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Unspun World with John Simpson
Season 5 · Episode 21
21/01/2026: Trump One Year On, Iran’s Uprising, and Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
0.026mJanuary 21, 2026
This week Caroline Hawley, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, looks at Donald Trump's first year of his second term, analyses the repercussions of the uprising against the clerical establishment in Iran, and explores whether a new blood test could transform the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
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