Global News Podcast - Trump says Kyiv can win back 'all of Ukraine'

Episode Date: September 24, 2025

President Trump has said Kyiv can 'win all of Ukraine back in its original form', marking a major shift in his position on the war with Russia. His comments came after talks with the Ukrainian preside...nt, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Also: a super typhoon is heading towards the southern Chinese coast, where hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. We hear from Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who says he's survived attempts on his life and is a target of Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group affiliated to Al-Qaeda. And, one of the greats of Italian cinema, Claudia Cardinale, has died at the age of 87. We look back at her life. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

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Starting point is 00:01:27 after the U.S. President described Russia as a paper tiger and said Ukraine could take back all the territory it has lost. China evacuates hundreds of thousands as Super Typhoon Raghasa approaches its southern coast. And also in this podcast, we celebrate the life of actress Claudia Cardinali, who's died aged 87. They asked me to send a contract, but I always refuse. I want to be dependent and free.
Starting point is 00:01:56 I don't want to sell my body and I want to be judged on the acting. It's no secret. President Trump is no fan of the United Nations. And on Tuesday, he told the General Assembly that all he had from the UN was, quote, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter. In a remarkable speech lasting nearly an hour, Mr. Trump lashed out at more than the UN. Europe, Russia and immigration were all in his crosshairs. After his speech, he met the Ukrainian president and said Ukraine could retake all of its territory from Russia. More on that in just a moment.
Starting point is 00:02:35 But first, Peter Goffin has this report on Mr. Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly. I don't mind making the speech without a teleprompter because the teleprompter is not working. Standing before the General Assembly, President Donald Trump launched a blistering denunciation of the UN, condemning the institution from the ground up. All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the first lady wasn't in great shape, she would have fallen. The UN later said an escalator safety mechanism was triggered, possibly by the Trump's own cameraman riding ahead of them.
Starting point is 00:03:15 Meanwhile, President Trump erred old grievances. I bid on the renovation and rebuilding of this very United Nations country. complex. But they decided to go in another direction, which was much more expensive at the time, which actually produced a far inferior product. And brought one of his core domestic issues, what he calls the crisis of illegal immigration, to the world stage. Your countries are being ruined. The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders. Think of that. The UN is supporting people that are illegally coming into the United States.
Starting point is 00:03:53 and we have to get them out. Mr. Trump painted an image of the U.N. as a toothless, outdated body. What is the purpose of the United Nations? The U.N. is such tremendous potential. But it's not even coming close to living up to that potential. For the most part, at least for now, all they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up. It's empty words and empty words don't solve war.
Starting point is 00:04:21 He pitched, as an alternative, a new world. order centered around his United States. I've come here today to offer the hand of American leadership and friendship to any nation in this assembly that is willing to join us in forging a safer, more prosperous world. And his own self-proclaimed prowess as a global broker of peace. I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in front. finalizing the deal.
Starting point is 00:04:57 Mr. Trump said he was working relentlessly to stop the killing in Ukraine. I thought that would be of the seven wars that I stopped, I thought that would be the easiest because of my relationship with President Putin, which had always been a good one. And he had harsh words for some of the leaders sitting before him. China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil. but inexcusably even NATO countries have not cut off much Russian energy
Starting point is 00:05:27 and Russian energy products. Not even America's closest allies were spared to dressing down. They can't be doing what they're doing. They're buying oil and gas from Russia while they're fighting Russia. It's embarrassing to them, and it was very embarrassing to them when I found out about it, I can tell you that. A coup de Gras, as President Trump brought a blunt and bitter type of, of statesmanship to the highest halls of diplomacy.
