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Radio 4,03 Dec 2025,45 mins

Europe proposes new plan to use Russia’s frozen assets

The World Tonight

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The President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, has set out revised plans to use frozen Russian assets to loan money to Ukraine. Meanwhile, a German arms manufacturer invests in a drone manufacturing plant in Swindon to boost Europe’s defence. Also on the programme, Somali Americans in Minnesota react to president Trump’s attack on their community; and the chance discovery of one of the world’s largest species of octopus in Aberdeenshire.

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