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--:-- Host: Morning people wake up for peace and quiet. McDonald's breakfast people, we wake up for the sweet rush of getting that warm, delicious breakfast right before it ends. Beef up your morning ritual with a hearty steak, egg and cheese bagel or any of your favourite bagel sandwiches. Then kick it up a notch with any size iced coffee for just 99 cents. Price and participation may vary. Cannot be combined with any other offer.
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--:-- Host: This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Ankur Desai and at 16 Hours GMT on Friday the 7th of November. These are our main stories. Sudan's government says it needs international guarantees before agreeing to a ceasefire proposal from the paramilitary RSF.
--:-- Ankur Desai: Indonesian police say the main suspect behind an explosion at a school mosque which injured dozens of students is a fellow pupil. And China launches its most advanced aircraft carrier with tech to rival the US.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Also in this podcast... It is a functional hot dog stand. And part of what I'm trying to do in a very small way is create a space where people can just hang out, chat, swap stories and just have fun.
--:-- Isaac Stein: For now. I loved the idea of running a hot dog stand as a little boy when I was six or seven. Then when I was in grade school, there was an event where at the elementary school gym. And so at that event, they had a concession stand. I think the intent was that each boy on the team would spend a half hour manning the concession stand. But I had way more interest in the concession stand. And I got so much energy from connecting, hanging out, chatting, just making small talk and learning about people's day to day.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: The tax lawyer who's making the most of the US government shut down by trying out his dream job. He's using his time on furlough to run a hot dog stand. And get this, he's still wearing his office suit.
--:-- Isaac Stein: I made the decision, I'm just going to go for this and actually set up the hot dog cart business. And I was fully permitted by the 23rd of September, and I started selling that week. And then I was doing my full-time office job and then also selling on Fridays and weekends. And then on October 8th, when the shutdown happened, what changed for me was that I had the time to now do this full-time.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Well, from Sudan, we turn to neighbouring Ethiopia, another country recently torn by a civil war. The conflict, which ended three years ago, pitted government forces and their allies against rebels from the northern Tigray region. It's estimated to have claimed half a million lives. Now there are fears of a return to war. after both sides accused the other of launching attacks.
--:-- Kalkidan Yibeltal: Yesterday, in a region called Afar in northern Ethiopia, which neighbours Tigray, the authorities there accused the Tigrayan forces of essentially crossing into their borders, firing shells, killing civilians and controlling at least six villages. Now the Tigrayan forces, they denied these accusations, but they came up with their own accusations today. They said that overnight there had been drone strikes by the federal government in support of that region, and now the peace deal that they signed three years ago ending one of the derelict conflicts in Africa might be in danger.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: The authorities in the Indonesian capital Jakarta say more than 50 people have been injured in two explosions at a mosque on a school campus. A 17-year-old student at the school is the main suspect and is currently receiving medical care.
--:-- Jerome Varan: Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex. This is quite unique because the school located inside the housing complex of the Navy, Indonesian Navy. So it's caused panic and outrage. What do we know so far about a suspect? The authorities have identified someone. Yeah, the Indonesian deputy house speaker said the suspect is a 17-year-old and currently in surgery.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Now, as I record this, it's 38 days into the US government shutdown and federal workers are still waiting to get back to their jobs with no real idea when that may be. But one government tax lawyer in Washington, D.C. is staying busy by living out a childhood dream. He's using his time on furlough to run a hot dog stand. And get this, he's still wearing his office suit.
--:-- Leanna Byrne: For now. I loved the idea of running a hot dog stand as a little boy when I was six or seven. Then when I was in grade school, there was an event where at the elementary school gym. And so at that event, they had a concession stand. I think the intent was that each boy on the team would spend a half hour manning the concession stand. But I had way more interest in the concession stand. And I got so much energy from connecting, hanging out, chatting, just making small talk and learning about people's day to day.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Still to come in this podcast, a special celebration for 80th anniversary of a radio telescope that changed the world. at total bank cheshire the greatest radio telescope in the world is nearing completion it's driven with such precision that it can pinpoint galaxies so remote in time and space
--:-- LeVar Arrington: Morning people wake up for peace and quiet mcdonald's breakfast people we wake up for the sweet rush of getting that warm, delicious breakfast right before it ends. Beef up your morning ritual with a hearty steak, egg, and cheese bagel or any of your favourite bagel sandwiches. Then kick it up a notch with any size iced coffee for just 99 cents. Price and participation may vary. Cannot be combined with any other offer.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: This is LeVar Arrington from Two Pros and a Cup of Joe. The Toyota Tundra and Tacoma are designed to outlast and outlive, backed by Toyota's legendary reputation for reliability. So get in a Tundra with the available i-Force Max Hybrid engine, delivering exceptional torque and towing capacity. Or check out a Tacoma with available off-road features like crawl control. It can take you beyond the trails. Toyota trucks are built to last year after year, mile after mile. So don't wait. Get yours today. Visit buyatoyota.com for deals and more. Toyota, let's go places.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: America is changing and so is the world But what happening in America isn just a cause of global upheaval It also a symptom of disruption that happening everywhere I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, D.C. I'm Tristan Redman in London, and this is The Global Story. Every weekday, we'll bring you a story from this intersection, where the world and America meet. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Next, can China hope to equal the naval might of the United States? Well, that moment could be getting closer with the launch of its latest aircraft carrier. It's the first that China has both designed and built by itself, and it's part of a massive overhaul and expansion of the Navy.
