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	Podcast:		The World This Week
	Episode:		Gaza, Ukraine funding in limbo, Paris Olympics Tahitigate, Taylor Swift
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:45:14
	Publish Date:		2023-12-08 21:00:04
	Description:		Back to the brutal reality of war. A week ago at this time, some were still holding out hope of that a week-long ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could be revived. Now, it's house to house combat in the streets of Gaza's central city of Khan Younes and a fresh draft resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire at the United Nations Security Council... For the first time in over half a century, a UN Secretary-General evoking article 99 50 billion dollars on hold in the U-S after Senate Republicans insisted on tying aid to a tightening of domestic border controls The Olympics are in Paris... but the scandal of the week's eleven time zones away: Dateline the village of Tchopu on the French Polynisean island of Tahiti, host of the surfing competition at next summer's Games... but the vintage wooden judging tower beloved by surfers the world over had to go, insisted the International Olympic Committee. Not up to standards. But when it came time to break ground on a new metal tower for judges and journalists... it happened just as environmentalists had predicted, the wrecking of the bay's delicate coral reef: As far back as 1988, Time magazine put saving the environment on the cover for its person of the year... or in this case planet of the year... For 2023, it's Taylor Swift succeeding last year's choice Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the U-S pop star whose Eras tour's currently breaking box office records... Produced by Charles Wente, Guillaume Gougeon and Marguerite Lacroix.
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