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Today's episode of The Global Story was recorded on Saturday at CastFest,
which is the BBC's live podcast festival in London.
We spoke before the events at the White House Correspondence Dinner in Washington,
which is why you wo n't hear us mention any of that.
Several of our BBC colleagues were there at the dinner and were glad that everyone is safe.
For now, on with today's episode.
King Charles is visiting the United States this week to mark 250 years since America's independence from Britain.
But the visit comes at a particularly tense moment between the two countries.
By the way, I'm not happy with the UK either.
This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with.
We've never needed them.
We have never really asked anything of them.
You know, they'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan or this or that.
And they did.
They stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.