Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Epstein 'cover up'
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state, and her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, have agreed to testify in the congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. She said the government's behaviour indicated it had something to hide. President Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and says he broke off contact with the convicted sex offender many years ago. Also: Australia's Prime Minister has refused to repatriate a group of Australians in Syria associated with the Islamic State group, saying they could face prosecution if they went back. Ahead of the resumption of indirect talks, President Trump says he believes the Iranians want to make a deal over its nuclear programme, while the foreign ministry in Tehran says the US is moving towards a "more realistic position". Italy laments the loss of one of the Adriatic's most famous landmarks, the rock structure "Lovers' Arch", which collapsed on Valentine's day following days of bad weather. And, the American actor, Robert Duvall, has died aged 95.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 17th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.4 | The former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Clinton tells the BBC she thinks there's been |
| 0:23.0 | a cover-up by the Trump administration over the Epstein files, something the White House |
| 0:27.8 | strongly denies. |
| 0:29.6 | President Trump believes Iran wants to make a deal, as a second round of indirect talks over |
| 0:34.9 | Tehran's nuclear program are about to begin. |
| 0:39.7 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | My mother would have said if you make your bed, you'll own it. |
| 0:44.1 | There's a people who went overseas supporting Islamic State. |
| 0:49.6 | Australia's Prime Minister says he will refuse to repatriate women and children trying to leave a detention camp in Syria. |
| 0:57.6 | And there are tributes to the legendary American actor Robert DeVold, who's died aged 95. |
| 1:07.1 | Our top story is comments made to the BBC by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. |
| 1:14.1 | She's told us she thinks there's been a cover-up by the Trump administration over Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:19.5 | Mrs Clinton and her husband, the former US president, Bill Clinton, |
| 1:23.0 | have agreed to testify later this month in the congressional investigation into the late sex offender, |
| 1:28.8 | which will allow them to avoid being found in contempt of Congress. |
| 1:32.7 | Mrs Clinton was speaking in Berlin to our correspondent Jessica Parker, |
| 1:37.0 | who began by asking her if she regretted the links between Epstein, |
| 1:40.9 | his convicted associate, Galane Maxwell, and the Clinton family. |
| 1:44.9 | Well, let me start by saying that a law was passed in Congress to require that all the files |
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