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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is World War Two military historian and archivist Elisabeth Shipton. We start by concentrating on two events from the last year of the Second World War.Exercise Tiger took place in April 1944 in preparation for the D-Day landings of Allied forces in Normandy. But during that rehearsal a German fleet attacked and about 749 US servicemen died. We hear remarkable archive testimony from Adolf Hitler's secretary who witnessed his last days in a bunker in Berlin before he took his own life. Plus, 20 years since the video sharing platform, YouTube, was first launched.We hear about the apartheid-era production of the play Othello in South Africa, which broke racial boundaries.And finally, how in 1985, Coca-Cola messed up a reworking of the drink's classic formula.Contributors: Paul Gerolstein - survivor of Exercise Tiger (from archive audio gathered by Laurie Bolton, from the UK Exercise Tiger Memorial, and the journalist, David Fitzgerald).Traudl Junge - Adolf Hitler's secretary.Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen - on the start of YouTube.Dame Janet Suzman - on the staging of Othello in 1987.Mark Pendergrast - author.(Photo: US troops ahead of D-Day. Credit: Keystone/ Getty Images)

After Ron DeSantis bows out of US presidential race, who will win the Republican nomination? We ask a member of Nikki Haley's fundraising team if she has what it takes to beat Donald Trump.Also in the programme: campaigners for Israelis hostages storm the country's parliament, the Knesset: we speak to one of them. And why is Britain facing a major outbreak of measles, a disease which had almost been eradicated? (Photo: US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley campaigns in New Hampshire, Franklin, USA. Credit: CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock).

What prompted the 23-year-old US serviceman, Private Travis King, to give his escort the slip at Seoul airport in South Korea and to cross into the north? More than 24 four hours since the story broke, many questions remain unanswered about him, his motives, and the consequences of the fact that he's now in detention in a country which is a sworn enemy of the United States. We hear from a former senior Swedish military officer who worked at the so called Demilitarized Zone at the border between the two Koreas. Also on the programme: our political reporter goes walkabout in the former constituency of Boris Johnson a day ahead of a by-election there; and we speak to the only woman candidate in Zimbabwe's coming presidential elections. Photo: US soldier Travis King appears in this unknown location, undated photo Credit: REUTERS

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History stories. In 1995, the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store in the South Korean capital, Seoul, killed and injured hundreds of people. Explaining the impact it had on urban planning is Dr Youngmi Kim, senior lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Also, the speech President John F Kennedy made at the height of the Cold War on 26 June 1963. It galvanised the world in support of West Berliners who had been isolated by the construction of the Berlin Wall. From the archive, Dr Jean Jacques Mueyembe and Dr David Heymann worked to bring the first documented outbreak of Ebola under control in 1976. Plus, Budapest's communist statue 'graveyard' which opened in 1993. Finally, when Lady Gaga accepted an MTV Video Music Award in a dress made entirely out of beef. Contributors: Sun Minh Lee on the Sampoong Department Store disaster Dr Youngmi Kim, senior lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh Gisela Morel-Tiemann on the Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech Dr Jean Jacques Mueyembe and Dr David Heymann on Ebola Judit Holp on Memento Park Franc Fernandez on Lady Gaga's meat dress (Photo: US military troops and South Korean army soldiers look for survivors in the rubble of the collapsed Sampoong Department Store. Credit: Getty Images)

Allies of Ukraine fail to agree on the deployment of new battle tanks in it war against Russia. Also in the programme a senior UN official believes the Afghan Taleban could ease their restrictions on women; and a resident of Axum in Tigray gives us an eyewitness account of the Eritrean troops pulling out from the city. (Photo: US, German and Ukrainian defence ministers attending the Ramstein meeting. Credit: EPA)

