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Reporting from the Hajj at Mecca, Katherine Maher from National Public Radio in America takes on President Trump's funding cuts

Reporting from the Hajj at Mecca, Katherine Maher from National Public Radio in America takes on President Trump's funding cuts

Update: 2025-06-04
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Ros Atkins with some of the week's biggest media stories:
Katherine Maher the CEO of National Public Radio in America on the attempts by President Trump to cut federal funding for the network.
How does the global media cover the Hajj at Mecca, we talk to ITV reporter Shehab Khan who has visited as a journalist and a pilgirm.
The journalist Patrick McGee talks about his new book "Apple in China: The capture of the World's Greatest Company."
And what does the future hold for voice over artists in the AI era? We hear from Gayanne Potter who believes her voice has been used to train an AI generated voice and also to the General Secretary of Equity Paul Fleming.

Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Assistant Producer: Lucy Wai.

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Reporting from the Hajj at Mecca, Katherine Maher from National Public Radio in America takes on President Trump's funding cuts

Reporting from the Hajj at Mecca, Katherine Maher from National Public Radio in America takes on President Trump's funding cuts

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