As the US midterm elections approach, this week’s focus is on the North East and Upper Midwest, examining the challenges Donald Trump and the Republicans face in New York, Maine and Michigan.

Michigan will be under the close eye of many ahead of the midterms, with Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who have vastly different views, already engaged in debates on TV.

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Boris Johnson has “categorically” denied he was warned a drinks party in the No 10 garden risked breaking lockdown rules.

“Nobody warned me that it was against the rules,” the prime minister said.

Former aide Dominic Cummings says he warned the PM at the time, and has accused him of misleading MPs about it.

Pressure is now mounting on the prime minister and there are reports the target of 54 letters to trigger a vote of confidence will be met in the coming days.

Newsnight’s political editor Nick Watt reports. Kirsty Wark is joined by Conservative peer Lord Marland, Delyth Miles from Grassroots Conservatives and former Conservative cabinet minister David Gauke.

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The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.

Nidal Hasan shot dead 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. It is believed it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century.

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01:04 – What did Pete Hegseth say?
01:55 – Who is Nidal Hasan and what did he do
02:58 – Reaction from UN to plan
03:37 – Reaction from a shooting survivor
04:33 – How would the livestream work?
06:25 – Is it legal? What legal hurdles are there
07:31 – Could Hasan appeal?
08:28 – Public executions worldwide
08:57 – Firing squad executions worldwide
09:43 – The last US public and firing squad executions

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A plague scare in Siberia has become a Rorschach test for public health fears in a post-Covid world.

Russian officials are investigating the death of a worker at a plague research laboratory. They say she died of pneumonia. But speculation online has suggested she may have died from pneumonic plague. Russian authorities deny this and say there is no risk of an outbreak.

So why has the story sparked so much alarm? And how has the legacy of the Covid pandemic played into people’s fears of another global health crisis?

The BBC’s health reporter, Jim Reed, joins The Global Story’s Tristan Redman to explain what we know about the case in Russia – and whether the world is prepared for a potential outbreak.

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0:00 Why are people worried about a plague outbreak in Russia?
0:47 Introduction to Jim Reed, BBC Health Reporter
1:29 Where is this outbreak in Russia?
4:58 What have the Russian authorities said?
5:27 How has this been covered around the world?
7:52 How have the WHO reacted?
10:10 What is plague and the different types of plague?
13:19 What is the pneumonic plague?
14:58 How common is pneumonic plague?
17:23 What is Donald Trump saying about the outbreak?
19:00 How has the US’s withdrawal from the WHO affected how the WHO are dealing with it?
20:49 The contrast between this outbreak and Ebola
23:23 Since Covid are we better equipped to deal with pandemics?
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Chapters:
0:00 Why are people worried about a plague outbreak in Russia?
0:47 Introduction to Jim Reed, BBC Health Reporter
1:29 Where is this outbreak in Russia?
4:58 What have the Russian authorities said?
5:27 How has this been covered around the world?
7:52 How have the WHO reacted?
10:10 What is plague and the different types of plague?
13:19 What is the pneumonic plague?
14:58 How common is pneumonic plague?
17:23 What is Donald Trump saying about the outbreak?
19:00 How has the US’s withdrawal from the WHO affected how the WHO are dealing with it?
20:49 The contrast between this outbreak and Ebola
23:23 Since Covid are we better equipped to deal with pandemics?

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