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World Service,17 Feb 2026,49 mins

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84, his family say in a statement. President Donald Trump has paid tribute, saying Jackson was a "force of nature". We have a conversation with people in the US to discuss his influence. We get the latest on the second round of indirect talks between the US and Iran on Tehran's nuclear programme, by speaking to our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet, who is in Tehran. And at these Winter Olympic games, we’ve seen medals won and records broken by older athletes who are defying age and younger competitors to come out on top. We speak to older athletes, including 40 year old Benjamin Karl who won gold in the men’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding event. OS presenter: Rahul Tandon. (Photo: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks during the funeral service for US singer Aretha Franklin at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan, USA, 31 August 2018. Credit: Tannen Maury/EPA/Shutterstock)

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