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The Los Angeles Police Department has issued dispersal orders for an area around a detention centre in the city's downtown area. Clashes broke out at a protest against President Trump's tough immigration policies. Mr Trump has deployed 2,000 National Guard troops in an attempt to ease the unrest. But the California Governor Gavin Newsom says the decision is "purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions".

Also in the programme: we hear about the environmental impact of mining for cryptocurrencies; and can the world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, outrun extinction?

Joining Julian Worricker are James Lynch, founding co-director of FairSquare human rights group, and Alpa Shah, a writer and Professor in Social Anthropology at All Souls College, Oxford.

(Photo: A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy holds a non-lethal weapon during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement, following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, U.S., June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Barbara Davidson)