Starting point is 00:05:53 I'm sure they're thrilled to hear me speak about it, but that's the way it is. I like to speak my mind and speak the truth. Well, Donald Trump met Vlodomir Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN summit. The Ukrainian president later welcomed what he called a big shift in Mr. Trump's comments about the war. He knows some details,
Starting point is 00:06:12 and I think he knows more details than usual. Not usual. than before, and I'm happy with this. Trump is a game changer by himself, if he will be sure in Ukraine. And I think that he is more close now to this situation. All of us, we understand that President Trump, he is ready to give Ukraine security guarantees
Starting point is 00:06:43 after this war will finish. Our State Department correspondent Tom Bateman was at the United Nations, in New York as Donald Trump was speaking. He gave us his analysis of the president's remarks, beginning with the comments about the war in Ukraine. Much of it came actually after his speech in terms of Russia and Ukraine when he posts on his social media site,
Starting point is 00:07:05 saying that Ukraine was now in a position to fight back and win all of the territory that Russia had occupied and more. So that is a very significant shift in position. But I have to say that the point, remains about this. I mean, he said that the way this would be done was through time and patience and NATO countries helping and supporting and funding Ukraine. But of course, what is happening from the US is that the weapon supply that was appropriated by Congress under the Biden administration is going to start to run dry into next year. There has been no new appropriations
Starting point is 00:07:43 from a Republican Congress under President Trump. That is not going to happen. And the administration made very clear that they think it's the job of NATO to buy weapons from the Americans and for the Ukrainians to use those. So once again, I think, you know, we have seen Mr. Trump wax and wane on his sympathies to either side in the war over the last nine months. And this feels like another one of those. He was meeting Mr. Zelensky. That may be one reason why he was articulating sympathies towards the Ukrainians. But in terms of an actual meaningful strategic shift, I don't sense that from him. Mr. Trump then, seem to question the United Nations very existence. And I guess the question is, what is Donald
Starting point is 00:08:24 Trump's aim in antagonising the UN like this, especially doing it in front of them in their lounge effectively? Well, you know, I mean, the administration has been really clear in terms of its own ideological agenda. It has already said it seeks to transpose that onto the institutions of multilateralism, which it doesn't like. You know, that is not the Trump administration worldview. It sees a world of competing national powers in which each country looks after its own interests and you have at the top of the pile the Americans with an America first agenda using all the tools of power they have to enrich and improve the security and quality of life of Americans. And they say that they expect other countries in the world to do the same for their citizens. And we heard that articulated
Starting point is 00:09:07 from Mr. Trump very clearly. They don't like the idea of the United Nations anymore. Their view is that what happened after the Second World War was the creation of the these multilateral institutions to salvage the world from the ashes of the Second World War. But they believe that what happened over the following decades was that these institutions effectively got hijacked by a liberal global order that both sort of created a neoliberal economic model of globalization that ended up not serving many in Western countries and was then hijacked by countries like China who they think exploited the rules. And also the core theme of Mr. Trump's speech was about migration.
Starting point is 00:09:52 He believes that the UN is funding and fueling migration against the evidence, of course, because migration is caused by structural economic factors, by war and instability and climate change. And so it was a very, very pointed attack on Europe. And as I say, transposing the administration's ideological agenda onto the rest of the world. and they think that institutions like the UN should turn themselves to instituting that worldview rather than, of course, what the institution itself was established for 80 years ago. Tom Bateman reporting, there's growing alarm across Europe about Russia's actions. NATO has warned Moscow against what it says are an increasing number of airspace violations.
Starting point is 00:10:37 In recent weeks, Russia has been accused of sending fighter jets into Estonian airspace and drones over Poland and Romania. There's also been disruption to flights, again because of drones at Copenhagen airports. The Secretary-General Mark Grutter had this warning for Moscow. Decisions on whether to engage in truding aircraft, such as firing upon them, are of course taking real time,
Starting point is 00:11:02 are always based on available intelligence regarding the threat posed by the aircraft, including questions we have to answer like intent. and potential risk to allied forces, civilians or infrastructure. Russia has denied or downplayed the incursions. Mikey Kay from the BBC News' security brief program, who was himself a helicopter pilot in the British Air Force, told Janet Jalil more about what a country can do
Starting point is 00:11:29 if its airspace is violated. If you've got an unidentified aircraft coming into your airspace, then they have, historically, not many, but 9-11's a good example. the threat has to be taken such that it could be a 9-11 scenario or if you look at, you know, certain geopolitical situations at the moment where you've got Russian aggression on Ukraine, drones going into Poland, Romania, tensions are heightened. And so this is going to grab the attention very, very quickly of a territorial country. Now, what do they have as capability that can counter that?
