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U.K. bars left-wing influencers from entering country ahead of speaking gigs
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3:25Now PlayingThe progressive political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker said they had been barred from entering the United Kingdom to speak at events. Uygur, who co-hosts the YouTube series “The Young Turks,” and his nephew Piker, who broadcasts his commentary on the video platform Twitch, said on social media they had been blocked because of their views about Israel. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports.
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