for the beaches, they come for the sea, they come for the sun, and they come for the fresh air.

Speaker 29 Despite all these regulations, there has been no single cancellation of a tourist arrival, but we have actually had a growth in the arrivals of tourists over the last one year, and we are projecting more than two million in the next year.

Speaker 4 That was the vice chair of the Maldives National Tobacco Control Board, Ahmed Afar.

Speaker 4 After consecutive defeats early on in the Women's Cricket World Cup, India's cricketers were on the brink of being eliminated from their home tournament.

Speaker 4 But in a remarkable turnaround, they ended up celebrating their first World Cup title after beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final in Navi, Mumbai.

Speaker 4 John Wilkinson looks back at a historic day for India.

Speaker 17 A cricket mad nation, which until recently had hardly given any opportunities for female players to develop, now has a team of women's star players to inspire the next generation.

Speaker 17 India had lost three times in the group stage of the World Cup and qualified for the semi-finals in fourth, but they've ended up as the first new name on the trophy since the year 2000.

Speaker 17 Powered by Shmreti Mandana's 434 runs, the second best at the tournament, and the World Cup leading figures of Deep Ti Sharma with 22 wickets, the team found a way to hit form at the perfect time.

Speaker 19 Deep T in again.

Speaker 34 This is sliced in the air. Could be a catch.
Yes, taken by the captain. Harman Precorps takes the catch

Speaker 34 that sees India win the World Cup.

Speaker 17 Attendances in India and the co-hosts Sri Lanka weren't always impressive, but the showpiece event was played in front of a raucous, sold-out 45,000-strong crowd in Navi, Mumbai.

Speaker 17 These fans said the win was significant.

Speaker 9 We won the World Cup for the first time in history, and the stadium was completely full, and the environment was too good. Shafali was the star of the game today.

Speaker 9 She scored 87 runs, she took three wickets. She definitely nailed it today.
So extremely happy that finally we win the World Cup, Women's World Cup. I'm extremely happy.
Finally, I win the World Cup.

Speaker 17 As for South Africa, they end up runners-up for the third global final in a row. Laura Wolvart's century wasn't ultimately enough to help them take that final decisive step.

Speaker 17 A watershed moment then in the growth of the game in India. All-rounder Amanjot Kaur has vowed that they will dominate all over the world.

Speaker 17 More significantly, though, perhaps, the droves of men, boys, women, and girls in Navi Mumbai, all wearing shirts with the names of Harman Preet, Shmriti Mandana, and and other members of the World Cup winning team, the names of new stars for a generation.

Speaker 4 John Wilkinson.

Speaker 4 And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast, you can send us an email.

Speaker 4 The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.

Speaker 4 This edition was mixed by Rosenvin Durrell, and the producers were Guy Pitt and Carla Conti. The editor is Karen Martin.
I'm Janet Jalil. Until next time, goodbye.

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