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President Trump announces a 25% tariff on all imports of cars and car parts into the US. Manufacturers in Europe, Asia and Canada are furious; we hear from the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association.
Also in the programme: several people die after a tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's Red Sea coast; and we talk to the Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer on using humour to tell sometimes uncomfortable truths about the immigrant experience.
(IMAGE: US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on auto tariffs and other topics in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 26 March 2025 / CREDIT: Francis Chung / EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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More political fallout following the leaked Signal messages after the Atlantic Magazine published the exchanges in full - citing a “clear public interest”. We hear from a Democratic congressman and a Republican strategist on events.
Also on the programme: in South Korea, an inquiry into how nearly 200,000 of children were sent overseas for adoption, sometimes without their parents even knowing; and Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial charged with plotting a coup.
(Photo: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attends a press briefing at the White House. Credit: WILL OLIVER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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The Atlantic magazine has released the full contents of a Trump administration group chat in which sensitive details of a US military attack in Yemen were divulged to one of its journalists. The White House has responded calling the leak a ‘hoax’.
Also on the programme: a long-awaited inquiry in South Korea has found previous governments responsible for committing human rights abuses over a decades long adoption program; and we hear about the miniature Dachshund who has spent more than a year on the run.
(Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth views a display of equipment in Hawaii. Credit: Handout via REUTERS, U.S. March 25, 2025)
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As President Donald Trump plays down the Signal leak, describing it as a “glitch”, a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing grilled officials to try to find out just how damaging this was to US national security.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe both denied that there was classified information in the chat.
Also on the programme: more details on the Darfur market attack in Sudan described as a “massacre”; and why bitcoin mines are heading to Africa.
(Photo: CIA Director John Ratcliffe testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. Credit: Reuters)
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The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, received an invitation to the chat on the Signal app by the National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. In the chat, the vice-president JD Vance seemingly said he hates "bailing Europe out again". The defence secretary Pete Hegseth apparently replied to Vance with: "I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC". We hear from the Democratic Congressman Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Also in the programme: an air strike on a market in Sudan is believed to have killed hundreds of people in western Darfur; and another piece of evidence showing there could have been life on Mars. (Photo: US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Credit: Photo by Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock. Washington, DC, USA, 24 February 2025)
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Protests in Turkey enter their sixth day following the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption charges. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the demonstrations in support of the detained figure have turned into what he called “a movement of violence”. Earlier, the Turkish government said more than 1,100 people have been arrested since protests broke out. We speak to the relative of someone who has been arrested for demonstrating.
Also on the programme: After DNA-testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy, a legal expert explains whether customers’ genetic data is safe; and the editor of The Atlantic magazine says US security leaders added him to a group chat about upcoming strikes in Yemen.
(Photo: Protester reads Erdogan's book in front of Turkish riot police barricade on 23rd March. Credit: Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Turkey's interior ministry says 1,133 people have been detained after days of protests against the arrest last week of Istanbul's popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, on corruption charges. More than 70 demonstrators were detained overnight outside Istanbul. Police also arrested a number of left-wing politicians, lawyers and at least 10 journalists in pre-dawn raids. Also in the programme: US negotiators are meeting their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia, as part of Donald Trump's push for a quick end to the war in Ukraine; and the DNA testing firm 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US - so could customers' genetic data get into the wrong hands? (Photo: A person holds a flower towards police officers, during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025. Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis)
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The mayor of Istanbul, who's the main political rival to President Erdogan, has been formally arrested on corruption charges. The detention of Ekrem İmamoglu triggered protests across Turkey. The court confirmed he would be held in custody pending trial. Mr İmamoglu is expected to be confirmed as a presidential candidate today. We speak to Ilnur Cevik, a member of President Erdogan's security and foreign policy council.
Also, how Uganda's health system is coping with the loss of US AID money. We hear from Dr Herbert Luswata., the president of the Ugandan Medical Association.
We hear from Romania where the supporters of the far-right politician Calin Georgescu say he should not have been prevented from taking part in coming elections.
And the lost music of the French composer Ravel gets a radio outing!
(Photo: Ekrem Imamoglu. Credit: Reuters)
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Thousands of demonstrators in Istanbul have taken to the streets to protest against the arrest of the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. He is one of a number of opposition figures who have been taken into custody in recent days. We speak to one man who has been on the street calling for his release.
Also in the programme: Israel carries out multiple airstrikes in southern Lebanon; how the dismantling of the US Department of Education might affect one mother and her two autistic daughters; and famed boxer George Foreman passes away at the age of 76.
(Photo: Police officers in riot gear stand next to demonstrators during a protest against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, 22nd March, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Murad Sezer)
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The Israeli military says it's conducted air strikes in southern Lebanon after rockets were fired across the border for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed with Hezbollah last year.
Also, the Vatican says Pope Francis intends to make a public appearance on Sunday -- the first since he was admitted to hospital more than a month ago.
And we pay tribute to the boxing legend George Foreman who has died aged 76.
(Photo: Smoke billows from the site of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. Credit: Reuters)
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The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after almost two years of fighting. We hear from a citizen near Khartoum.
Also in the programme: We hear how a single fire, outside Heathrow, paralysed Europe's busiest airport for more than twelve hours; and the peaceful death of the Soviet spy, credited with having stopped a third world war.
(Photo: Sudanese army members film themselves inside the presidential palace, Khartoum, Sudan, March 21, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media via Reuters)
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The Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, military leaders have said.
The army appears poised to regain control of the capital two years after it was kicked out by its paramilitary rivals, known as the RSF.
Also in the programme: Europe's busiest airport, London Heathrow, has been shut down by an electricity cut; we'll hear about the Ukrainian organisation trying to help people flee life under Russian occupation; and why yellow warblers are succumbing to road rage.
(Photo shows Sudanese army members celebrate inside the presidential palac in Khartoum, Sudan, March 21, 2025. Credit: Reuters)
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Zimbabwe's two-time Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry will be the most powerful person in sport - after being elected head of the International Olympic Committee. It was expected to be a close race, but Coventry was elected by a majority in the first round of a secret ballot. She's described her election as an "extraordinary moment" and promised to make IOC members proud of their choice.
Also on the programme: we're at the scene of pro-democracy demonstrations in Istanbul as Turks take to the streets to protest against the detention of the city's popular mayor; and an actor with dwarfism gives us her take on the controversy surrounding the lack of people like her in the live-action remake of Snow White.
(Picture: Thomas Bach with Kirsty Coventry as she is elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Credit: Reuters/Louisa Gouliamaki)
