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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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Storm Bert: UK hit with almost a month of rain in 24 hours
More than 100 flood warnings are still in force across the UK after storm Bert brought more disruption to large parts of the country.
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COP29: fury over $300 billion climate deal
Diplomacy gave way to accusation, insult and recrimination – but there’s a deal at the more than eleventh hour.
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Assisted Dying: majority back option ahead of parliament vote
The Justice Secretary has expressed deep concern about the assisted dying bill – which goes before Parliament on Friday.
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Can assisted dying bill provide coercion safeguards? – Debate
We spoke to the Labour peer and former Justice Secretary Charlie Falconer and Observer columnist Sonia Sodha.
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Prison artist John Costi – from armed robbery to London gallery
After serving just over 3 years for armed robbery, he found solace in a programme which allowed him to follow his creative passion.
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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
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Trump picks WWE co-founder for education secretary
Now to his critics, Donald Trump’s choices for his new Cabinet are at best inexperienced, at worst dangerously disruptive.
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Police action against Church of England ‘must be considered’, says review’s author
The Archbishop of Canterbury will step aside from his official duties by January 6th – the Day of Epiphany.
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Unexpected inflation rises driven by increase in household bills
The rate of inflation has gone up by more than expected – thanks to the recent increase in gas and electricity bills.
