517. Is Trump Plotting Regime Change in Cuba? (Question Time)

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  • 2 April 2026

  • Posted by Alastair Campbell

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Does Trump already have one eye on regime change in Cuba, as the US faces strategic failure in the Iran war? Who is more dangerous to the world right now, Putin or Netanyahu? Should Starmer be doing more to protect children from the harms of social media, and what does his slow approach to this issue reveal about his style of government?


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