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Feb 2025
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Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'

Bbc World Service
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Donald Trump launches a fresh attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a "dictator". Also, global glaciers are melting faster than ever recorded - and a ridiculed New Zealand tourism campaign.

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