Former US Vice President Mike Pence rebukes Donald Trump

Former US Vice President Mike Pence has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could have stopped Joe Biden becoming president last year.

Also in the programme: Is the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson following a Trump script? And we ask if the Taliban is starting to keep its promise to let women back into education in Afghanistan.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss the stories of the day, our two guests: Eunice Goes is a Portuguese-born professor of Politics at Richmond University in the UK. Vladislav Zubok is a Russian-born professor of international history at the London School of Economics.

(Photo: Former US Vice President Mike Pence officiates at a joint session of the House and Senate to confirm votes cast in November's election. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)