Plus: a Dubai businessman resigns after documents released by the Justice Department revealed his close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. And Anthropic has added former Microsoft and General Motors executive Chris Liddell to its board of directors. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.
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A crucial security conference in Munich has heard the German chancellor stating that the rules- based world order no longer exists and Europeans must be ready to make sacrifices for their freedom in an era of big power politics. Friedrich Merz acknowledged that a rift had opened between Europe and Donald Trump's America. It's the first major global event since President Trump threatened Denmark's sovereignty with a pledge to annex Greenland. Also: a landslide victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist party in the first election since a mass student uprising in 2024. Britain's High Court rules that a Government decision to ban the protest group, Palestine Action, under anti-terrorism legislation was unlawful. Mozambique is bracing itself as cyclone Gezani heads its way; heavy rain has been reported in some coastal areas. And the designer behind the global brand, Hello Kitty - one of Japan's most famous cultural exports - is stepping down.
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Julia Quinn published "The Duke and I," the first book in the 'Bridgerton' series, in 2000. Seven books and a quarter century later, its adaptation remains one of the biggest series ever to air on Netflix. Quinn spoke to host Gilbert Cruz about the show, her books and why the heck that family has so many children.
"I don't even remember why I made eight kids," said Quinn. "I just, I wanted her to have a big family and somehow that's how many kids there were. And if I had planned on eight, I would've plotted things out better. There were a number of places where I really wrote myself into a corner."
President Donald Trump has long insisted that foreign companies paid for the tariffs he’s levied on imports. But new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York contradicts that, finding that U.S. firms and consumers are left holding the bag. We'll dig in. Plus, fresh data shows inflation slowed in January. And later in the show, from Marketplace's "This Is Uncomfortable," is it ever OK to keep secrets in a relationship?
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Justin Fulcher, a former senior adviser to Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss cultural transformation of the Department of War under Hegseth and analyze what's next for the world's most powerful military.
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Tarique Rahman is set to become the country's next prime minister. He comes from a family dynasty and has been living in self-imposed exile in London for the past 17 years. After a period of violent upheaval, what comes next for Bangladesh?
Also on the programme: reaction from Ukraine after skeleton bob racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is disqualified from the Winter Olympics; and award-winning British cinematographer Roger Deakins has written a memoir. We hear from the man behind Fargo, the Big Lebowski, Skyfall and others.
(Photo: Tarique Rahman greets supporters during an election campaign rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 09 February 2026 / Credit: MONIRUL ALAM/EPA/Shutterstock)
In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, we explore the world of dating apps on the African continent. Around 350 million people worldwide are using dating apps to look for romantic connections. But the picture looks different in Africa.
We hear from a Nigerian couple who met on a popular dating app and ended up getting married. And a Kenyan woman who says her experience with the apps left her heartbroken.
Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Carolyne Kiambo, Fana Negash and Makuochi Okafor
Technical Producer: David Nzau
Senior Producer: Priyanka Sippy
Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla
If one man may legally own another, then he should likewise have the right to disown this property. To deny this right by law involves simultaneously affirming the right of one human to own another as his property but not the right to stop owning another human.