The United Nations children's agency has condemned the continuing detention of children in a Syrian prison attacked by fighters from the Islamic State group last month. Unicef has just visited the jail and says the conditions facing children there are 'precarious'. Also in the programme: Senegal beat Egypt on penalties to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time; and we hear from the AU Special Envoy on Youth. (Photo: US soldiers along with Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) take part in a mop-up operation in Hasaka, northeastern Syria on 29 January 2022. The US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that they had retaken full control of Ghwayran prison in the city of Hasaka and re-arrested dozens of jihadists holed up in the prison and in nearby houses, after a major jailbreak attempt from the so-called Islamic State group (IS or ISIS) militants. Credit: EPA/Stringer)

The US military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after two decades of war, leaving the Taliban in charge. We hear from BBC Chief International correspondent Lyse Doucet, who watched the last US military planes leave Kabul's airport. We also hear from Jonathan Schroden, Director of the CNA's Countering Threats and Challenges Program, about what this means for the US and its legacy. And the last country in the world to use leaded petrol has stopped selling the highly toxic fuel, putting an end to its use in cars. We speak to Rob De Jong, the head of the Sustainable Mobility Group at the United Nations, who led the efforts against the fuel. We will discuss this and more with our guests; Simon Littlewood, president of ACG Global in Singapore, business editor Hayley Woodin and the economist Peter Morici from the US. (Photo: US planes in Kabul, Credit: Getty)

The US military says it killed a member of the Islamic State group in Nangarhar province in a drone strike after the militants killed an estimated one hundred and seventy people in a suicide bomb and gun attack on Kabul airport on Thursday. We hear from security analysts on the militant threat and a report on the ground from Kabul. Also in the programme: A new study has found patients with the Delta variant of Covid 19 are twice as likely to need hospital admission as people who caught earlier strains of the disease; and Sirhan Sirhan the man who assassinated Robert F Kennedy is granted parole. (Photo: US soldiers guarding Kabul airport. Credit: Reuters)

Photo: US mailman and his truck 2/2      Our regulatory agencies and their abduction by “interests.”  @RichardAEpstein   Theory of Regulatory Capture* by the Regulated. Richard A Epstein, Tisch Professor of Law NYU Bedford Senior Fellow; Hoover Institution; senior lecturer, University of Chicago Law School.   @RichardAEpstein   https://promarket.org/2021/07/22/george-stigler-theory-economic-regulation-interest-group-politics-industry/   * Regulatory agencies come to be acquired by the interests they regulate and not by the public interest.   

The Pentagon has confirmed that President Trump would further slash the number of US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those in Afghanistan will be almost halved, to two thousand five hundred - Iraq will have the same number after a smaller reduction. Also in the programme - Facebook and Twitter bosses were grilled in the Senate over US election actions. Plus - prisoners in El Paso, Texas, were spotted moving bodies of deceased Covid-19 patients for which they were paid $2 an hour. Hundred of thousands of prisoners who work get paid no more than a few cents an hour. Many get nothing. And most are working for private companies, including prisons themselves, which are profiting hugely from their work. We take a deeper look at the legal, social and ethical framework around prison labour in the US with Genevieve Le Baron, professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and the Co-Chair of Yale University’s Modern Slavery Working Group. And - with the fourth season of the Crown underway, we look at the importance of royal fashion. Throughout the programme we are joined by guests David Kuo in Singapore and Erin Delmore in the US. PHOTO: US troops in Iraq/Reuters

The US consulate in Chengdu closes in response to the US closing the Chinese consulate in Houston last week. Professor Zhang Weiwei from Fudan University told Newshour that China always seeks de-escalation in the bilateral relations. Also in the programme: How the coronavirus pandemic has seen the re-emergence of deep seated social inequalities in Colombia? And 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. (Photo: US consulate in Chengdu closed. Credit: EPA/ Alex Plavevski)

In his Independence Day message to Americans, President Trump has claimed that the US is on its way to a 'tremendous victory' over Covid-19, despite all evidence suggesting otherwise. Also in the programme: Books by Hong Kong democracy advocates are disappearing from libraries after Beijing imposes a new national security law; and leading expert of Afghanistan Barney Rubin on whether the Taliban are really committed to peace. (Photo: US flag. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Heather O'Reilly and Spain's Verónica Boquete look ahead to the women's World Cup final. We also hear from the former French international Melissa Plaza about the challenges still facing the women's game. Plus, Peter Odemwingie gives his views on the Africa Cup of Nations and we look ahead to the final of the Copa America. Presented by Mani Djazmi. (Photo: US women's team walking onto the pitch: Credit: Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

