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Ecuador declares ‘state of war’ against drug gangs
More than 300 people have been arrested for alleged acts of terrorism.
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Wait that could kill: NHS wait-time targets missed for years
Health actuaries have told this programme longer waits are associated with more than 1,800 additional deaths last month alone.
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Analyst warns of Middle East escalation risk after Iran oil tanker seizure
Iran has confirmed it seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which was on its way to Turkey.
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UK Cabinet considers potential military action against Yemen Houthi fighters
Shipments through the Red Sea have been on hold, amid a series of attacks on commercial vessels by Houthis.
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Post Office scandal: two former sub-postmaster convictions overturned in Scotland
Up to a hundred people in Scotland could have been wrongly accused.
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Post Office scandal: ‘Criminal charges needed’, says Conservative peer
We spoke to Lord Arbuthnot, the Conservative peer and former MP and put it to him first that it beggars belief that a huge miscarriage of justice like this could have happened and for so long.
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Post Office investigators accused of ‘Mafia-style’ bullying of sub-postmasters
A former Post Office investigator has told the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal that he and his colleagues did not “behave like mafia gangsters”.
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‘South Africa has a very compelling case’ at ICJ, says human rights law expert
We’re joined by William Schabas, a human rights law expert who chaired the UN Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Israel-Gaza war.
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Israel-Hamas war: South Africa accuses Israel of genocide at the Hague
The International Court of Justice in the Hague has begun hearing a case by South Africa, accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war.
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FactCheck: what is the new JN.1 Covid variant and what are the symptoms?
JN.1 is the latest dominant Covid variant. But what are the symptoms and is it more severe? Here’s what we know.
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‘Deliciously’ Ella Mills on healthy eating & society’s toxic relationship with ultra-processed foods
Ella Mills tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the story behind Deliciously Ella, why a change in our diets towards more fresh, plant-based foods cannot happen unless the government steps in, and talks about acknowledging the difference between her privilege and her business success, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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FactCheck: Sunak asylum backlog claim needs context
Nearly a third of ‘initial asylum decisions’ were withdrawn claims, according to the latest comparable stats.
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Jodie Comer on her apocalyptic thriller, UK arts funding and feeling marginalised
Jodie Comer is back and has teamed up with the award-winning British Director Mahalia Belo.
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The MSF doctors treating refugees in the UK
Normally Medecins Sans Frontieres, otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders, operates in the world’s war-torn trouble spots such as Gaza and Sudan.
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Rwanda only works as deterrent to migrants if there’s ‘large amounts of people’ on flights, says Conservative MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, a member of the New Conservatives right-wing caucus. We started by asking him about the amendments that he has proposed to the Rwanda Bill.