Is Germany entirely the innocent victim of Polish master politics, do you think? No, Germany has also attracted blame to itself, and not just because it has failed to pay Poland quite the same respect for the damaged cause in World War II. And that present Germany and Poland are probably closer together in policy than ever before. They've really converged because of the war. It's actually Poland that's making trouble for the broader Western alliance right now.
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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