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Comedian Bassem Youssef talks about his view that Israel should be held accountable for the war in Gaza, how the Egyptian revolution was a turning point in his life, and why he feels disillusioned with the West’s “lecturing” on human rights and international law, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Joining Cathy in Leeds, the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and the Chief Exec of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison.

Let’s have a look at the ditched HS2 plans. What’s being shelved, what will remain and how much has it cost?

Now the second leg has been cancelled many will be asking whether they’ll be compensated for the years of disruption and uncertainty.

Krishnan spoke to the rail minister, Huw Merriman. He put it to him that, given the government used to say it would deliver on HS2, these new transport pledges might face a credibility problem

The cancellation of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 has been the worst kept secret in politics. 

Hundreds of people could be saved every year, according to ministers, by a new law on organ donation. It’ll make everyone in England a donor unless they explicitly opt out. The government is bringing in the new system after a consultation showed the vast majority of people approve of organ donation – but only a…

The Justice Secretary Liz Truss has admitted the problems in English jails won’t be fixed “in weeks, or even months”, as she made a statement in the Commons about the Birmingham prison riot.

There are some new revelations in the case of a Muslim teaching assistant who says she was sacked after she objected to distressing footage of people falling from buildings the September 11 terror attack being shown to 11-year-olds in class.

Amid all the blue-on-blue action of the EU referendum campaign, Labour has been most noticeable by its relative absence. Today the party attempted to change that.