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Afghan Youth Orchestra to tour UK after Home Office visas U-turn
Musicians in the Afghan Youth Orchestra have said it is a “fantastic experience” to play in the UK after initially being denied visas to enter the country. The Home Office had refused the orchestra entry but after a public backlash reversed the decision. The musicians fled Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban, and currently…
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‘We are fighting for the soul of the Republican party’ says former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson
We’re joined by former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson – who tried for the Republican nomination himself but has now thrown his support behind Nikki Haley.
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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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‘Disaster brought suffering into situation which was already complex, vulnerable and fragile’, says the IFRC
We spoke to Tommaso Della Longa, a spokesman for the IFRC, the umbrella body for Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
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‘The Father and the Assassin’: Story of Gandhi’s murderer brought to stage
A play about the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 is returning to the London stage – although it’s far more than a mere retelling of history.
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Prigozhin plane crash could be ‘pilot error’ or ‘assassination’, says Russia expert
We were joined by Angela Stent, author of ‘Putin’s World: Russia against the West’.
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Manchester United part ways with Mason Greenwood to prevent further ‘PR disaster’, says fanzine editor
The Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood is to leave the club after what’s being described as “mutual agreement” after an internal inquiry into his conduct.
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Lunar disaster: Russia’s first moon mission in decades crashes
Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years has ended in failure. Its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon.
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Cluster munitions in Ukraine are ‘recipe for disaster’, says advocacy director
We were joined by Kurt Volker, former US Special Representative for Ukraine negotiations, and Mary Wareham, Arms Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch, who has called for both Russia and Ukraine to stop using cluster munitions.
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It [privatisation] hasn’t been an absolute disaster’: Work and Pensions secretary on UK’s sewage and water crisis
We spoke to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride who is out encouraging parents on Universal Credit to take up new enhanced childcare payments which, starting today, go up by almost 50% for those eligible.
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Greece boat disaster: ‘Three countries knew the vessel’s location but failed to act’, Sea Watch charity spokesman says
Giorgia Linardi, the spokeswoman for Sea Watch, a charity that operates rescue vessels in the Mediterranean.
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Greece boat disaster: Brothers reunited as hundreds remain missing at sea
“The worst ever tragedy we’ve seen in the Mediterranean” – that is how EU officials today described events off the coast of Greece early Wednesday morning. Like in past tragedies, we will likely never know the true number of those who perished when their boat capsized but it could be as many hundreds.
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Imran Khan: ‘We are a big governance disaster’
In Pakistan, the home of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been surrounded by police.
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Russia’s assassination claims ‘propaganda’, says former PM Kasyanov
We spoke to Mikhail Kasyanov, who was Russian Prime Minister from 2000-2004, about the Kremlin’s claims that Ukraine used a drone in an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin.
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Ukraine denies assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin
Ukraine has denied Russian claims that it tried to kill Putin with a drone strike on the Kremlin. But already there are calls in the Russian parliament to target Ukraine’s President.