Starting point is 00:12:08 The main thing is what's called quick reaction alert. Military fast jets stationed on the ground at certain bases in certain countries that are on 24-7 standby. So they are literally in their flying suits. They've got their helmets by them. The jets are prepped and they can get an alarm to go and intercept an unidentified threat that will get them off the ground in less than five minutes. So what happens when these jets are scrambled?
Starting point is 00:12:35 Let's say they're alongside the plane. Talk us through that process. you want to get that aircraft out of territorial airspace as quick as you can because you don't know what it's doing there. So the next thing that they have to do is they have to get close enough to try and figure out what is the aircraft and what is the aircraft carrying more importantly. Now, at the same time, they'll be talking to that unidentified threat and start giving them directions to leave territorial airspace as soon as possible.
Starting point is 00:13:02 And they'll be quite forceful with that. because in some occasions, or a lot of occasions, if there were to be an escalation, a rapid escalation, you would need a very high authority of approval in order to engage another aircraft. And we're talking sometimes up to and including cabinet approval and maybe even the prime minister. Or the president. So what would happen if the decision was taken at that high level to shoot down the plane? The decision at the very, very high level would be based on what are the consequences of that? It has happened in Turkey, for example, a Turkish jet shot down a Russian jet,
Starting point is 00:13:37 and that had the potential to create a lot of collateral in terms of diplomacy and diplomatic consequences. Exactly that, exactly that. And that was a relatively benign environment. So if you're talking a scenario where it's a NATO jet, there's a lot of unintended consequences that can come from that. So the decision is absolutely huge if they were to say, engage that aircraft and take that aircraft out. that could be escalatory geopolitically in a way that could create way more collateral damage. Mikey Kay, who was speaking to Jeanette Gillil. Days after a flurry of Western nations announced they would officially recognise a Palestinian state.
Starting point is 00:14:17 The future of Gaza has continued to be a big talking point at the UN General Assembly. The Indonesian President Prabawa Subianto told delegates his country was prepared to send at least 20,000 troops to the territory as peacekeepers to safeguard any future. peace deal. And there was a passionate speech by the Turkish President Erdogan who demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. On one side, there is a regular army with the most modern, most lethal weapons, and on the other hand, there are innocent civilians, innocent children. This is not fight against terrorism. This is an occupation, deportation, exile, genocide, genocide, and mass destruction policy carried out by invoking the events of October the 7th.
Starting point is 00:15:10 Meanwhile, doctors at Gaza's biggest hospitals say they are overwhelmed with casualties, having to carry out surgeries in filthy conditions with few or no anesthetics. Israeli tanks are now just 500 meters from Al-Shefa Hospital in the center of Gaza City as the operation against Hamas continues. A correspondent in Jerusalem, John Donison, has been talking to medical. staff. Some of the details in this report are distressing. Gaza City's last barely functioning hospital is in ruins. Pockmarked by craters with burnt out wards and bullet holes, Al-Sheifa is beyond full stretch.
Starting point is 00:15:51 Inside, many of the beds don't even have mattresses. Medicines are in short supply and the casualties are endless. It's just a, you know, a mass murder, a killing. We spoke to Dr. Nada Abu Arub, an emergency specialist from Australia, volunteering at the hospital. We did operations with hardly to make minimal, to hardly no anesthesia. So the patients are in agony? Yes, of course, yes, and there's no painkillers as well. With their limb hanging with a piece of skin and the tendon, brain matter out, abdomen, abdomen organs are out.
Starting point is 00:16:28 It's horrific. Last week, the team say they had to conunders. abduct a cesarean on a nine-month pregnant woman who had had her head blown off. They managed to save the baby. Tensions are really high. Dr. Sia Aziz, an Australian anaesthetist, said every day is a mass casualty event. Every couple of hours, there's multiple amputation cases where massive resuscation is live or limb, literally. And, you know, you go in and you're trying to anesthetize them.
