WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-16-26 (3/3)

Episode Date: January 16, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Mary Muncie. President Trump says the United States needs control of Greenland, and those who don't back him on that may face economic consequences. I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. Trump's statement today was the first time the president has mentioned using tariffs to force the issue. Meanwhile, a group of U.S. senators met with Danish and Greenlandic officials,

in Copenhagen to discuss the tensions. Centrist's GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski. When you ask the American people whether or not they think it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, the vast majority, some 75 percent, will say we do not think that that is a good idea. Trump insists control of Greenland is vital for the construction of the Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield. A crisis within a crisis. That's how some are describing the current situation in Ukraine,

as temperatures plunged to below freezing following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Here's Jamie Waugh of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. Without heat, people are at high risk for hypothermia, frostbite, and respiratory illnesses. Older people, children, people with disabilities, and those with chronic illnesses face the greatest risk. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volonimir Zelensky told reporters today that a delegation from Kiev is on its way to Washington. That delegation will meet with U.S. negotiators to continue work on a possible peace plan with Russia. Iran remains quiet, days after deadly protests were squashed, with no new demonstrations reported in Tehran or elsewhere in the country. shops are open, traffic has returned, daily life appears mostly back to normal.

The call comes as a senior hardline cleric called for executions of detained protesters and issued sharp warnings toward the United States. On the White House lawn today, President Trump told reporters he was satisfied that Iran is not executing peaceful protesters. You had yesterday scheduled over 800 hangings. They didn't hang anyone. they cancel the hangings. But human rights groups outside Iran say thousands may have been killed during the crackdown.

Iran's exiled crown prince urged the U.S. to follow through on earlier promises of support for protesters. For World Radio, I'm Mary Muncie. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit world radio.com.