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UK snow and ice warnings issued ahead of cold spell
The first wintry spell of the season arrives next week, but which places can expect snow?
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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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COP presidents should be ‘judged by what they deliver’, says climate policy specialist
We spoke to Jennifer Morgan, who’s Germany’s special representative for international climate policy.
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South Africa gold mine: Thousands of volunteers help to free trapped miners
Thousands of volunteers have turned up outside an abandoned South African gold mine to help rescue thousands of miners feared to be trapped deep underground.
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Zelenskyy: ‘Through diplomacy’ Ukraine must end war with Russia next year
Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war with Russia next year, through diplomacy, President Zelensky has declared.
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Oxford readies for new Chancellor with universities cash crisis set to worsen
Tuition fees may be going up, but three out of four universities are still expected to be in the red next academic year.
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UK growth stalling, latest GDP figures show
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is urging calm over the impact of a Trump presidency, telling this programme we shouldn’t “jump the gun” and assume he will impose tariffs on the UK.
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‘There’s been an over-medicalisation of American public, especially children’, says Republican strategist
We’re joined by Albert Eisenberg, a Republican political strategist who writes for the political news and polling data website RealClearPolitics.
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Trump appoints vaccine sceptic RFK Jr as health secretary
He has no medical qualifications and has been a prolific spreader of health misinformation, but the anti-vaccine campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr ran a presidential campaign that garnered support from hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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Five found guilty of murdering teenagers in Bristol mistaken identity attack
The attack on Mason Rist and Max Dixon lasted just 33 seconds. A tragic case of mistaken identity amid a long-running rivalry between two Bristol neighbourhoods.
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Musk, Gaetz, Gabbard: who could Donald Trump fire first?
From Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the shape of Donald Trump’s administration is becoming clearer – and it’s like nothing America has ever seen before.
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Thousands of Paris police called in for Israel v France match
A massive security operation has been underway in Paris to protect fans watching the France versus Israel football match.
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Daughter of imprisoned Azerbaijan activist campaigns for release amid ‘greenwash’ COP
The economist and academic Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, who has taught in the UK, is one of more than three-hundred activists who have been imprisoned. He is now under house arrest and his daughter Zhala Bayramova has mounted a relentless campaign for his release.
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Prison officer cuts were ‘too much’, admits former justice secretary David Gauke
Former Conservative justice secretary, David Gauke, is now leading a review of sentencing for the new government, aimed at taking the pressure off our prisons.
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‘Rotting’ Winchester Prison is rife with drugs, violence and rats says former magistrate
A former magistrate has told Channel 4 News that she has resigned because she can no longer sentence people to her local prison, knowing the desperate state it’s in.
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Pension ‘megafunds’ to boost UK investment says government
Financial Services are the “crown jewel” in the UK economy – the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will declare.
