Bunker Global: Sweden’s Free Speech Reckoning, Trudeau vs Meta and Britain’s £18 Trillion Reparations Bill

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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This week on Bunker Global: Qur’an burnings have pushed Sweden’s terror threat to ‘high’, and we bring you the latest of Prigozhin’s plane crash. Plus, Justin Trudeau is taking on Meta and Britain owes £18 trillion in reparations for their role in the slave trade. Laura Makin-Isherwood is joined in The Bunker by Dipo Faloyin, senior editor of Global news at Vice and author of Africa is not a Country to get you up to speed on the biggest stories from around the world. “Everyone is surprised that it took two months for Putin to ‘get’ his man.” – Dipo Faloyin “This could be an attempt by far-right groups to portray Sweden as an anti-Islamic country to delay their NATO membership.” – Dipo Faloyin “As a society we don’t understand the scale of the harm done by slavery.” – Dipo Faloyin www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Laura Makin-Isherwood with Dipo Faloyin. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Production Assistant: Adam Wright. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.0	Sweden has raised its terror threat level to high.
1:29.0	So can the nation balance constitutional freedom of speech with religious provocations.
1:34.0	Plus Justin Trudeau accuses Meta of putting profit ahead of safety as the social media
1:39.6	giant continues to block Canadian news outlets while wildfires burn in the country.
1:45.0	And finally, UN Judge Patrick Robertson says the United Kingdom can no longer ignore calls for slavery
1:51.5	reparations. But how would an estimated 18 trillion pound bill be paid for?
1:57.2	Joining me is Depot Folloyan, senior editor of Global News advice and author of Africa is not a country.
2:03.4	Thanks for joining me, Depot.
2:04.9	Thanks for having me.
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