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World Briefing Plus (Video): A Gift to Putin, a Royal Rebuke & a Free Press Under Fire

US troop drawdown in Germany may be the green light Putin's been waiting for. A royal visit to DC has more weight than meets the eye. And should a free press platform a man who wants to destroy it?

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Michael Bociurkiw
May 02, 2026
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From Washington’s withdrawal of troops from Germany - a move that will only embolden Moscow - to King Charles’s veiled but unmistakable message to a joint session of Congress, this week’s World Briefing Plus edition goes deeper on the stories that matter. Plus: on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, I address the White House Correspondents’ Dinner controversy and why the press should think twice before rolling out the red carpet to the very man who wants to destroy it.

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