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The Biden administration is planning to send arms worth 8 billion dollars to Israel just two weeks before it leaves office. The plans will need approval by Congress.

Also in the programme: with events to mark the death of the former US President Jimmy Carter taking place in several US cities, we ask what the failures of his presidency were; plus a look back at how the past year defined the rise of the 鈥渨oke鈥� concept and what the future holds for it in the US and UK.

Joining presenter Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories are Shiva Rahbaran, a writer and researcher whose work focuses on the relationship between freedom and art, and Alex Andreou, a writer, broadcaster and actor based in London.

(Picture: An Israeli soldier mans a machine gun atop a military vehicle as they leave the buffer zone on the border between Israel and Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, 20 December 2024. Israel's military said that its troops are conducting 'defense activities' along the border with Syria in the Golan Heights, northern Golan Heights, and Mount Hermon, to prevent 'any threat' from 'terrorist elements' in the area.
Israel boosts troop presence on Golan Heights amid developments in Syria, Majdal Shams - 20 Dec 2024. Photo by ATEF SAFADI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)