17 January 2017
Episode 1352
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We look to the US as president Barack Obama commutes the sentence of Chelsea Manning. Meanwhile in the UK, prime minister Theresa May outlines the meaning of Brexit – but is it what anybody voted for? Plus: Syria peace talks in Astana, the history of presidential inaugurations and what King Felipe VI of Spain brought back from Saudi Arabia.
17 January 2017
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History of presidential inaugurations
With less than 72 hours until Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, we look at the history of presidential inaugurations with presidential historian Michael Purdy.
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