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UK net migration hits record 906,000 in year to June 2023
It was already a record high, but revised figures show net migration actually peaked in 2023 at a quarter of a million more than first thought.
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‘Latest net migration figures are too high’, says former head of UK border control
We spoke to the former head of UK border control, Tony Smith.
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Public concerned about lack of control over asylum, says think tank director
We spoke to Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, a non-partisan think tank that works on immigration and integration issues.
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Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s power grid
President Putin has threatened to target Ukraine’s decision-making centres with Russia’s new ballistic missile and turn them into dust.
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‘We have witnessed another genocidal war crime’ – Ukrainian MP on fresh Russian attacks
We spoke to Maria Mezentseva, who is a Ukrainian politician from President Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party.
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How will MPs vote on assisted dying bill on Friday?
Tomorrow, MPs must decide which side to take in one of the most significant debates they will face in this parliament – whether to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults.
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Former hospital chief exec denies claims of stalling police investigation into baby deaths
The former chief executive of the hospital where Lucy Letby worked, has described claims that he stalled a police investigation into baby deaths as “outrageous”.
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon appears to be largely holding
A ceasefire in Lebanon this week but Israel appears to have stepped up its bombardment across Gaza.
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Daniel Khalife: Former British soldier who escaped prison found guilty of spying for Iran
A former soldier who escaped from Wandsworth Prison, while awaiting trial, has been found guilty of spying for Iran.
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Exclusive: Harshita Brella sent WhatsApps in distress before she was murdered
The 24-year-old was found dead in the boot of a car in east London on 14 November, with her husband Pankaj Lamba named as the prime suspect in her killing.
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Housing crisis dominates as Ireland prepares to vote in snap election
Ireland is into its final hours of campaigning, ahead of tomorrow’s snap election.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
