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Storm Ciaran: Damage across parts of southern England and the Channel Islands
Gusts of wind reaching more than a hundred miles an hour along with heavy rain have caused major damage across parts of southern England and the Channel Islands.
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‘I do not believe we should provide the arms to enable a catastrophe’ says former US State Department official
Josh Paul, who spent more than 11 years at the US state department focusing on arms transfers – but has resigned over the decision for the US to send weapons to Israel after the Hamas attack – saying he feared it would lead to more and greater suffering.
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Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice and being a ‘soft Black girl’
Activist Mikaela Loach tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why we need to reframe our understanding of the climate crisis in order to tackle its root causes, and why only through “active hope” and collective action can we radically transform our world for the better, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Israel will not weaken Hamas by killing more Palestinians, says politician and activist
Hanan Ashrawi is a prominent Palestinian politician and activist, who was a leading member of the PLO.
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UK prisons in ‘terrible’ state, says former Chair of Criminal Bar Association
We spoke to Kirsty Brimelow KC, the former Chair of the Criminal Bar Association.
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Israel-Hamas conflict: How deliberate disinformation is spreading across social
War and propaganda have always gone hand in hand, but in the age of social media, harmful misinformation has so many more ways to proliferate, and can get around the world faster than ever. Today the EU urged the bosses of Twitter, Facebook and other platforms to curb the spread of fake news, warning that…
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Israel / Gaza news special
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thefourcast/pod_1010_mixdown_v2_-16.mp3 As Israel declares a ‘complete siege’ of Gaza, and the death toll in Israel continues to rise, we bring you the latest from the region, with Matt Frei reporting from Jerusalem and Krishnan Guru-Murthy live in London. In this special episode of The Fourcast, we hear from civilians trapped in besieged Gaza, speak to…
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Pro-Russian politician wins Slovakia election
When it comes to supporting Ukraine, the neighbouring country of Slovakia has proved a steadfast ally – supplying missiles and even fighter jets.
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Liberal Democrats make free social care pledge at conference
The Liberal Democrats have begun their annual conference in Bournemouth with a £5bn-a-year pledge to provide people in England with free social care. Party leaders are setting out the policies they hope will win over voters from the Tory heartlands.
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Lack of engagement on RAAC ‘worries’ Prison Officers Association
The chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has said it would be “enormously concerning” if RAAC was found in their buildings – as they simply don’t have any spare capacity to shut down affected space.
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How to build beautiful social housing
Peter Barber has been winning awards for turning tiny patches of land into innovative estates.
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Social housing crisis: ‘Get architects on board’, says RIBA President
Cathy Newman spoke to the newly-elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Muyiwa Oki. At 32, he is the youngest and first Black president of the institution. Cathy began by asking him why more architects aren’t involved in the provision of social housing?
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Renewed debate over advanced age of many US politicians
In the US, there’s renewed debate over the advanced age of many of the country’s politicians, after the Republican senate leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze during a press conference for a second time in recent months. Mr McConnell, who’s 81, fell silent for around thirty seconds, and while a spokesperson later said he’d felt…
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Forensic testing by Russian officials confirm Prigozhin’s death
Russian officials say the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been confirmed dead – after forensic tests on the ten bodies found after his private jet crashed on Wednesday. The timing of the crash – two months after Mr Prigozhin led a short lived mutiny, has pointed the finger towards President Putin’s…
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11-year-old stuck in hospital for year due to lack of suitable social housing
She was declared fit to leave hospital after a month. But 11 year old Kyra Whitmell has been stuck there for almost a year – because suitable social housing just isn’t available.