--:-- Laura Bicker: So this is China's third and its most advanced aircraft carrier, and it has these electromagnetic catapults. That's what makes it a bit different. It can launch three aircraft types and that's according to these reports in Chinese state media. Now this tech allows planes to take off with heavier weapons and larger fuel loads. So that means they can strike enemy targets at far greater distances.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Now the European Union says it's introducing tougher visa rules for Russian citizens because of growing fears about security after nearly four years of war in Ukraine.
--:-- Will Vernon: Sabotage, disinformation and drone incursions into Europe are on the rise, say officials in Brussels, and the culprit is Moscow. So the EU is clamping down on the issuing of visas to Russian nationals. Under the new rules, they will no longer be given multi-entry visas and must apply for a new document for every trip to the EU.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Here's Will Vernon. Moscow denies that it poses a threat to Europe. Now to a brand that's a staple in school canteens in Hanoi, tea houses in Marrakesh and Michelin-starred restaurants in New York. The classic glass tumblers from the French company Duralex have achieved this reach, while also invoking nostalgic memories of childhood for French people who used them at school.
--:-- Hugh Schofield: Duralex doesn't chip. That was the claim that for decades led to the iconic glasses being used in school canteens across Europe. Here in France, every boy and girl knew the game of looking at the bottom of the Duralex glass to find the number, anything between 1 and 50, which then became, to much amusement, the child's real age.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: The tumbler has tumbled. Founded in 1945, the company created two glasses, the round gigogne and the nine-sided Picardy, which became classics of design. But competition from Asia, unscrupulous investors and soaring energy prices brought it close to bankruptcy. And last year, it was rescued in extremis when staff bought it up and it became a cooperative.
--:-- Hugh Schofield: Now there's a surge of optimism. The people have answered the call. There'll be new machines and new designs. The brand, like the glass, is proving ultra-resistant.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: Now we're on a cusp of knowing much more about the brain health of babies it seems and it's all thanks to what looks like a modified swimming cap. Researchers at a maternity hospital in the British city of Cambridge are using a new technique to try and speed up the diagnosis of children with long-term health conditions and learning difficulties.
--:-- Professor Toppen Austin: What we've got is a sort of cap, it's like a swimming cap, which instead of imaging the brain and looking at sort of the structure of the brain, actually gives us an idea of how the brain works. And the reason we're interested in this is that we look after very sick and very premature babies, and a lot of these babies can end up having problems later on, such as cerebral palsy or learning difficulties.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: And now let's end this podcast with some music and scientific wonder. In 1945, a British scientist called Sir Bernard Lovell turned a muddy field in northern England into what is now the Jodrell Bank Observatory, an astronomical research centre that transformed our understanding of the universe.
--:-- Jay McGubbin: First we could only use our eyes to imagine what was beyond the night sky Then optical telescopes used light to let us see further But 80 years ago Sir Bernard Lovell's giant telescope pioneered the use of radio waves to listen to the universe And the universe spoke That sound, that story and that telescope became the inspiration for composer Hannah Peel 80 years and all those stories and mysteries and the things that have been watched and discovered, how do you put that into music?
--:-- Hannah Peel: The answer is this. Pulsar performed here with the BBC Philharmonic.
--:-- Tim O'Brien: We only knew about a tiny fraction of the universe that we can see with our eyes. So at Jodrell Bank we began looking at the universe with radio eyes. Tim O'Brien is director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement. And it sort of unveiled this completely new universe. We had no idea it was there, so instead of the stars in the night sky, what we see with our radio telescopes are black holes in the hearts of other distant galaxies.
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--:-- Hannah Peel: This has been a journey of exploration which its creator once said would never end and Jodrell Bank will keep listening for whatever comes next.
--:-- Jay McGubbin: I thought 20 years ago that we knew all that we wanted to know about the structure and evolution of the universe, and now we know almost nothing.
--:-- Ankur Desai: That's it from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast a little later. If you want to comment on this podcast, all the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service, and you can use the hashtag Global News Pod.
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--:-- Ankur Desai: This edition was mixed by Chris Cousares, and the producers were Stephanie Prentice and Stephen Jensen. The editor is Karen Martin, and I'm Ankur Desai. Until next time, goodbye.
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