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Bronson Battersby: Toddler found dead with his father in Skegness
Two-year-old Bronson Battersby was found alongside his dad Kenneth at their flat on the Lincolnshire coast. It appears he died of malnutrition and lack of water after his father’s death, which could have been as long ago as the 27th December. The actions of the organisations involved are now being urgently investigated.
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‘The country would have supported’ Rwanda bill amendments, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
We were joined by Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the MPs who backed the amendments.
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Sunak rocked by Conservative resignations over Rwanda bill
Rishi Sunak has suffered a rebellion by 60 of his backbenchers this evening over his bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Iceland volcano: Houses set alight as rivers of lava surround town
Residents of a fishing village in Iceland are waiting to find out if they’ll ever be able to return, after a volcano sent rivers of lava precariously close to their homes.
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Junior doctors in Wales start three day strike over pay
Junior doctors in Wales have started a three day strike over pay. The walkout began at 7am and could see more than three thousand taking action – in what authorities warn is already one of the most pressurised weeks of the year.
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Middle-East tension: Sunak says attacks on Houthi are unrelated to Israel-Gaza conflict
Rishi Sunak has told MPs that last week’s strikes on Houthi infrastructure were unrelated to the conflict between Israel and Gaza. Speaking to a largely sympathetic Commons, he said the US led attacks were carried out in self defence in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
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Welsh junior doctors ready strike action over pay
Junior doctors in England may already have been on strike this year but next week it’s their colleagues in Wales taking to the picket line. Their action is also over pay, and the walkout which begins on Monday morning will mean thousands of operations and appointments having to be rescheduled.
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‘Yemen will not stop their attacks until Palestinians are given right to live’, says pro-Houthi commentator
We spoke to Hussain Al Bukhaiti, a pro-Houthi commentator based in the Yemeni capital Sa’ana, and began by asking whether the strikes would have any impact on the Houthis.
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FactCheck: Sunak asylum backlog claim needs context
Nearly a third of ‘initial asylum decisions’ were withdrawn claims, according to the latest comparable stats.
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Jodie Comer on her apocalyptic thriller, UK arts funding and feeling marginalised
Jodie Comer is back and has teamed up with the award-winning British Director Mahalia Belo.
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Rwanda only works as deterrent to migrants if there’s ‘large amounts of people’ on flights, says Conservative MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, a member of the New Conservatives right-wing caucus. We started by asking him about the amendments that he has proposed to the Rwanda Bill.
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Rishi Sunak facing Tory rebellion over Rwanda bill
Rishi Sunak is facing renewed pressure from both sides of his party, as MPs threaten to rebel when the Rwanda bill is voted on next week.
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Sunak announces blanket exoneration for wrongly convicted in Post Office scandal
A new law will wipe out the convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of stealing from the Post Office.
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Donald Trump calls for presidential immunity in court appearance
An appeals court in Washington DC has begun hearing a landmark case to decide whether Donald Trump should be immune from criminal prosecution.
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Israeli intelligence expert fears ‘terrible war’ on country’s northern border
We’re joined by Avraham Levine, intelligence analyst at the Alma Research Centre in northern Israel.