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Feb 2025
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King Abdullah meets Donald Trump and Per...

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Jordan’s King Abdullah II meets with Donald Trump at the White House and we analyse the effects of Donald Trump’s executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Then: Peru’s National Archives battle for survival and we check in at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Plus: who is on the longlist for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

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