Listening activity Feb 27, 2021

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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service and Valerie Plame to CNN at 4500 hours GMT
on Friday, the 19th of February. These are our main stories. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will not Haga
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Wealthy nations from the G-7 Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. poor nations get coronavirus vaccines
after criticism, they're dominating supplies. Also in this podcast, “we lost power for two days, our house
was dark, we had no heat. We were all Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. the fireplace because it was
the only heat in the house. And after a couple of days, our girls said, look, school's been canceled for the
week. Can we take a trip and go somewhere warm?” The Texas senator, Ted Cruz, explains why he left his
home state, which is in crisis because of bad weather to holiday in Mexico. NASA's Rover Perseverence is
beginning its two-year life on Mars after successfully landing on the Red Planet. So what's its first task? and
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texto. to reflect a Sudanese Egyptian heritage.

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it's something that's had a big influence on Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. who I am and my
perspective of the world. And people are often quite surprised when it Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir
texto.in conversations and it was happening, happening more and more.”

It's been announced that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will not Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir
texto.of the British royal family, the couple who now live in Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. in the
U.S., will lose all their royal patronage and honorary military Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto.
The set done in March last year and the plans were to be reviewed after 12 months. The announcement
comes ahead of Megan and Harry's built Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. interview with Oprah
Winfrey. Angela Levin wrote a biography about Prince Harry. She thinks Queen Elizabeth has had enough.
“I think she's done it now. Brought forward from the end of March was the original decision because she's
really Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. their behavior. The last two things that they've done have
really upset her enormously. And I think she's very tolerant. She's not a Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir
texto.She loves her family. And then you cross a red line and they have crossed it. They must know that.”

Our royal correspondent Johnny Damon told me that although this statement was expected, he suspects a
fair amount of Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto.
“It was expected they wouldn't return. And I think it was probably expected that the appointments and
Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. would not stay with them as well. I mean, they made it clear the
palace made it very clear in the negotiations at the beginning of last year that you just can't be half royal.
You can't do Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. And Harry and Megan want it out. It's painful for Harry.
Certainly the military honorary commanders are very painful to give up. And I think it's pretty clear he
wanted to Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. to those in some shape or form.
More painful, perhaps in the immediate sense is the exchange of Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. that
has come out one from Buckingham Palace, one from Harry and Meghan's spokesperson. The Buckingham
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Palace one is a restatement of the queen's philosophy, which is essentially, you know, you're either in or
out, pal. But the couple are clearly unhappy.
I mean, this they talk about how they are still Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. something the queen
had mentioned about a life of public service. We can all live a life of service. The couple say “service is
universal, Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. it's not just the royals that serve”. You know, the tone of
this suggests a fair amount of anger Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. the surface. It's what could have
been a formality has turned into a pretty open family round one, Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir
texto.Harry's grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, is in hospital.”

Do you think this is this decision has been made, this announcement before, this built Haga clic o pulse aquí
para escribir texto.interview that Harry and Meghan are going to give to Oprah, Oprah Winfrey?

“No, I don't think I don't think they're connected. The timetable was always pretty clear. There's a twelve-
month review, a kind of Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. in case it didn't work out for them when they
went to L.A. in case they had a change of mind in case they wanted to adjust things. There was a review
built in the patronage and appointments were clearly part of the review. They were on hold for a year and
this is Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. And it was always going to be around March this year. It's more
curious that it's become such sort of a subject of speculation that the Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir
texto.have felt they need to put this statement out whilst the Duke of Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir
texto.is in hospital. And again, points to and it's speculative, but it points to, I think, a fairly unhappy
relationship between the two parties. The Sussexes on the one hand and Buckingham Palace and the rest
of the royal family on the other.”
I suppose a lot of people listening to this will think, well, they're still have their Haga clic o pulse aquí para
escribir texto.Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Why are they holding on to those?

“Well, I mean, they they stick with them, whatever. Once you made a duchess good news, Valerie. You get
to hold onto it. But this you know, Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. this is a Haga clic o pulse aquí para
escribir texto.especially especially the captain general of the Royal Marines. It's a really big deal for Harry.
When he when he was Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. to him by his grandfather, the Duke of
Edinburgh, he turned to Harry and said, don't Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto.
His his father, the Duke, had held onto it six decades. Harry was a military man. This will Haga clic o pulse
aquí para escribir texto.

And that shows, I think, in the statement they've issued in response to the palace”. Johnny Diamond
The leaders of the world's Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. economies are preparing to announce a
dramatic Haga clic o pulse aquí para escribir texto. in their contributions to the global vaccination effort against
Coronavirus ahead of a virtual G7 meeting today, the UK, France and the United States have been speaking
about helping out. The United States is promising four billion dollars towards an international coronavirus
vaccination program, but only after U.S. citizens get their jobs first.