US: the Covid Campaign

Published: Oct. 10, 2020, 11 a.m.

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For President Trump to have had Covid-19 so close to the election presents political dilemmas. Play it down, and you offend the relatives of the dead. Play it up, you highlight the seriousness of the disease that killed so many on your watch. And then there are the pitfalls for the Democrats. Anthony Zurcher navigates the minefield in Washington.\\nA state of emergency has been declared in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, and troops have been ordered onto the streets of the capital Bishkek to quell the unrest that erupted after a disputed parliamentary election last weekend. Protesters are angry at alleged vote buying and intimidation. They clashed violently with police and seized government buildings. A new revolution, asks Caroline Eden?\\nDespite certain advances, Nigeria still has a way to go to true gender equality. Take renting a home for example. It\\u2019s much harder to convince a landlord of your merits as a tenant, if you\\u2019re a woman, especially if you\\u2019re single, as Olivia Ndubuisi has been finding out.\\nDespite the hot climate, cycling has become popular in the United Arab Emirates, and Team UAE's Tadej Pogacar, a Slovenian, won this year's Tour de France. Young women, too, have taken up the sport enthusiastically, all while wearing modest clothing. Georgia Tolley reports from Dubai.\\nParis correspondent Hugh Schofield has had to take a driving test - his old Irish licence had run out, and couldn't be renewed in France. But unlike the first time, this time he had to get his head round a counterintuitive but crucial rule: to give priority to any car coming from the right. How did he get on?\\nPresenter: Kate Adie\\nProducer: Arlene Gregorius

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