The Briefing Room Episodes Episode guide
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Explainer: What is a Tariff?
President Trump likes tariffs - what are they and what happened last time?
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Explainer: What does Nato do?
We talk through the history of the military alliance
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Explainer: Tensions over Kashmir
A history of Kashmir and tension between India and Pakistan
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Explainer: Rare earths
We look at rare earths - What are they and why does everyone seem to want them?
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Explainer: Putin鈥檚 motivation for war with Ukraine
We trace the evolution of Putin鈥檚 attitude towards Ukraine.
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Explainer: How do weight-loss drugs work?
We talk Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro
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Explainer: A short history of conflict in Ukraine
A quick run down on how it developed
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Explainer: A history of US tariffs
From McKinley to Trump, the rise, fall and rise again of US tariffs.
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Deadliest Day 鈥� a new investigative series from Beyond Today
Claire Read introduces her special series about the impact of one day of the Afghan war.
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Correspondents Look Ahead
The 麻豆社's senior journalists forecast what is likely to happen in 2018.
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30/12/2021
David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.
