Is the President a Sex Pest? asks Panorama on BBC One at 8.30pm tonight. In the run-up to Donald Trump’s visit to the UK, reporter Richard Bilton looks at the multiple allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour dismissed by the president.
On Channel 5, geologist Tom Backhouse investigates sinkholes caused by collapsed mine shafts on Sinkholes: Sucked Under at 7pm; while on ITV at 8pm, Julia Bradbury picks six accessible family treks in the UK, including the Jurassic Coast, in Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury.
On tonight’s Who Do You Think You Are? Comedian Olivia Colman is surprised to discover that she needs to travel to India to find out more about her great-great-great grandmother.
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If you need a wildlife fix, tune in to BBC Four at 8pm for Nature’s Miracle Orphans. Patrick Aryee watches an orphaned sloth learn to live in the wild in Costa Rica, while Lucy Cooke goes to Zimbabwe to help train a pair of lion cubs to hunt.
Tonight’s best film recommendation is Mud (2012), starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, on FilmFour at 6.15pm. Two boys exploring a Mississippi island find a fugitive who asks them to deliver messages to his longtime sweetheart. “Mark Twain meets Sam Peckinpah in Jeff Nichols's exhilarating coming-of-age movie,” says The Observer.
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Taking aim at Venezuela’s autocratFeature The Trump administration is ramping up military pressure on Nicolás Maduro. Is he a threat to the U.S.?
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Comey indictment: Is the justice system broken?Feature U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying and obstructing Congress
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Government shuts down amid partisan deadlockFeature As Democrats and Republicans clash over health care and spending, the shutdown leaves 750,000 federal workers in limbo
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Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl thrills and ranklesIN THE SPOTLIGHT The Puerto Rican superstar’s upcoming halftime performance has fans ecstatic, even as some conservatives gripe
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One Battle After Another: a ‘terrifically entertaining’ watchThe Week Recommends Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest release is a ‘high-octane action thriller’ and a ‘surefire Oscar frontrunner’
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Trump says Smithsonian too focused on slavery's illsSpeed Read The president would prefer the museum to highlight 'success,' 'brightness' and 'the future'
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Trump to host Kennedy Honors for Kiss, StalloneSpeed Read Actor Sylvester Stallone and the glam-rock band Kiss were among those named as this year's inductees
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White House seeks to bend Smithsonian to Trump's viewSpeed Read The Smithsonian Institution's 21 museums are under review to ensure their content aligns with the president's interpretation of American history
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Charlamagne Tha God irks Trump with Epstein talkSpeed Read The radio host said the Jeffrey Epstein scandal could help 'traditional conservatives' take back the Republican Party
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The Israeli army's 'tourist hikes' in occupied Golan HeightsUnder The Radar 'Provocative' twice-daily tours into territory seized from Syria have quickly sold out
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Smithsonian under fire: Trump orders an ideological purgeReview The president has issued an executive order to control Smithsonian exhibits and restore removed statues linked to slavery
