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‘Vested interests trying to sway COP’, says Ocasio-Cortez
After President Obama swept into town yesterday, more US political star power turned up here today in the form of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic colleague, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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DRC’s toxic cost of going green
Africa Correspondent Jamal Osman tracks down the men who are risking their lives to work the cobalt mines, and the families living with the life changing consequences of those risks.
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President Biden under pressure after shock Republican win in Virginia
There has been a shock election result in the United States, where the Republicans have won the governorship in Virginia for the first time in more than a decade, while the race in New Jersey is still too close to call.
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‘Believe the whistleblowers’ of police misconduct, says Lib Dem MP
We spoke to the North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain – she’s the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip and spent 12 years working as a police officer.
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EU proposals on NI protocol ‘fall well short of what is needed’, says DUP leader
We talk to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson.
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‘Crisis of trust’ between politicians and voters, study shows
But a new study by the think tank, More in Common, has found those ideals are being undermined in practice.
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‘World needs strong, stable and forward-looking Germany’, says author John Kampfner
If you’re looking for a sign of the new Germany, then how about this? A seat held by Angela Merkel’s party for 30 years has just been won by a candidate from the Social Democrats, who’s just 27 years old herself.
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Ballots counted to determine Angela Merkel’s successor
The Labour Party like everyone else will be watching the results in Germany very closely.
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Angela Merkel backs her centre-right party candidate Laschet amid tight election
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed her centre-right party’s candidate Armin Laschet to succeed her, as Germans head to the polls tomorrow.
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German elections: Generational divide could decide result
Oktoberfest has been downsized thanks to Covid, but German politics has gone into full and final gear before Sunday’s election.
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Lib Dem ‘policies will appeal to disgruntled Tory voters’, says Ed Davey
Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has given his keynote speech at the party’s annual conference today, pledging to smash down the Tory’s blue wall.
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‘Afghanistan has lost 51 per cent of its human capital’ – former government minister
We spoke to Hosna Jalil, the former deputy interior minister in Afghanistan.
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Does Afghanistan withdrawal mean the end of US nation building?
After imperial Britain and the Soviet Union, Afghanistan has now seen off America, supposedly the world’s mightiest military.
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‘Nothing orderly at all’ about US withdrawal from Afghanistan, US congressman says
We spoke to Democrat Congressman John Garamendi, and began by asking him about President Biden’s promise of an orderly exit from Afghanistan.
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Andrew Cuomo quits as NY governor after sexual harassment report
Andrew Cuomo has resigned as governor of New York, after a report found he had sexually harassed 11 women.