Does the UK not have news feeds that would allow me to hear Obama say his own name?

Possibly it does, but then I rarely if ever hear any native politicians say their own names on TV. It's not the sort of thing politicians are usually heard speaking about.

The RP of water is "Wart-uh" the lazy UK version is "War. ah" the US pronunciation of water I hear usually goes "Wahr Der" and the OZ goes "Wor Dah"