Starting point is 00:16:59 They're swatting flies and theater. And outside, Israel's tanks are advancing. They're now just 500 metres from the hospital as the ground offensive against Hamas continues. Coming up... For the last two years, al-Shaba has attempted me five times. In an interview with the BBC, the president of Somalia says he has survived several assassination attempts.
Starting point is 00:17:30 In the previous podcast, we reported on the super typhoon that was headed towards southern China. Already the effects of Raghasa have left at least 17 people dead in the Philippines and Taiwan. With wind gusts of 200 kilometres per hour and torrential rain, Raghasa has been called the worst storm of the year. And it's now approaching our correspondent Laura Bicker, who's in Zhu Hai on the Chinese coast. There have been mass evacuations. Around 400,000 people have been evacuated right across this densely popular. province. This is a province where most of the things that are made in China come from,
Starting point is 00:18:05 huge factories, and in Xinjiang, that's a major technology hub. So that's one of the other concerns. The rainfall is another concern. We're expecting here around a month's worth of rain in just a few days, and it's falling an already saturated ground after previous storms in the last month. Red alerts have been issued in mountain regions for landslips, and people are being urge to stay inside if possible. We're seeing a lot of people heeding that advice for those who are not. I'm watching right now the police patrolling the streets with their sirens and megaphones telling people to stay inside. We are actually
Starting point is 00:18:43 just in the lobby of a hotel so we're not really outside. We're just in the lobby of the tail but still you can feel those gusts of winds and see the huge swathes of rain that are battering this coastline. Absolutely. It sounds like you're really in the thick of it despite being indoors as you say now the region is used to storms but does it feel like they're getting worse i think that's one of the concerns of china's weather experts they're monitoring all of this carefully and they have said in recent years that the typhids are increasing in intensity this one they're describing as the king of storms i think what also really evident since i've been here
Starting point is 00:19:21 in the last two days is china's preparedness for these kind of events they really take it very seriously. Local neighbourhood watches go around, telling restaurants to close for the day, making sure that families have somewhere to go. Every building that's above 10 floors, everyone's evacuated, low-line areas are evacuated. It's all very smooth, very organized. So they are very used to this. And perhaps now that certainly when you see here climate warnings from China's meteorological administration, this is something that they may have to get used to more of in the future. Laura Bicker reporting. Later on Wednesday in New York, Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Shara will address the United Nations General Assembly. He'll be the first Syrian leader to do so since 1967, a milestone for him and for his battle-scarred country. It's the latest unlikely chapter in the journey of a man who fought U.S. troops in Iraq, set up an al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria and led a lightning rebel advance which toppled Bashar al-Assad last December. A senior international correspondent, Ola Geryn, reports now from Damascus
Starting point is 00:20:29 on how Syrians feel about their new leader. I'm in the old city of Damascus, just under a Roman arch, and I'm surrounded by tourists and visitors and street sellers. Plenty of people selling the Syrian flag. And just in front of me are the towering walls of the Umayyad Mosque, which dates from the 8th century. There are huge ornate doors with believers and tourists going in and out. This is a place where you get a strong sense of Syria's past.
Starting point is 00:21:08 It's also a place to speak to people about the future and about Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, who is now very much on the world stage in New York. Hello, thank you. Welcome. We're from BBC radio. Oh, really? Yes. You've got to be kidding.
Starting point is 00:21:26 Yes. Where are you from Syria? Welcome, guys. Could we speak to you? Yeah, sure. Fantastic. I've just met a young woman here in the old city. Could I ask you your name?
