US pulls out of World Health Organization
Update: 2025-01-21
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In his first 24 hours back in office, US President Donald Trump has signed a range of executive orders, one of which removes the US from the World Health Organization. He claims the agency mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside other global health crises. We hear from the WHO and a Republican congressman about what this withdrawal means for the public body’s funding.
Also in the programme: we speak to one of 1,500 people now pardoned after the January 6 Capitol attack; and over to Japan, where a new device is helping pianists play faster.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump signs numerous executive orders, 20th January 2025. Credit: Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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