Poland says it has never been properly compensated for Nazi war crimes. It also claims that any deals made with Germany during the Cold War, when Poland was under the control of the Soviet Union, don't count. So what do you think? Why now? If this is not about war reparations, what is it really about?
Britain’s National Health Service is in crisis. Wait times are rising, nurses and paramedics are striking, and doctors are overworked—leading to hundreds of excess deaths each week. We visit the front line: a stretched GP’s surgery in Wales. We ask why Germany and Poland love to hate each other. And what America’s army is doing to slim down its overweight recruits.
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