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World Service,18 Jan 2026,54 mins

Trump tariff threat over Greenland 'unacceptable', European leaders say

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European leaders condemn Trump’s tariffs on Nato allies resisting his Greenland push, calling them intimidation and blackmail. Also in today’s programme: Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine says he has escaped from police custody, and there is a new personalised treatment for leukaemia. Presenter Rebecca Kesby is joined by Rim Turkmani, Assistant Professor specialising in Syria and the Middle East at the London School of Economics, and Henry Chu, interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. (Photo: Protesters rally in Greenland against Trump annexation threat January 17, 2026. Reuters/Marko Djurica)

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