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World Service,04 Jul 2026,49 mins

US marks 250 years since independence

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As President Trump hails the US as the ‘best and most incredible thing on this planet’, we hear from founding father Thomas Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson. Also on the programme: Hungarians prepare for the opening of the Communist-era secret service records; and the BBC reports from Venezuela, where more than 2,600 people are confirmed to have been killed in last week’s earthquakes. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Colleen Graffy, a law professor at Pepperdine Caruso Law School in California, and Turkish writer and essayist Kaya Genç. (Picture: Trump delivers a speech at Mount Rushmore, July 3, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper)

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