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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.
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Idris Elba launches new campaign to tackle knife crime
The actor Idris Elba says he can’t “stay silent as more young lives are lost to brutal and heartless crimes” as he launched a new campaign to tackle youth violence and knife crime.
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Post Office scandal: Fujitsu should be investigated and ‘no stone left unturned’, says Conservative MP
The Post Office minister Kevin Holinrake has given a statement to MPs, describing the Horizon scandal as “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history”.
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‘This will end when everyone realises that the losses are bigger than any gains obtained’ – UN Relief Agency director on Gaza conflict
We spoke to Tamara Alrifai from the UN’s refugee agency for Palestine and began by asking her about what staff in Gaza are telling her about the situation there.
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Israel-Gaza: Patients flee Gaza hospital surrounded by Israeli ‘red zone’
Medical staff and patients have been fleeing from the main hospital in central Gaza, as Israel dropped leaflets warning residents the surrounding area had been designated a red zone.
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Sunak hints at further tax cuts
Rishi Sunak has denied having significant doubts when he was Chancellor about the government’s policy to send migrants to Rwanda.
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‘Sunak certainly hasn’t put country first’, says Shadow Science and Technology Secretary
We spoke to Peter Kyle, the Shadow Science and Technology Secretary and started by asking him whether Rishi Sunak had spiked Labour’s guns by ruling out a spring election.
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Sunak suggests autumn general election, as Starmer says Labour ready for power
Rishi Sunak has poured a bucket of cold water over speculation he could call a May General Election – claiming instead that his ‘working assumption’ is a vote in the second half of this year.
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Reform UK unlikely to ‘get any MPs at all without Nigel Farage’, says politics professor
We’re joined by Rosie Campbell, professor of Politics at King’s College London.
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice claims Tory MPs ‘terrified’ of his party and urges Sunak to call election
Rishi Sunak is facing more calls from his political opponents to call an election early this year. On his left flank, the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey told a campaign rally in Guildford that the Prime Minister should stop “clinging on to power.” From the right, the Leader of Reform UK Richard Tice claimed…
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‘Strike action is the only language the government seems to understand’, BMA Junior Doctors Committee co-chair
We’re joined by the co-chair of the BMA’s junior doctors committee, Dr Vivek Trivedi.
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NHS strikes: Services under pressure as junior doctors begin longest ever strike action
The British Medical Association has tonight accused NHS managers of failing to plan properly and protect patients during its members’ six day walkout – saying the scheme used to call doctors off the picket line and into work if there’s an emergency is at risk of collapse. Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England…
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NHS warns of “one of most difficult starts to the year” as junior doctors prepare to strike
Junior doctors in England are about to stage the longest strike in NHS history, just as the health service is under strain because of winter viruses and staff sickness.
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Russia launches massive missile and drone assault on Ukraine killing 5 people
Russia has launched another massive missile and drone assault on Ukraine – targeting its two biggest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv.