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Brexit ‘has played part’ in lorry driver shortages, says Reeves
Before the news of Andy McDonald’s resignation from the shadow cabinet, we spoke to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and began by asking how much she believed Brexit was to blame for the HGV driver shortage.
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High wholesale gas prices ‘will feed through ultimately to customers’ bills’, Ofgem CEO says
We spoke to Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, and we asked if the energy market had allowed in too many unsustainable businesses which didn’t know what they were doing.
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Afghanistan: Hazara minority fearful of future under Taliban rule
Dozens of female footballers and their families have managed to escape from Afghanistan across the border to Pakistan, including one group who’d been in hiding after their homes were burned down and some relatives were captured by the Taliban. But there are entire communities left behind who are now living in fear, like the Hazara…
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Afghanistan: Women’s fears under Taliban rule
Talibs have now raised their flag over the presidential palace, heralding the dawn of a new era. And what that new reality means for Afghan women is now becoming clear.
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Hurricane Ida: Speaking to the victims as over a million face a month without power
Howling winds, driving rain and storm surges – Hurricane Ida has left more than a million people in Louisiana facing at least a month without power and in Mississippi a motorway has collapsed.
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Taliban ‘empowered’ by American cooperation, says former US Assistant Secretary of Defence
We were joined by Mary Beth Long, who was a US Assistant Secretary of Defence under George W Bush.
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Police failing to impose orders on men accused of abuse, say watchdogs
A joint investigation from police and fire watchdogs has found that police are failing to protect women by imposing restraining orders or bail conditions on men accused of domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and even rape.
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Over 30 Brits bid to become first physically disabled astronaut
More than 250 people have applied to a project which hopes to send a physically disabled person into space for the first time. Since it was launched earlier this year, 257 people have applied for the European Space Agency’s (Esa) “parastronaut feasibility project”, including 20 men and 11 women from the UK, Channel 4 News…
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Afghanistan: son and daughter reflect on the pain of losing their soldier father
Regimental Sergeant Major Darren Chant was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, leaving three children behind.
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Afghanistan has been ‘complete disaster’, Jeremy Corbyn says
Former Labour leader, now an independent MP, Jeremy Corbyn and the Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, who is chair of the Commons defence select committee, joined Matt Frei to discuss the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. MF: Jeremy Corbyn, you were never in favour of this military intervention, are you relieved that it is now over? JC:…
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Can hydrogen be turned into the fuel that helps save the planet?
Hydrogen is our most abundant element and emits just water when it’s burned, so it could well play a role in helping us to reach net zero.
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Afghanistan war: British veterans express ‘sadness and anger’ at Taliban advances
UK combat troops largely left Afghanistan in October 2014, but hundreds remained to train and assist Afghan forces. Now, watching the Taliban advance and violence escalate from afar, veterans are pondering their legacy.
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Fresh protests across France against Covid-19 health pass
While Boris Johnson faces a row over whether to introduce a vaccine passport system here, the French government have extended their scheme amid a surge in Covid cases there. From Monday people must show a Covid health pass to get into cafes and bars, along with trains and planes. It has brought thousands of protestors…
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Johnson declines invitation to meet Sturgeon during Scotland visit
It’s the prime minister’s first appearance in Scotland since January after he stayed away from the country during the Scottish Parliament elections in May.
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FactCheck: What’s behind the vaccination slowdown?
The UK has some of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world. But the rate has slowed in recent months. Why?
