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Donald Trump’s rich-list administration under scrutiny

Donald Trump's rich-list administration under scrutiny; Austrian Presidential election re-run; Gambian elections; New York gold heist; A novel way to guard turkeys

Donald Trump took a populist tone on the campaign trail, pledging to stand up for a working class abandoned by the out-of-touch elite. Now critics point out he is assembling the richest administration in history, including a billionaire investor, a woman who married into a retail dynasty and a multi-millionaire banker. Is this really a people’s cabinet? Irwin Stelzer, economist at the Hudson Institute gives us his analysis. Austria goes to the polls again on Sunday to settle a closely-fought Presidential election result brought into doubt by previous irregularities. The result of the vote, in which pro-European Alexander Van de Bellen faces off against far-right Norbert Hofer, could have far-reaching consequences for Austria and the European project . The BBC’s Bethany Bell in Vienna gives the background, plus Klaus Muhlbauer who runs Vienna hatmakers Muhlbauer Hutmanufakteur gives us his business take on the stand-off. Gambia has also been electing a President on Thursday. An estate agent with no political experience, Adama Barrow, is challenging President Yahya Jammeh, who says divine intervention will give him a fifth term. Our reporter in Gambia, Umaru Fofana brings us the events of the day. Pity the poor turkey. Not only does it have Thanksgiving and Christmas to contend with, natural predators like foxes are also a constant threat. Our reporter Elizabeth Hotson finds out about a rather novel solution to the problem - it's tall, fluffy and ever so slightly grumpy. Finally, a man in New York City has stolen a bucket - a bucket which happened to be holding gold flakes worth some $1.6 million. Michelle Fleury explains the story of this audacious gold heist which appears to be the combined result of happenstance and a seized opportunity.

(Picture: Wilbur Ross at Trump Tower - Picture credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

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  • Thu 1 Dec 201618:32GMT