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What should Democrats be doing when it comes to challenging Donald Trump, and in particular, why are Democrat politicians struggling to connect with voters?

In this episode, Ben Rhodes joins Americast and gives Justin his current view on the Democrats (and whether they should avoid lecturing voters) plus, why Republicans have been more successful at getting their message out in the digital sphere. What are they doing more effectively than the Democrats?

Ben Rhodes was a speech writer and Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama and is now the co-host of the popular Pod Save the World podcast. They also discuss Ben’s latest book “All We Say: The Battle for American Identity” which explores American history through the lens of 15 speeches; from Benjamin Franklin to President Trump.

Are we living through a unique moment in time or can we learn more about our present through a study of the past? Have arguments over immigration, citizenry, race and religion always been part of the American story?

And, as negotiations continue between the US and Iran, Ben Rhodes gives us an inside view after his experience negotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) directly with Iran in 2015.

What sort of deal could Trump strike with Iran and should we trust it?

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At least 235 people have been killed and 4,300 injured in powerful back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday.

Many more people are feared dead, with others left homeless or too afraid to stay in damaged, unsafe buildings sleeping in the streets after the disaster.

Rescuers are searching the rubble in Caracas and the state of La Guaira for the second night, and people have been heard calling for help from under the debris of collapsed buildings.

The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900.

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At least 188 people have been killed and more than 1,500 injured after powerful back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela, according to the latest reports.

Rescuers are searching the rubble in Caracas and the state of La Guaira, where the UN says more than more than 100 buildings have collapsed.

The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900.

Here's what we know so far about the earthquakes.

UPDATE: The President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez has since said 250 buildings have been damaged or lost.

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We ask Luis Fajardo of BBC Mundo what the deadly Venezuela earthquakes could mean for the country's future, at a time of great political and economic turmoil.

Venezuela has suffered two massive, back-to-back earthquakes, leaving more than 180 people confirmed dead and hundreds injured. Officials have warned that the death toll could be be far higher, as thousands of people remain unaccounted for. Buildings have been flattened in and around the capital, Caracas and beyond.

President Donald Trump has pledged American assistance in the wake of the earthquakes, saying "we will be there for our new and great friends". But there are questions about what effect the devastation could have on the redevelopment and oil industry investment that President Trump promised after US forces seized then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the start of the year.

Millions of poverty-stricken Venezuelans were already in dire need of aid before the quakes, according to humanitarian groups. And there are growing calls for Maduro's successor - Delcy Rodriguez - to hold fair and free elections.

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00:00 Introduction

00:13 Earthquake devastation in Venezuela

01:39 Venezuela's economic crisis

02:51 Trump and Venezuelan politics after Maduro

04:41 What aid does Venezuela need?

05:39 How could the earthquakes affect Venezuela's economic recovery?

07:37 Calls for fair Venezuelan elections

Thursday was the hottest June day on record in the UK.

A temperature of 36.4C has been recorded in Somerset. This beats the previous record, set just yesterday. A red weather warning for extreme heat has been extended into Friday for parts of the country, and at least six NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents.

Adam is joined by the BBC’s Climate Editor, Justin Rowlatt, and Professor Ed Hawkins MBE, climate scientist at the University of Reading.

And, how optimistic are business leaders for the next government? Adam speaks to BBC Business Editor, Simon Jack.

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00:00 How has the team been coping with the heatwave?

04:13 What does the 1976 heatwave tell us about climate change?

07:44 What does a new report say about the UK’s emissions?

12:45 How can the UK adapt to climate change?

16:07 What will the timeline for the Labour leadership contest look like?

23:05 How are business leaders reacting to Andy Burnham’s possible premiership?

What's the best way to sleep in a heatwave? When is the hottest point in a day? And what's the latest advice for people in the UK?

All your questions about the UK heatwave have been answered by experts and professionals.

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At least 164 people have been killed in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck, just a minute apart.

The second was the strongest to hit the country since 1900, and caused more than 100 buildings to collapse, the UN said.

Rescuers are searching the rubble in Caracas and the state of La Guaira, and one man in the capital said it felt like "the world was moving for a long time”.

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President Donald Trump has said that the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, negotiated under President Barack Obama, was "one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into". He famously withdrew the US from the deal in 2018. And now, with the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran extended, Mr Trump has vowed to secure a superior deal to limit Iran's nuclear capabilities.

We ask the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams what that will take.

The memorandum of understanding signed last week reaffirmed that Iran would not procure or develop nuclear weapons. But a more detailed agreement on the future of Tehran's nuclear programme must now be hammered out, as a vital part of the broader peace process.

The two sides are currently at an impasse over international inspections of nuclear sites, after Vice-President JD Vance attended talks in Switzerland. Iran has denied Mr Vance's claims that inspectors will be allowed in. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has insisted that inspections will take place but gave no timetable.

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00:00 Introduction

00:19 The memorandum of understanding

01:57 US and Iran disagree over nuclear inspections

03:38 What the JCPOA guaranteed

05:01 Can Trump get a better Iran nuclear deal than Obama?

07:00 What does Iran want from nuclear talks?

08:53 Iran's "tough" negotiators

10:28 What's next for US-Iran talks?

The record for the hottest ever June day in the UK has been provisionally broken, with temperatures soaring to 36.1C in Gosport, Hampshire.

It surpasses the previous record of 35.6C set in 1976 - here are today's provisional max temperatures in each nation.

A red warning for extreme heat in parts of England and Wales has been extended, while a new amber heat warning is issued for Saturday in southern and eastern England.

France has recorded its hottest day since records began in 1947, its national weather agency said, breaking a record set on Tuesday as an early summer heatwave grips western Europe.

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A new report by the United Nations has accused Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, as well as war crimes in the occupied West Bank.

The report alleges that Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately carried out acts inflicting death and severe bodily and mental harm on hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children, and that the killings continued even after last October’s ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has responded, saying it utterly rejects the commission’s report, calling it “a libellous sham” and “a propaganda piece as outrageous as its previous ones.”

Dr Nizam Mamode is a surgeon who has recently returned from Gaza, and he told the BBC about his experiences working and operating in Gaza, including with children.

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