{"id":305032,"date":"2025-12-27T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-well-did-we-predict-the-us-in-2025-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:00:07","slug":"how-well-did-we-predict-the-us-in-2025-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-well-did-we-predict-the-us-in-2025-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"How well did we predict the US in 2025? | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ll5kqryc4Sc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How well did we predict the US in 2025? | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ll5kqryc4Sc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>What did the Americast team get right when they made their predictions for what the big news stories of 2025 might be? 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