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Mount Washington: Why one of the worst weather locations on Earth is warming up
Extreme climate events, from floods to heatwaves are becoming ever more common – in fact the last nine years were the hottest on record, Nasa scientists have found.
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‘Silicon Valley can’t completely wash their hands of Elizabeth Holmes’, says Washington Post reporter
We spoke to Gerrit De Vynck, the Washington Post’s Technology Reporter, who’s been following the case of Elizabeth Holmes and began by asking how she was able to dupe so many rich business people.
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‘Structural racism has the attention of the highest levels of American government’ – Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart
We spoke to author and playwright Bonnie Greer, who was born in the US but has lived in the UK for the past 35 years, and from the US, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart.
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Relief behind the masks on Washington’s silent streets
Think back to four years ago and the angry debate about the size of the crowd. Today there is no debate – and no crowd either. Amid the pandemic and the siege at the US Capitol just two weeks ago, Americans have been firmly told to stay at home.
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Washington remains on high alert while Biden plans executive orders for inauguration day
There’s usually tight security here in the run-up to a Presidential inauguration, but this time it is tighter than ever thanks to the deadly siege of Capitol Hill 11 days ago. In state capitals across the US, law enforcement officers are on high alert for protests promised for today by Donald Trump’s supporters. So far,…
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Combat troops deployed in Washington as Trump faces impeachment
In Washington DC, the lower house is expected to vote in the next couple of hours on a historic second impeachment of President Trump.
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‘If UK pits itself against European effort… it will get a clear answer from Washington’ – David Miliband on UK-US relations under Biden
David Miliband served as Foreign Secretary during Gordon B-rown’s administration and is now president of the International Rescue Committee in New York.
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Joe Biden ‘doesn’t have the same baggage as Hilary Clinton’ – Washington Post journalist
Channel 4 News spoke to Tara Setmayer, a former strategist for the Republican party, and Jonathan Capehart, from the Washington Post.
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George Floyd death has triggered ‘release of decades worth of frustrations’ – Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart
Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart speaks to Matt Frei from Washington DC.
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‘Within Washington there is bipartisan consensus China is a threat’ – RUSI’s Karin von Hippel
I spoke to Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute – the defence and security think tank. I started by asking her if she thought it was inevitable there would be a reckoning between China and the US.
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‘MBS was very annoyed Jeff Bezos wouldn’t curb Washington Post’ – human rights activist Iyad el-Baghdadi
I spoke to the Arab human rights activist and writer Iyad el-Baghdadi via the internet from Oslo. He’s been investigating the hack with the Bezos security team. I began by asking him what they’d discovered.
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Washington Post reporter on Mueller: ‘There’s still a number of unanswered questions’
Jackie Alemany is a political reporter at the Washington Post.
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Washington readies for Mueller report into Trump Russia collusion
Washington DC is braced for the release of details from Robert Mueller’s confidential final report into allegations of collusion between the Trump Presidential Campaign and Russia. In a letter on Friday, the US Attorney General – who has the report – said he hoped to be in a position to provide Congressional leaders with Mueller’s…
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George HW Bush state funeral held in Washington DC
An American President, a decorated World War Two fighter pilot, a husband and a father – George HW Bush packed many lives into his 94 years.
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Kamasi Washington on Kendrick Lamar and race in America
He’s the figurehead of the new jazz revival in the US. Kamasi Washington was brought up in South Central Los Angeles, a place better known for producing gangster rap than saxophone players.