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Henry Kissinger dies aged 100 – a look at one of the US’s most controversial diplomats
He was one of the world’s most powerful and most controversial diplomats – celebrated and reviled in equal measure. Former US secretary of State Henry Kissenger, the man who shaped America’s Cold War policy – has died at the age of a hundred.
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‘There was a toxic environment in Downing Street’ during first year of pandemic, says Independent SAGE committee member
We spoke to professor Christina Pagel at University College London. She’s a member of the Independent SAGE committee which was active during Covid and has completed research into the effects of the pandemic on NHS staff.
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Alistair Darling was a man of ‘duty and decency’, says his former special adviser
We spoke to one of Alistair Darling’s close friends, Catherine MacLeod, who was a special adviser to the then chancellor during the financial crisis in 2008. We began by asking for a sense of the loss she and the family felt.
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Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70
Politicians from all parties have paid tribute to the former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling – who has died three years after being diagnosed with cancer.
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COP28: Summit reaches climate disaster fund deal on first day
There was a standing ovation from delegates on the opening day of the COP28 climate summit in the UAE. After years of campaigning – a deal to establish a new climate disaster fund has finally been approved. More than 330 million pounds has already been pledged to help nations struggling with the effects of global warming.
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Covid inquiry: Matt Hancock denies lying during pandemic
The former health secretary Matt Hancock has told the Covid inquiry the lockdown should have begun three weeks earlier, but claimed there was a toxic culture in Number 10 which wanted to “find people to blame”. Mr Hancock also claimed he wasn’t told about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme until the day it was announced.
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FactCheck: has Rishi Sunak met his pledge to cut NHS waiting lists?
Has Rishi Sunak met his pledge to cut NHS waiting lists? FactCheck takes a look.
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Billy Porter on being a queer Black man in the music industry, the actors’ strike & Trump’s America
Billy Porter tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the challenges he faced due to homophobia in the music industry in the ’90s, the harsh reality of being an actor in the golden age of streaming and what success means to him, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Google accused of placing adverts on adult entertainment and sanctioned companies’ websites
The Royal Air Force and Save the Children have pulled their adverts from Google’s search partner network, this programme has discovered – after their ads were among those found across sanctioned and adult websites. Several other major companies have also launched investigations.
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Ren: The Welsh singer songwriter who’s gone viral by baring his soul on mental health and vulnerability
Even without a record label, the Welsh musician Ren has developed a following of millions. People around the world have connected with his candour about his physical and mental health struggles – sending his new album to the top of the UK chart.
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‘Combat will resume’ if Hamas stops releasing ‘sufficient numbers of hostages’ says chair of the Israeli Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee
We spoke to Yuli Edelstein, head of the foreign affairs and defence committee in the Israeli parliament.
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Glasgow student and W.H.O worker Dima al-Haj, killed in Gaza, is remembered as a ‘wonderful colleague’ with ‘radiant smile’
Earlier we spoke to Dr Richarrd Paperkorn who is the World Health Organisation representative in the West Bank and Gaza. He began by telling us about Dima Al-Hajj.
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Mourned from Gaza to Glasgow, this is Dima’s story
Last week 29-year-old Dima AlHaj, her husband Muhammed, her six month old son Abood and more than 40 members of her extended family were killed when their house was hit. Dima worked for the World Health Organisation in Gaza and previously studied in Glasgow.
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Could Nikki Haley beat Trump to the Republican presidential nomination?
Donald Trump might look as if he’s got the Republican presidential nomination in the bag – but former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is determined to put up a challenge.
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Maternity services at Derbyshire NHS trust rated inadequate by health watchdog
Maternity services at an NHS trust in Derbyshire have been rated inadequate by the health watchdog.