Thirty nations, including China and Russia, have gathered in Paris for talks about the threat posed by the terrorist group Islamic State. (Aussie ABC; original)
Is the ‘have’ pronounced? It seems like there’s no sound at all about ‘have’, or it sounds like RUSSIA’VE [rʌ́ʃə(v)]. I don’t want to know how to pronounce like him but how he is pronouncing now. Which way does he pronounce?