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Why Were Women 'Invisible' During Covid?

How did a "macho culture" affect women during the pandemic?

It鈥檚 been another extraordinary day of testimony at the Covid Inquiry. Wednesday鈥檚 session began with Helen MacNamara, a top official at Downing Street during the height of the pandemic. She described a 鈥渕acho鈥 culture at No 10 in which women 鈥渂ecame invisible overnight鈥.

She also said she鈥檇 struggle to pick 鈥渁 single day鈥 in which Covid restrictions were followed and recalled meetings at which people were 鈥渓aughing at the Italians鈥 in the early days of the crisis.

Adam鈥檚 joined once again by the 大象传媒鈥檚 health reporter Jim Reed and Dr Catherine Haddon from the Institute for Government to unpack today鈥檚 evidence.

And, as the UK AI Summit gets underway, we speak to the 大象传媒鈥檚 technology editor Zoe Kleinman after her interview with Rishi Sunak on the day the UK unveiled a global agreement on how to manage the riskiest forms of AI.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by George Dabby with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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