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It鈥檚 time for the 2025 Americast Awards鈥�

There鈥檚 no doubt that it鈥檚 been a tumultuous year in US politics. From a dramatic disagreement between President Trump and Ukraine鈥檚 President Zelensky in the Oval Office, the deployment of the National Guard to cities across America, self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming the Mayor of New York, to Trump announcing his plan to turn Gaza into the 鈥楻iviera of the Middle East鈥�.

Justin, Sarah and Marianna pitch the moments which they think caused the biggest ripples in America this year to Matt Chorley. And we hear some of your picks too.

HOSTS:

鈥� Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter

鈥� Sarah Smith, North America Editor

鈥� Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent

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