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‘Red flag should have gone up very early’, says former No 10 comms boss on donor allegations
We spoke to Sir Craig Oliver who was the Downing Street Director of Communications when David Cameron was Prime Minister. We asked him whether Rishi Sunak should hand the money back.
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David Baddiel: saying there’s ‘no go zones’ in London is ‘just inflammatory’
We spoke to comedian and author David Baddiel and the peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi – not an MP as we mistakenly called her earlier – about the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, as well as their new podcast ‘A Muslim and A Jew Go There’ – in which they discuss Muslim and Jewish identity.
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‘America’s in a constant Groundhog Day’, says director Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay is the Oscar nominated and Bafta winning director of drama and documentaries such as Selma and 13th. Her latest film Origin is based on the book Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, which compares discrimination in the United States, India and Nazi Germany.
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Stakeknife: British spy in IRA probably cost more lives than saved in Troubles
The British Government should apologise for the “dark arts” which allowed a British agent operating inside the IRA to sanction kidnapping, torture and often murder of those suspected of being informers, according to the man who led the inquiry. But, for some victims’ families, the findings of Operation Kenova failed to provide a complete picture…
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FactCheck: Rachel Reeves’ claim that ‘the average family will be £870 worse off’
FactCheck takes a look.
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Church of England told to raise £1bn slavery reparations fund
When the Church of England was found to have profited off the slave trade, it promised to invest 100 million pounds in disadvantaged black communities.
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Fox hunting group avoid court with ‘secret’ police deal
It started with a court order, but ended with an out-of-court deal.
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Navalny was a ‘symbol of hope’ for a lot of people, says Russian journalist
We spoke to the exiled Russian journalist, Mikhail Zygar. I started by asking him if he was surprised that so many people came out to Navalny’s funeral in Moscow given the fact that the Kremlin was warning that they would be breaking the law.
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Alexei Navalny funeral: Anti-Putin chanting as thousands of supporters turn out
Iran counts Russia as a key ally. Iranian drone technology has helped Russia in its war in Ukraine. Both regimes have faced opposition on their streets – and have put them down brutally at times.
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Wayne Couzens: Police should ‘never have employed’ Sarah Everard’s killer, says inquiry
Wayne Couzens – the man who killed Sarah Everard – should never have been given a job as a police officer – an inquiry has found. It said multiple police forces “repeatedly failed” to spot warning signs, despite a history of offending going back nearly 20 years. And it warned that without a radical overhaul…
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‘Hamas doesn’t have any interest in a two state solution’, says former State Department diplomat
We spoke to Aaron David Miller, who’s a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a former State Department diplomat who’s spent decades negotiating for peace in the Middle East. We began by asking how an event like today’s killing of Gazans waiting for food, could impact the ceasefire talks.
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‘Political opponents are slowly dying in prison’, says Belarusian activist after Navalny’s death
For Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was particularly shocking.
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‘I have been fearing for my husband’s life since 2015’, says wife of Russian political prisoner Kara-Murz
In Brussels, farmers from Belgium and beyond have driven tractors towards EU headquarters, filling the streets with manure, burning tyres and clashing with police.
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Alexei Navalny was to be freed in prisoner swap, claims supporters
There’s a new claim by supporters of the late Russian opposition figure, Alexei Navalny today – they believe he was killed ahead of a planned prisoner swap between Moscow and Western governments.
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‘The police have a very difficult balance to strike’, says police violence advisor
We were joined by Lord Walney, known when he was a Labour then independent MP as John Woodcock. He’s the author of that government-commissioned review into political violence.
