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A Call for Arms

Oct 20, 202132 min
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Episode description

Government tells everyone to get their Covid jabs…

The Health Secretary says coronavirus is still a threat, but he’s lined up a new antiviral drug that could help speed up recovery time. Fergus talks us through what’s going on…

What went wrong in Afghanistan? Former Ambassador to the US and national security advisor, Sir Kim Darroch, explains what happened at today’s committee looking at how we left the country in the summer.

And the director of the BBC documentary “Four Hours in the Capitol” explains how he tracked down the people who stormed the US government buildings back in January.

It’s a busy one… And we’ve got Chris Mason in the hot seat!

Today’s Newscast was made by Maz Ebtehaj, with Georgia Coan and Ben Cooper. Emma Crowe is the studio director. Sam Bonham is the assistant editor.

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