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How will Trump react to Republicans’ midterms defeat?

November 6, 2026 · 26 min

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This week John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, explores what the last two years of Donald Trump’s presidency might look like, analyses how the political deadlock in Israel could be broken, and looks at the difficulties and opportunities that artificial intelligence presents to science. Producer: Kate Cornell Executive Producer: Benedick Watt Commissioning Editors: Silvia Costeloe and Paul Royall

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