Poland is demanding reparations from Germany for World War II. The ruling party in Poland puts the sum at a colossal 1.3 trillion euros, which is about 20 years of German defense expenditure. Until now, Berlin has said no to this demand. But there's clearly a dark history between these two countries, right? Absolutely!
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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