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70,000 evacuated as Los Angeles wildfires rage out of control
Wildfires have struck fear into residents of America’s second biggest city.
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‘Extreme heat caused by climate change’ worsening fires, California firefighter says
We spoke to David Acuna, battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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‘Apocalyptic’ Los Angeles fires ‘engulfing people’s homes’
We spoke to CNN Correspondent Julia Vargas Jones, who was in Los Angeles.
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Pound slumps to lowest level in nine months
The pound has slumped to its lowest level in nine months after government borrowing costs surged to their highest since the banking crisis in 2008.
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Government votes down new national grooming gang inquiry
Labour has used its huge majority to vote down a Conservative call for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs.
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Grooming gang response has ‘improved’ says former police chief
We’re joined by former Norfolk Chief Constable, Simon Bailey, who was also the national lead for child protection at the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
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‘Victims deserve to find out the truth’, says Shadow Home Secretary
We spoke to the Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, who joins us from Parliament.
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FactCheck: what local and national inquiries into grooming gangs have there been?
Key figures including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, and Elon Musk, owner of social media site X, have called for a full national public inquiry into UK grooming gangs.
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‘They kidnap people, then leave’: inside Nigeria’s bandit crisis
Banditry has been booming in northwest Nigeria in recent years, but government forces are now attempting to strike back and restore stability in one of Africa’s most dangerous regions.
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On the hunt for Nigeria’s kidnapping warlords (dubbed)
Our Africa Correspondent Jamal Osman is the first foreign journalist granted access to the Nigerian army’s anti-banditry campaign as part of a push to restore stability to the impoverished north. This is a dubbed version of the report.
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Special forces had ‘golden pass to get away with murder’, Afghanistan inquiry told
A public inquiry has heard that Afghans killed by special forces members were described dismissively as being “flat-packed” by soldiers who seemed “beyond reproach”.
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UK’s first drug consumption room set to open in Glasgow
In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision.
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UK’s first drug consumption room set to open in Glasgow (dubbed)
In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision. This is a dubbed version of the report.
Latest news
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Syrians search for family in Assad’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison
After the fast moving events of the past week when rebels took major cities and gained control of Syria, today the extent of the brutality of the Assad regime was revealed by the liberation of a notorious prison in the capital, Damascus.
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UK Syrians celebrate fall of Assad regime
Thousands of Syrians displaced during the civil war, after enduring often long and perilous journeys, ended up settling here in the UK.
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‘Syrians trying to figure out what tomorrow holds’, MENA expert
With Assad gone and the country in the hands of different groups of rebels, what now for the future of Syria?
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Half a century of brutal family rule: who are the Assads?
The Assad family survived the Cold War, multiple regional wars and a civil war. But in the end they couldn’t survive the distraction of Russia in Ukraine and Iran and Hezbollah, facing off against Israel.
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Syrian rebel forces seize Damascus as Assad regime topples
The capture of the Syrian capital Damascus was unprecedented – with rebel forces apparently meeting little or no resistance.
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South Korean president survives impeachment vote
The South Korean parliament has failed in its attempt to impeach the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol after his party boycotted the vote.
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“Red wind alert, a very rare event”, says NRW
We spoke to Prys Davies from Natural Resources Wales, which is a Welsh Government sponsored body that works to protect the environment and deal with emergencies.
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Storm Darragh: Man dies after tree falls on van
Storm Darragh left tens of thousands of homes without power after millions of people were warned to stay indoors after a rare red weather warning was issued and alerts were sent to mobile phones.
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Assad regime falling ‘would be a dream’, White Helmets volunteer
We spoke to Ismail Alabdullah from the White Helmets, which is the volunteer emergency rescue service which operates in opposition-controlled areas.
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Syrian rebels close in on Damascus
Syrian state media has reported that President Bashar al-Assad has not fled the country.
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Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO sparks online debate
The killing of the boss of one of America’s biggest health insurers on a Manhattan street hasn’t prompted an outpouring of sympathy online but an outpouring of hate.
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Chaos across UK rail network after radio system failure
Train trouble this morning hit rush hour commuters nationwide, with the worst of the delays interrupting services across South-East England.
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Former police spy apologises for relationships while undercover
Bob Lambert apologised to four women he deceived into sexual relationships while undercover, despite having a wife and children at the time.
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What’s it like to negotiate with Russia?
We asked Ukrainian diplomat Vadym Pystaiko what it was like to negotiate with the Russians.
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‘Morale in Syrian army obviously terrible’: former US ambassador
We spoke to the former US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford and began by asking him how he thought this conflict will end.