Starting point is 00:21:37 My name is Salam, and I'm 25 years old. What are your feelings about the new interim leader here at Madal Sharah? How do you feel he's doing? I guess he's trying. You know, like the country is not at its best now. It's a mess. so it's not easy for him I guess it's a matter of time
Starting point is 00:21:57 it's a matter of time to see exactly what he's doing and what he's actually up to how do you feel about the future here now as you say it's it's early days but how do you feel about the future we are trying to be optimistic because like we've been through hell people
Starting point is 00:22:15 so like each little thing we are trying to catch hope but we're trying at the same time to be realistic. Like, it's not going to be heaven. It's not going to be paradise here in Syria. But, like, we're trying to be optimistic, like, as much as possible. I've just met Naya. She's recently graduated from fashion design. Naya, how do you assess the new leader, Ahmed al-Shara? How do you think he's doing in the job? I mean, better than the last one. That's what I'm going to say. We used to feel so
Starting point is 00:22:53 like we were held in like a chokehold you know we're like uh like you can't do anything you have to be careful about everything and you have to like you can't even talk normally you have to be careful of every single word you know but now it's you can you can technically do whatever you want which is what i've seen afmadadjuraz is in new york at the moment he's very much in the headlines he's he's all over the tv did you ever think you'd see a syrian leader no no We're like, oh my God, we're going to be, like, represented somehow, you know? Like, it's been so long, like, my dad doesn't even remember when the last time something like that happened. So, like, I've never, never in my life lived a year in my life where we were represented like that, you know, or like we were like acknowledged, you know?
Starting point is 00:23:44 So it's a happy moment. Yeah, yeah, obviously, yeah. Will you watch him when he speaks at the General Assembly at the UN? Of course I will. I think everyone will. I've just been speaking with a young woman. She's 30 years old. Her name is Knaz. She was working in a radio station here, but she says,
Starting point is 00:24:04 there's not much work anymore. She's been telling me about her concerns, not about the president himself, but about the people around him. I have confidence in him as a person, in his character and language, and when I look at him, I feel comfortable. I really think he has a desire to bring Syria and the Syrians to safety
Starting point is 00:24:26 because he's experienced poverty and displacement, just like the Syrians. And he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. But I don't trust the people around him, the factions that aren't under his control. Whenever something happens, they blame it on individuals. And I don't trust the countries around us. May God help him. I don't think he'll be in power long. Our senior international correspondent, Ola Geryn, reporting.
Starting point is 00:25:00 Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohammed, has revealed that he is now a target of al-Shabaab, an Islamist group affiliated to al-Qaeda. In an interview with the BBC, he said he had survived several assassination attempts by the group. Somalia faces security threats from both al-Shabaab and ISIS, and despite military interventions by African Union and. and U.S. forces, the security situation remains dire. President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed has been speaking to the BBC's Paul Njia. He began with this assessment of the security situation in his country.
Starting point is 00:25:33 Somalia has a very serious challenge of security because fighting both al-Shabaab and ISIS in two different areas. And al-Shabaab and ISIS are the most notorious terrorists in the world today. Our challenges now is building an army and at the same time fighting on the other hand. So in the last three years, we have achieved a significant success and progress. Most of the towns and cities has been liberated from al-Shabaab, but still they still operate in the rural area.
Starting point is 00:26:05 Al-Shabaab is weak, compared to their past, but still they are a very serious challenge to the security of the country. Well, you have lost territory to al-Shabaab in recent months, and your critics say that your government does not have a clear strategy to defeat them. What do you say to that? Traditionally, al-Shabaab was fought with military only. When we come to the office, we have opened many other fronties, ideological war against al-Shabaab.
Starting point is 00:26:31 The major scholars of Somalia told the people that what al-Shabaab is doing and un-Islamic, besides the military and the ideological, the third front was fighting, financing, all terror. We have closed so many accounts in the banks, in the mobile money. But the reality still remains, that al-Shabaab continues to gain territory while your strategies are in place. In a war, you lose butterflies, you gain butterflies.
Starting point is 00:26:57 Compared to the 80 locations that has been taken back from al-Shabaab in two years' time, there is no indication that al-Shabaab is stronger than it was two years ago. Well, you say that al-Shabaab is no longer strong, but you were a victim of an assassination attempt, and you survived that attempt in March. How was that for you? I wanted to tell you, for the last two years, al-Shabaab has attempted me five times because they believe the switch that they can off the war against them is assassinating the president.
