# The United States celebrates 250 years

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Podcast: [Newshour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927)
Published: 2026-07-04T21:36:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn2nbw6xkm
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The United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, but is President Trump politicising the occasion? Also in the programme: Iran mourns late Ayatollah Khamenei ahead of his funeral; and Cape Verde, the small African island nation that made history in this World Cup. (Photograph: Fighter jets over New York. Credit: Shutterstock)

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