Unspun World: Trump's return, one year on

未加粉饰的世界:特朗普归来,一周年记

The Explanation

2026-01-23

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Caroline Hawley, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, looks back at the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, analyses the repercussions of the uprising against the clerical establishment in Iran, and explores whether a new blood test could transform the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
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  • You're listening to the explanation from the BBC World Service, recorded on the 21st of January.

  • I'm BBC diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley.

  • Welcome to a new series of Unspun World,

  • the programme that goes behind the headlines to find out what's really going on.

  • On this week's show, we look back at the first year of Donald Trump's second presidency.

  • President Trump has expanded the powers of the presidency further than any president before him.

  • And you have to keep in mind that it is difficult once those powers are granted to pull them back.

  • In Iran,

  • an uprising against the clerical establishment led to a crackdown described by human rights groups as unprecedented in its severity.

  • Whenever videos or photos come out of those people who have been killed,

  • I just hope that I don't see any familiar names.