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US election conversations: Neo-Nazi groups

Two former Neo-Nazis help us understand why some people join right-wing extremist groups.

We are hearing conversations between voters in the US about their lives and the main issues ahead of next week's presidential election. The issue of white supremacy and race came to the fore in this election campaign when President Trump appeared reluctant to condemn it during the first presidential debate, he later said that he did condemn groups associated with white supremacy. To try and understand why people might become tempted to join right-wing extremist groups, we've brought together two people who both were part of Neo-Nazi groups in America when they were younger.

Also, every day on OS we are joined by one of the BBC's business correspondents from across the world to look at how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of people around the world. Today we'll speak to our business correspondent in the Middle East, to hear how the economies and jobs of people in the Gulf region have been hit by the pandemic.

And, in Chile an overwhelming majority have voted in support of rewriting the country's constitution, which dates to the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet. With almost all the ballots counted, 78% had voted "yes" in a referendum that was called after mass protests against inequality. We'll explain the story and hear from people who have been on the streets celebrating.

(Photo: White supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

53 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Oct 202017:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Oct 202017:06GMT

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