2025-01-20
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There's a divide in American politics between those who think democracy is in peril and those who think it's already been subverted, hollowed out from the inside.
As President Trump returns to the White House, we go through the looking glass into a world where nothing is as it seems.
The coming storm from BBC Radio 4.
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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Monday, the 20th of January, these are our main stories.
The first three Israeli hostages released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal have been reunited with their families in Israel.
And a short time later, Romy Dohon and Emily.
An entire nation embraces you, he said.
Welcome home.
A video message from the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Meanwhile, in the occupied west bank, crowds have gathered outside ofa prison to see the first 90 Palestinian prisoners freed in exchange for the three Israelis.
And a ceasefire deal has allowed more aid into Gaza as many displaced people there return to what's left of their homes.
Massive, indescribable destruction unlike anything history has ever witnessed before.
But God willing, we will rebuild.
And live we hear from our Gaza correspondent also in this podcast.
In other news, TikTok has been restored in the United States after Donald Trump said he would allow the app to return.
There were many false starts in the efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza.
But on Sunday, the latest diplomatic push came to fruition.