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Aid to Ukraine and being struck by lightning

We weigh in on claims about who gives the most aid to Ukraine and look at statistics that show men are four times more likely to be stuck by lightning.

Amidst the impeachment controversy in the US, President Trump and the EU have been trading claims about who gives most to Ukraine, the country at the centre of the scandal. We weigh in.

Does God hate men? Seems quite a controversial statement but when the statistics show that men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women you can’t help but wonder… Tim talks to Timandra Harkness to find out more.

(A curtain of lightning over a city in southern Utah / Credit: Getty images)

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Tue 15 Oct 2019 01:50GMT
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