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State of the nation: the January 6 hearings
The hearings into the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th 2021 are yet to finish and the revelations have been stunning.
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China military on high-alert as US ‘plays with fire’ in Taiwan
The Chinese government has accused Washington of being “reckless” as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan with promises to support and defend the island. It has raised anger in Beijing which has warned Washington of serious consequences. Ms Pelosi is the highest ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in 25…
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Prosecutors investigate Trump’s role over January 6
Donald Trump was back in Washington last night for the first time since Joe Biden took over the presidency, unrepentant, defiant, repeating his false assertions that election fraud had cost him the White House in 2020. But today it’s been revealed that the Department of Justice is slowly closing in on the former president as…
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State of the nation: the January 6 hearings
The hearings into the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th 2021 are yet to finish and the revelations have been stunning.
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The legacy of Donald Trump’s foreign policy
In this episode we speak to the Atlantic Council’s Christopher Preble, who leads a team that analyses and questions American policies abroad.
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Gun reform bill moves through US Senate – as Supreme Court block law limiting guns in public
For the first time in decades, new gun safety legislation has won support from Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate.
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‘Proud boys don’t have blood on their hands’, said group leader shortly after Capitol riot
This interview took place in February 2021. The public hearings of the January 6 select committee are investigating the causes of the attack on the Capitol building in Washington DC last year. During the inquiry, questions have been raised over what role militias and other right-wing groups may have had in planning and co-ordinating the riot.…
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There remains deep problems within NI communities, but no risk to peace – NI minister on Protocol
The European Union today said it would take legal action against the UK in retaliation for Boris Johnson’s plan to unilaterally scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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FactCheck: does gun control work?
States with stricter gun laws have lower firearms deaths – but is one causing the other?
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Lack of gun control is costing us our children, says human rights lawyer
We were joined from Washington by American human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid, who has called on President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to enact tougher gun controls.
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Joe Biden demands gun reform as America mourns another school massacre
On a quiet Tuesday in a small rural town an 18-year-old armed with an automatic rifle burst into a primary school in Texas and barricaded himself in a classroom full of nine and ten-year-olds.
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‘We have a right to be mad’ – son of Buffalo victim speaks
President Biden has visited the scene of this weekend’s racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York – declaring that “in America, evil will not win – white supremacy will not have the last word”.
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‘Protocol is not being torn up’, says NI minister
Northern Ireland Minister Conor Burns is the prime minister’s special representative to the United States on the Northern Ireland Protocol – he joined us from Washington DC.
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‘All terrorism is about the spread of hatred… If we hate, they win’, says brother of Islamic State victim David Haines
Alexanda Kotey was one of the so-called Beatles, an Islamic State cell of four British men that tortured and murdered mainly western hostages in the mid-2010s.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, reached a deal to buy Twitter.
