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Just how many times has Canada's PM worn blackface? He doesn't know, and claims he didn't know it was racist at the time! This scandal would normally sink a world leader. With an election just weeks away, will Canadian's punish him at the polls or will his surname and charm see him win another term?

LBC’s Iain Dale, Labour MP Kate Hoey and Brexit Party’s Louis Stedman-Bryce come together for the first time. Kate says some of colleagues gang up on her... and Louis says as a gay black man he feels at home in the Brexit Party!? Radio star Iain reveals he’s also a diabetic farmer who’s not afraid of leaving the EU nor of the predicted medical shortages.

False pictures, misleading jargon, hyperbolic claims – there have been plenty of people decrying the media coverage of the Amazon fires. Has the reaction to the fires been hysterical? Or are the critics splitting hairs?

What are the priorities of Brazil’s President? Bolsonaro has been clear that he wants to develop Brazil’s economy, but is he willing to ride roughshod over the country’s environment to achieve that? His political manoeuvres since gaining power have prompted warnings from environmentalists…

This story went ablaze in August; the month that’s commonly known as ‘silly season’ among journalists because a scarcity of stories means otherwise trivial news makes it into the headlines. For Brazilian supporters of Bolsonaro, that’s the only way to explain how high profile the story became – they say fires in the Amazon are routine at this time of year and the numbers for 2019 aren’t extraordinary. But environmentalists look to Bolsonaro’s political record and see the beginnings of a disturbing trend that could result in the forest being wiped out.

They’re unprecedented and they’re destroying the lungs of the earth; or they’re routine and it’s none of your business anyway. The fires in the Amazon have divided opinion around the world. Environmentalists say the surge in fires this year could tip the world’s largest rainforest into permanent decline; and they know who is to blame, Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. But Bolsonaro’s defenders have raised plenty of objections, pointing out that the fires were far higher 15 years ago. Who’s right and who’s wrong? We’ll explore.

Do some leaders handle power better than others? Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe were both guerrilla fighters who became heads of state. But what was it that made them both handle power in completely different ways?

Robert Mugabe is dead aged 95. Is the former president of Zimbabwe a hero who won the right to rule his country after defeating white colonial oppression? Or was he a brutal tyrant who abused his office to violate human rights and stay in office way too long?

Jaiden Animations runs a top YouTube channel about her life. The popular animator talks to NEXUS STREET about how to get started and on overcoming your nerves!! Summer in the City 2019.

NEXUS STREET allows us to get out of the studio and meet real people...!

Did Tyson Fury beat the best of his generation? Did he have an attractive fighting style? Was he entertaining outside of the ring? Did he overcome adversity? All questions boxing fans will ask when a candidate emerges for the coveted, colloquial boxing title of ‘The Greatest’. Tyson Fury ticks the boxes, but his career still has a way to go, and there could be twists and turns to come. We look at the career of the colourful, controversial, but never boring boxing legend with his friend and former Cruiserweight champ Glen McCrory and fellow traveller and bare-knuckle fighter Jimmy Sweeney