Starting point is 00:27:29 In June, the Trump administration issued a travel ban to several countries, including Somalia, and they described your nation as, quote, terrorist safe haven. Is this a fair portrayal of your country? I completely disagree. A safe haven of a terrorist is where the tourist is not challenged. Did you express your disapproval to President Trump? I disapprove the term that Somalia is a terrorist since heaven. I disagree and I disapprove that.
Starting point is 00:27:54 Somalia is now a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. It's the first time since 1972. What does that mean for you and how are you leveraging on this? That's a proof that Somalia is progressing. We have been lifted the army's embargo on Somalia after 32 years. We have been given the debt relief of almost $5 billion. And we have accepted in many organizations, the East Africa community, like the United Nations Security Council, that itself is a proof that Somalia is defeating al-Shabaab.
Starting point is 00:28:28 President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed speaking to Paul Injia. Along with spaghetti, your Italy's greatest invention. The actress Claudia Cardinali said this was the best compliment she ever received. It was said by the actor David Niven during the filming of the movie The Pink Panther. The Tunisian-born star of Italian cinema has died at the age of 87 near Paris. Mark Duff looks back at the life and career of a woman who the Los Angeles Times magazine named one of the most beautiful women in film history. By the time film lovers caught sight of Claudia Cardinali
Starting point is 00:29:10 emerging into the bleak desert landscape of once upon a time in the West, there was no doubting her star quality. Her character, Jill McBain, a strong single woman, undaunted by the tough predatory men who surround her, went some way towards challenging Hollywood's brutal sexual stereotypes. For all that, though, she was. undeniably beautiful, Italy's answer to her French friend, Brigitte Bardot. And early on, it was her beauty which got top billing. Occasionally a role and a picture are so impressive
Starting point is 00:29:58 that we behind the camera want to shout about it from the rooftops. Bert Lancaster, announcing his latest film in 1963. The film is the Levin, the beautiful Claudia Cardinale and Alan Delon are also starred under the masterful direction of Locino Visconti. When the big studios came calling, she dealt with them on her own terms, as she explained in a BBC interview. They asked me to sign a contract, but I always refuse. I want to be dependent and free. I did lots of movies, but I want to live in Europe. I just wonder whether you felt there was a danger, you know, being a beautiful woman actor, of being tight,
Starting point is 00:30:45 cast, pigeonhole, packaged for your sexuality and nothing else? Yeah, I always refuse to do scenes naked, always. They asked me, many, many. I said, no, I don't want to sell my body, and I want to be judged on the acting. Instead of Hollywood, she chose and was chosen to work with some of the giants of European cinema, the German, Werner Herzog, and two of the greatest of all Italian directors, Visconti, and his stylistic opposite, Federico Fellini. Oh, it was fantastic, Federico.
Starting point is 00:31:19 And the funny thing is, with Visconti, it was impossible to speak and to smile. Nothing, silence. With Federico, everybody had the telephone and speaking and laughing. Because if it was silent, he couldn't create. That was Federico, he was a magician. It could all have been so different. She was born to Sicilian immigrants in Tunis, was talent-spotted at a beauty contest she'd won without even entering
Starting point is 00:31:49 and shrugged off the early attention of filmmakers. When they asked me to do cinema, I refuse for a long, long time. And the more I said no, the more they insist. It's like when a boy, you know, it's coming. And you say yes immediately, he goes away. Behind the throaty chuckle, there was sadness too. She was raped young, kept the baby but was encouraged to keep his birth secret for years by pretending he was her young brother. All this for fear it would damage her fledgling career.
Starting point is 00:32:24 Perhaps that experience lay behind her work in later life on women's rights for the UN. She empathised too with the suffering of migrants making the dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean from her place of birth in search of a better life. And her work rate, her energy was phenomenal. As she put it herself, if you give up, it's the end. You have to fight all the time. Mark Duff, looking back at the life of Claudia Cardinali, who's passed away at the age of 87. And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News podcast later.
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