The transgender refugees fleeing the US

逃离美国的跨性别难民

Today in Focus

2026-01-19

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Helen Pidd meets the US citizens attempting to claim asylum in the Netherlands. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • Today, we meet the Americans fleeing Trump and claiming asylum in Europe.

  • If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?

  • In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed.

  • Hundreds killed.

  • But even now, we still don't know for sure who did it.

  • It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories.

  • I'm Helena Merriman and in a new BBC series,

  • I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.

  • What did they miss the first time?

  • The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.

  • Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Quick warning before we start,

  • this episode contains some homophobic slurs and some discussion of suicide.

  • Just before Christmas,

  • I went on a trip to the Netherlands along with today in focus producer Eli Block.

  • Okay, so we've driven about two and a half hours out of Amsterdam.

  • We're almost at the German border.

  • It's a nice clear winter's day.

  • To Apple is not a place you'd usually visit as a tourist.

  • There are no quaint old boom mills and we're far too late for tulip season.