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UK snow and ice warnings issued ahead of cold spell
The first wintry spell of the season arrives next week, but which places can expect snow?
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Ukraine’s drone war with Russia steps up as they wait for Trump
Russia has used missiles and drones to attack Ukraine’s south, east and capital with almost 1,500 strikes in the last 24 hours, according to President Zelenskyy.
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Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania election
In a shock result, Calin Georgescu is leading in the first round of the presidential election.
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Another far-right winner in a European election: who is Călin Georgescu?
A far-right candidate has rocketed from nowhere to win the first round of Romania’s presidential election. Călin Georgescu’s success comes off the back of a wave of support for far-right parties across Europe.
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Clean up operation begins after Storm Bert
A massive clear up is underway in communities across England and Wales after Storm Bert brought widespread flooding over the weekend.
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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire chance ‘really high’ says Lebanese journalist
We’re joined by Lebanese journalist and analyst Ali Rizk, an expert on Hezbollah.
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British businesses criticise Labour tax rises
The head of the CBI says the Chancellor’s tax rises caught companies off guard, and they can no longer afford to invest or hire new people.
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Budget was ‘really tough on business’, says CBI chief
We spoke to Rain Newton-Smith, the chief executive of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Landmark mental health act reform set for second reading
Long-awaited reforms to the 40-year-old Mental Health Act moved a step closer to becoming law today with their second reading in the House of Lords.
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Lucy Letby inquiry: former manager gave ‘misleading’ statements
Alison Kelly was director of nursing when Letby attacked babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
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Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91
The bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died, at the age of 91. Her 40 books sold more than 91 million copies. She began as a typist, then journalist at the Yorkshire Evening Post in Leeds before ‘A Woman of Substance’ turned her into an overnight success. Jenny Seagrove played the lead in Channel 4’s…
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‘There’s been an over-medicalisation of American public, especially children’, says Republican strategist
We’re joined by Albert Eisenberg, a Republican political strategist who writes for the political news and polling data website RealClearPolitics.
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Trump appoints vaccine sceptic RFK Jr as health secretary
He has no medical qualifications and has been a prolific spreader of health misinformation, but the anti-vaccine campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr ran a presidential campaign that garnered support from hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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Five found guilty of murdering teenagers in Bristol mistaken identity attack
The attack on Mason Rist and Max Dixon lasted just 33 seconds. A tragic case of mistaken identity amid a long-running rivalry between two Bristol neighbourhoods.
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Musk, Gaetz, Gabbard: who could Donald Trump fire first?
From Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the shape of Donald Trump’s administration is becoming clearer – and it’s like nothing America has ever seen before.
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Thousands of Paris police called in for Israel v France match
A massive security operation has been underway in Paris to protect fans watching the France versus Israel football match.
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Daughter of imprisoned Azerbaijan activist campaigns for release amid ‘greenwash’ COP
The economist and academic Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, who has taught in the UK, is one of more than three-hundred activists who have been imprisoned. He is now under house arrest and his daughter Zhala Bayramova has mounted a relentless campaign for his release.
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Prison officer cuts were ‘too much’, admits former justice secretary David Gauke
Former Conservative justice secretary, David Gauke, is now leading a review of sentencing for the new government, aimed at taking the pressure off our prisons.
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‘Rotting’ Winchester Prison is rife with drugs, violence and rats says former magistrate
A former magistrate has told Channel 4 News that she has resigned because she can no longer sentence people to her local prison, knowing the desperate state it’s in.
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Pension ‘megafunds’ to boost UK investment says government
Financial Services are the “crown jewel” in the UK economy – the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will declare.
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Israeli settlers make West Bank olive groves a battleground
Donald Trump’s foreign policy appointments so far indicate his administration will take a much softer line on illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank and some may even support Israel’s plans – announced by its finance minister this week – to annex the territory completely.
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‘Trump will try to prosecute his political adversaries’ says former ACLU legal director
David Cole is a former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union and is now Professor of Law at Georgetown University.
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Trump stuns Washington with Justice and Intelligence appointments
The second series of the Trump Show is proving just as wild and unpredictable as the first. This time he will be more powerful as he will be backed by Republican control of Congress.
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‘It’s impossible to say’ if Smyth victims will be compensated, says member of General Synod
Reverend Dr Ian Paul – a member of the General Synod – began by telling us that John Smyth’s abuse did not happen within the Church of England.
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Zimbabwe church leaders under pressure over Smyth scandal
In the wake of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation over Smyth’s abuse, there are growing calls for senior leaders in the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe and South Africa also to face accountability for similar safeguarding failures.
