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The Shortwave Report

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Germany, France 24, Cuba, and Japan.

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The Shortwave Report November 22, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/11/21

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241122.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Russia announced it has updated its nuclear policy- John Foreman former Defense attache for the UK explains what that means. Zelensky dismissed a major Russian missile strike as a psychological operation. From JAPAN- Biden approved anti-personnel land mines for use in Ukraine, despite them being banned by 160

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The Shortwave Report November 15, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/11/14

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241115.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- The PM of New Zealand offered a national apology to hundreds of thousands of children and the eldrely who were abused in institutions over the past 70 years. Israeli media say Netanyahu now admits his government was behind the exploding pager attacks in Lebanon. The Guardian newspaper has ceased posting on X which it called

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The Shortwave Report November 8, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/11/07

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241108.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Clearly the US Presidential election was the primary topic in the international media this week. Here is a review of how various European leaders responded to the Trump victory. They all congratulated him, but remain wary of how future relations will evolve, especially regarding defense and the environment. From

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The Shortwave Report November 1, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/10/31

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241101.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- First a press review from Israeli and Arab media about the Israeli Parliament banning UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine). Then from the NYT a piece about widespread use of herbicides in the Amazon forest, not unlike what is done in the Pacific northwest forests. An edition of Perspective Perspective-

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The Shortwave Report October 25, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/10/24

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241025.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- A significant number of Israeli politicians and civilians are making preparations for new settlements in Gaza. Middle East analyst and editor Daniel Gerlach talks about the settlement movement in Israel which has moved from an extremist notion to become popular. He explains that international laws against new settlements

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The Shortwave Report October 18, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/10/17

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241018.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- In a report on Monday, Oxfam West Bank Policy lead, Bushra Khalidi, describes the situation in Northern Gaza. Oxfam and other relief agencies have not been able to assist anyone in Gaza since the first of October. Palestinians are being bombed and starved to death while being told to move to safe areas that are not safe-

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The Shortwave Report October 11, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/10/10

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241011.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Monday was the one year anniversary of the Hamas attack in Israel with actions taking place globally. Students at Columbia University, both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian, gathered and remembered the day from different perspectives. Israel continued its bombing of mosques and schools in Gaza, alleging that they were being used as

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The Shortwave Report October 4, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/10/03

DescriptionThis week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241004.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Julian Assange made his first public address since leaving prison to a hearing of the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe in France. He maintains that he pled guilty to the basic methods of journalism. Excerpts from his address and some analysis. From FRANCE- An interview with Tim Dawson,

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The Shortwave Report September 27, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/09/26

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240927.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- The Israeli army raided and closed the bureau for news network al-Jazeera in the West Bank, following a close down of their offices in East Jerusalem. Thibaut Bruttin the General Director of Reporters Without Borders discusses the importance of the only network supplying footage from Palestine without being imbedded in

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The Shortwave Report September 20, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/09/19

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and NHK Japan.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240920.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- In Lebanon the explosion of thousands of pagers on Tuesday led to deaths, many injuries, and panic. Israel has not claimed the terror attack, but the international press does not doubt the source. Then on Wednesday thousands of walkie talkies exploded with more deaths, injuries and panic. France 24 Press Reviews are always a good insight into

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The Shortwave Report September 13, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/09/12

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240913.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- In Israel, 42 army reservists wrote an open letter in May stating their refusal to return to Gaza. Two of those army reservists spoke to DW about what made them change their minds about the IDF actions in Gaza. Many Israelis consider them traitors and they may be charged in court with desertion. In Mexico outgoing President Obrador

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The Shortwave Report September 06, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/09/05

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240906.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Recent regional elections saw a far-right party, the AFD, win in one Eastern state and get 30 % of the vote in another. This is the first time since WW2 that extremist parties have come on top in Germany and some people are worried that it will grow as the NAZI party did in the 1930s. DW has a program called the Tipping

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The Shortwave Report August 30, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/08/29

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240830.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- From the DW Business desk, Kate Ferguson presents the topic of increased spending on nuclear weapons. Last year the world spent $91 billion on nuclear arsenals, a 13% increase from 2022. The US led the race with $51 billion, China second at $12 billion, and Russia third with $8 billion. In the US lobbyists spent over $17 million

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The Shortwave Report August 23, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/08/22

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr2408023.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- 13 years after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant, the first attempt to remove 880 tons of highly radioactive fuel debris has been suspended. Foreign and defense ministers of Japan and India met to review their joint declaration on security cooperation. Italy brought its aircraft carrier to Japan, joining many other

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The Shortwave Report August 16, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/08/15

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr2408016.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- In September of 2022, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was blown up. Intended to deliver an increased supply of natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea. This was 7 months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It created an energy crisis in Europe, global petroleum prices soared, and the US launched a massive delivery system of LNG by

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The Shortwave Report August 9, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/08/08

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240809.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- Anti-immigrant riots broke out in more than a dozen cities in the UK, with attacks on refugee housing, mosques and Muslims. It began after the brutal murder of 3 girls by a young man falsely identified on social media as an illegal immigrant- he was born in England. A very large police response could not stop the growth of

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The Shortwave Report August 2, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/08/01

This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240802.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- China condemned the passage of a Canadian warship through the Taiwan Strait as Canada begins ramping up its presence in the Indo-Pacific region. The US announced plans to deploy hypersonic and cruise missiles in Germany, leading Russia to consider halting its moratorium on the production and deployment of shorter range

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The Shortwave Report July 26, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/07/25

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240726.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- Canadian-American activist Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group the Sea Shepherd, was handcuffed aboard his own ship on an Interpol warrant from Japan. Temperature records keep falling as greenhouse gases continue to increase in the atmosphere. From GERMANY- Last Generation climate activists are

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The Shortwave Report July 19, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/07/18

This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240719.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- An interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Palestine. She was heavily criticized by Israel, along with the US and France, for describing the Israeli actions in Palestine in a paper entitled "Anatomy of a Genocide." She says that the Israeli military has broken humanitarian law by

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The Shortwave Report July 12, 2024

The Shortwave Report ·

2024/07/11

This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, France 24, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240712.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- Indian PM Modi has been in Moscow meeting with Putin about boosting trade and a path to peace in Ukraine. Hungarian PM Orban, current president of the EU, has been meeting with Chinese President Xi, discussing ending the fighting in Ukraine- Orban also visited Putin which was heavily criticized by some EU leaders

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