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In today鈥檚 episode, we look at some of the stories 鈥渦nder the radar鈥, away from the main news headlines in the United States. Why is the Trump administration blowing up boats which it says are carrying drugs from Venezuela to the United States? Donald Trump has described the latest strike which killed four people, as 鈥渁n act of kindness鈥 saving the lives of thousands of Americans. Sarah, Justin and Marianna unpack what we do and don鈥檛 know about the strikes, the evidence presented by the Pentagon and the justification. We also to look at why next year鈥檚 Super Bowl headliner, Bad Bunny, has attracted the ire of the Secretary for 成人快手land Security, Kristi Noem, and Trump鈥檚 MAGA supporters. HOSTS: 鈥 Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter 鈥 Sarah Smith, North America Editor 鈥 Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: 鈥 Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB 鈥 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 鈥 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk 鈥 Or use #Americast This episode was made by Rufus Gray, Alix Pickles, and Grace Reeve. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on 成人快手 Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask 成人快手 Sounds to play Americast鈥. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony鈥檚 成人快手 newsletter: /news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the 成人快手 News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. Newscast: /sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: /sounds/brand/p0bqztzm Radical: /sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r The Global Story: /sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
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