Will the growing competition between China and the United States inevitably lead to military conflict? One leading American academic created huge attention when in 2017 when he posed the idea of what he called a "Thucydides Trap". Drawing on the work of the ancient Greek historian, he warned that when a rising power (Sparta) threatens an existing power (Athens) they are destined to clash, unless both countries change their policies. He warned that the same pattern could play out with the US and China. Since then, President Trump has engaged in combative rhetoric over trade, while China has fast been modernising and upgrading its military. BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus considers whether Washington and Beijing can escape the trap, or whether the growing economic, strategic and technological rivalry between the two nations will inevitably end in conflict. (Photo: US and Chinese freight containers crash into each other. Credit: Getty Images)

Iraqis came up to [COL Rick Schwartz] and said, 'Thanks for getting rid of Saddam. What do we do now?' Rick had no answer. That coalition forces were ill-prepared and ill-equipped to secure the peace after capturing Baghdad is well understood. How has the joint community evolved its doctrine and postured itself better to address the demands of post-conflict environments? WAR ROOM welcomes Bill Flavin and Scott Braderman from the U.S. Army War College's Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute to present on-going discussions at joint and interagency levels.   https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/18-002-Securing-Victory-FIXED.mp3   You can also download a copy of the podcast here.   Bill Flavin is Assistant Director at the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) at the U.S. Army War College. Scott Braderman is PKSOI's chief of research. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Army, or Department of Defense. Photo: US soldiers deploy in a street during clashes with Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul 13 June 2003. Photo Credit: Ramzi Haidar/AFP/Getty Images

The USA international Megan Rapinoe discusses her Olympic and World Cup victories, sexism and homophobia in the game and why she chose to 'take a knee' during the American national anthem. We also find out where it all started for PSG's Kylian Mbappe. We visit AS Bondy in the Paris suburbs to find out more about the club and coaches which shaped Mbappe. And in the second part of our interview with Ivan Rakitic, the Barcelona midfielder ttells us how he'd swap five Champions League titles for a World Cup. (Photo: US women's national soccer team player Megan Rapinoe. Credit: Harry How/Getty Images)

Britain is the biggest foreign investor in the United States, making up 15 percent of foreign direct investment, ahead of Canada, China and Japan. And the US is the biggest export market for the UK, receiving more than 31 billion dollars' worth of British goods each year. Dan Damon spoke to Republican Senator Mike Lee who is campaigning to maintain the same trade deal with Britain after Brexit. (Photo: US and UK flags Credit: Getty Images)

Mike William looks at the paradox at the heart of the human condition - the desire to belong and to conform, but also to hold onto our individuality. And we see a symbol of this paradox every day in an apparently useless piece of clothing about 150 centimetres long - the necktie. Why do we wear ties? (Photo: US astronaut Buzz Aldrin arrives on the red carpet wearing a colourful tie. Credit: Getty Images)

What if we lived in a radically different world? An internet driven, smart world where individuals and communities generate their own free energy, produce and share the things they need and build an economy defined by collaboration, not competition. Hardtalk speaks to economist and author, Jeremy Rifkin. For him, this is no utopian fantasy - it is the unfolding story of the next century. Are we really entering the post-capitalist age?(Photo: US economist Jeremy Rifkin, author of the book 'The Third Industrial Revolution. Credit: Philippe Huguena/AFP/Getty Images)

John Crawford a college student and reserve soldier - was part of the US land invasion force that rolled into Southern Iraq in March 2003. Hear his story. Photo: US soldiers on waiting on the border between Kuwait and Iraq. Scott Nelson/Getty Images

It is 50 years since the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. Witness hears from a Cuban who found himself caught up in events as the Soviet missiles were moved into place. (Photo: US-taken aerial view of a Soviet Medium Range Ballistic Missile site on Cuba. Hulton Archive/Getty Images)