Liam Dutton
Storm Bert to hit the UK on Saturday
Storm Bert will hit the UK on Saturday with heavy rain and snow, as well as strong winds.
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Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue as ceasefire talks gain pace
Israel has pressed ahead with a series of air strikes in southern Beirut – as well as the south of Lebanon, even though American-led efforts to agree a ceasefire with Hezbollah are still going on.
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New data shows extent displacement in northern Gaza
There’s little hope in Gaza that the arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu will change anything on the ground. The International Criminal Court did not include allegations of ethnic cleansing – but human rights activists say that’s what’s happening in northern Gaza.
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Energy price rise puts pensioners under more pressure charity warns
The average household energy bill in England, Scotland and Wales is set to go up again in January – the second rise this winter. The energy regulator said its price cap would go up by £21 a year for a typical household, on top of a 10% increase in October.
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UN climate talk proposal ‘slap in the face’, says think tank director
Earlier we spoke to Mohamed Adow, founder and director of Power Shift Africa.
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What next after Russia’s hypersonic missile attack on Ukraine?
Top diplomats from NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks next week after Russia’s attack on the city of Dnipro with an experimental hypersonic missile.
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Trump names Pam Bondi as new prospective Attorney-General
Next week Donald Trump was due to face his reckoning with the law – sentenced before a Manhattan court for 43 counts of falsifying business records. Instead, that’s on hold – and he’s deciding who should oversee America’s justice system.
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Sixth person dies in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos
The parents of a British woman who died in Laos from suspected methanol poisoning have paid tribute to their “kind and loving daughter, with a spark for life”. Simone White is one of six tourists who’ve died, apparently after drinking contaminated alcoholic drinks.
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Netanyahu arrest warrant: Europe split over ICC ruling
In theory, Netanyahu and Gallant cannot now step foot in Europe without fear of arrest. But Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, ever at odds with the EU, has offered Netanyahu safe passage.
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‘I have value in this world’: Getting back to work after long-term sickness
A near-record 2.8 million people in the UK are currently not in a job or looking for a job because of long-term sickness.
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English National Opera unveils plans for Manchester after move
The English National Opera has unveiled its first plans for Greater Manchester, including a UK premiere of a five-hour immersive production by Philip Glass.
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How Labour plan to get long-term sick population back to work
The government will soon set out its strategy to bring down the soaring number of people who are too sick to work.
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Russia fired experimental hypersonic ballistic missile on Ukraine says Putin
Vladimir Putin claims Russia has tested a new kind of hypersonic ballistic missile in an attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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Nadine Dorries on Tory sleaze and scandal and her church abuse
A close ally of Boris Johnson and open critic of Rishi Sunak and Kemi Badenoch, Nadine Dorries examines the current state of the Conservative Party in this week’s episode of the Political Fourcast – and she also criticises the Church of England in the wake of the John Smyth scandal.
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Bitcoin soaring close to $100,000 valuation
The world’s largest cryptocurrency is soaring towards an extraordinary milestone, with one Bitcoin worth almost $100,000.
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Gaetz withdraws as Trump nominee for attorney general
One of Donald Trump’s contentious picks for cabinet, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration as Attorney General.
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John Prescott was ‘heart’ of New Labour, says Lord Mandelson
We spoke to Lord Mandelson, who served alongside John Prescott in Tony Blair’s government.
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‘Titan’ of the Labour Party John Prescott dies aged 86
He was a giant of the Labour movement, famous for his working class roots, his refusal to play by any rules and for the time he once punched a protestor who lobbed an egg at him during an election trip to North Wales.
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Israel thinks it has ‘moral high ground’ says former adviser
We’re joined by Israeli diplomat and journalist, Alon Pinkas, who has also served as an adviser to two former prime ministers: Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres.
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ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu ‘not anti-semitic’ says leading human rights lawyer
We spoke to Geoffrey Robertson KC, a leading human rights lawyer who has been a United Nations war crimes judge.
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ICC issues war crimes arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made the kind of history that will come as some vindication to Palestinians and cause outrage in Israel.
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Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock gives evidence to Covid Inquiry
Family members who lost loved ones to Covid-19 protested outside, demanding greater participation in the process.
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Liam Dutton
