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Democrats move to impeach Trump over insurrection

09/01/2021 GMT

Democrats move to impeach Trump over insurrection charges

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Congressional Democrats to impeach Trump; impact of COVID lockdown on schools and parents

US Democrats have started drawing up Articles of Impeachment against President Trump, accusing him of incitement of an insurrection.

How are parents coping with the challenges of providing education because of school closures due to coronavirus?

And an essay from Hong Kong.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Myriam Francois, a Franco-British writer, journalist and film-maker based in London; and Sebastian Borger, a German journalist and London correspondent for the Berlin Tagespiegel and the Austrian Der Standard newspapers amongst other publications.

(Picture: Supporters of President Trump run through the Rotunda of the US Capitol. Credit: EPA)

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