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Series 6, Episode 21: Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder is an American author and historian. He is a professor of history at Yale University and a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.
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Hospitals struggling as UK records highest Covid daily deaths toll
London’s Mayor has declared a “major incident”, meaning emergency services are in danger of being unable to cope.
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London Mayor warns hospitals on verge of being overwhelmed
The Whittington Hospital in north London has seen one of the highest rises in admissions of patients with the virus in the country.
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Trump to snub Biden inauguration as he faces impeachment calls
Washington and the US are still reeling from Wednesday’s extraordinary events.
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Conspiracy theories encouraged by Trump converge in act of violence
All this high drama is coinciding with the worst week so far for Covid infections in the US.
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Mary Trump: ‘It’s ridiculous to suggest we don’t need to worry and everything will be fine in 12 days’
Just after November’s election, we spoke to the President’s niece Mary Trump.
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Uganda election: President Museveni claims opposition are agents of ‘foreign interests’
We are in the capital Kampala and have been talking to the country’s president.
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Royal College of Midwives CEO: ‘It’s really important women in labour have somebody with them’
Maria Booker Is from Birthrights, a group that campaigns for better maternity care, and Gill Walton is chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives.
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Was care mother and baby received compromised by Covid?
One couple have spoken to Channel 4 News about their experience after the mother-to-be tested positive for Covid.
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Gove warns of ‘significant additional disruption’ at UK border
The Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has warned that there will be “significant additional disruption” at the country’s borders in the next few weeks.
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John Bolton: Trump should resign and be investigated for alleged sedition
We spoke to John Bolton, who was Donald Trump’s national security adviser, and began by asking whether the President should face a criminal investigation.
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‘Please avoid other people if you possibly can’ – intensive care doctor Prof Hugh Montgomery’s advice to public
Professor Hugh Montgomery is an intensive care doctor who works at a London ICU.
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‘Clap for Carers’ returns as ‘Clap for Heroes’
The revived Clap for Heroes is the new version of the Clap for Carers, which provided a rallying point for the country during the pandemic’s first wave last Spring. It’s now been re-designed to celebrate the contribution of all key workers, as well as parents homeschooling their kids. The decision to revive it has not…
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US political divide ‘vastly greater than that of any advanced democracy’ – political scientist Ian Bremmer
Joe Biden has condemned what he called the “unprecedented assault” on American democracy. Just days ago a political risk group predicted that division in the United States would be the biggest global threat of 2021 – bigger, even, than Covid. The Eurasia group put Biden’s presidency at the world’s number one risk – ahead of…
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Brexit could lead to the next generation of genetically tampered crops, campaigners warn
A week after Brexit, is the next development of Frankenstein food heading for our tables? That’s what environmental campaigners are claiming, as the government launched a consultation on gene editing of crops and livestock. Until now the practice has been banned under strict European rules, but ministers claim it will mean healthier food and clear…
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Government under pressure to help rough sleepers during lockdown
With temperatures tonight set to plunge well below freezing, the Westminster government is coming under increasing pressure to help rough sleepers who once again face being back on the streets. During the first lockdown, the groundbreaking scheme “Everyone In” put a roof over the heads of almost 15,000 homeless people in England. With the virus…
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Army will use ‘battle preparation techniques’ in Covid vaccine rollout
Boris Johnson has pledged the full force of the Army and its “battle preparation techniques” to ramp up the rollout of the Covid vaccine, as frustrated GPs said they simply had not been given enough supplies. For exhausted hospital staff, there’s no let up: beds are almost at capacity and intensive care units are filling…
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‘This has everything to do with race from top to bottom’ – Prof Timothy Snyder on Capitol siege
We spoke to Timothy Snyder, a professor of History at Yale University who has argued the way President Trump has behaved throughout his term has been heading towards tyranny.
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Donald Trump blocked from social media
“These tragedies have reminded us that words matter and the power of life and death is in the tongue” – the words of the Senate chaplain as he said prayers in a chamber still reeling in shock. President Trump stands accused of inciting the mob by his continual slew of social media posts promoting false…
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Law enforcement response to Capitol siege ‘was botched from the get-go’ says former US Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano was the US Secretary of Homeland Security during President Obama’s first term of office.
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What next for Donald Trump?
For his entire presidency, Donald Trump has been accused of harnessing the hate that was unleashed on Capitol Hill. But will that be his legacy? How will the Republican leaders whose support enabled him, and President-elect Biden, who will succeed him, move forward from here?
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‘We need Republicans and Democrats to come forward and remove [Trump] from office’ – Democrat Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee is a long-serving Democratic congresswoman.
