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A daily News podcast featuring Laura Kuenssberg, Fergus Walsh and Dermot O’Leary
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A daily News podcast featuring Laura Kuenssberg, Fergus Walsh and Dermot O’Leary
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Today, we look at Labour’s plan to renationalise most rail services within five years, if it wins the next election. Labour say a new public body would take over current contracts when they expire, taking on the responsibility for running servi
Today we look at a bill which would force TikTok’s owner to sell its US arm, or face being banned in the country.It’s driven by fears that user data is shared with the Chinese government. TikTok has called the law "unconstitutional" and says it
Today, we look at Rishi Sunak’s promise to spend billions more on defence.Sunak said UK military spending would rise to 2.5% of national income by 2030. The prime minister was in Poland to pledge £500 million in extra support for Ukraine, but c
Today we look at the Safety of Rwanda bill, which passed through parliament tonight after a back and forth with the Lords.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it will allow his government to put asylum seekers on flights in “10-12 weeks”.Chris
Today, we look at the US Congress approving $61 billion of funding for Ukraine. Laura and Paddy are joined by the political editor of BBC Newsnight Nick Watt to help unpick the day’s top stories.Paddy’s been speaking to the former Direct
Today we look at the apologies made by the Met Police after threatening to arrest an anti-Semitism charity leader for being near a pro-Palestine march.Gideon Falter, the Campaign Against Antisemitism chief executive was told by police his prese
Today, we look at the mystery surrounding an apparent Israeli strike on Iran.Two US officials told the BBC's US partner CBS News that an Israeli missile struck Iran overnight. The Israeli government has not officially commented. Meanwhile Iran
Today, we look at the suspension of a Tory MP after claims he made a late night call to ask for money to pay off "bad people".Mark Menzies "strongly" disputes the claims, but has had the whip removed amid allegations that he misused party funds
Today, we look at how a BBC report could lead to a change in the law around paedophiles' access to their own children.Adam is joined by Sanchia Berg, the BBC reporter who covered the story of a mother who paid £30,000 in legal fees to remove he
Today, we look at the reaction to the Newscast interview with Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, and the commons vote to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes. After yesterday’s interview with Liz Truss, we put your questions to Chri
Today, the 49-day Prime Minister Liz Truss sits down for an extended chat with Chris Mason. Truss speaks to Chris about how she looks back on her time in Downing Street, why she wouldn’t call her experience ‘humiliating’ and the institutions sh
Today, we look at what might happen next after Iran attacked Israel overnight.More than 300 drones and missiles were fired but nearly all were shot down, according to Israel.Iran says it was retaliation for a strike on its consulate in Syria tw
Today, we look at new revelations about the former PM’s 49 days in office. Details from her soon-to-be-released book Ten Years to Save the West include her thoughts of "why me, why now?" when she was told that Queen Elizabeth II had died.Comedi
Today, we look at the police launching an investigation into Angela Rayner over the accusation she broke electoral law.The deputy leader of the Labour Party is accused of giving false information about her main residence in a row about who live
Today, we look at President Joe Biden’s warning that Iran is threatening to launch a “significant attack” on Israel.Tensions have risen following what is believed to be an Israeli attack on an embassy in Syria, which killed senior Iranians. Ame
Today, we look at the Cass Review: a report by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass which found that children had been let down by “remarkably weak” evidence on medical interventions in gender care. Adam is joined by Health Editor Hugh Pym, and togethe
Today, we look at Lord Cameron’s trip to the US - including his meeting with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago.Adam is joined by Lord Kim Darroch, Former British Ambassador to the United States, to discuss what Lord Cameron is up to in the US and how
Today, we look at the phishing plot targeting people who work in and around Westminster. Journalists, including Newscast’s own Henry Zeffman, and MPs have received flirtatious messages and explicit pictures from unfamiliar WhatsApp profiles. No
Today, six months after the Hamas attacks on Israel, we look at the obstacles to peace in the region.International editor Jeremy Bowen joins Laura and Paddy, and tells them about visiting the homes of people caught up in the attacks, as well as
Today, we look at an intervention from the ex-PM over UK arms sales to Israel.Boris Johnson has said it’s "shameful" to call for the UK to stop sending weapons, and called out Foreign Secretary David Cameron for not being more outspoken on the
Today, we look at why it has been raining in England and Wales so much recently - and how UK infrastructure copes during unusually wet periods.Why is this happening? What effect does heavy rainfall have on our industries and environment? And ho
Today, we look at a new report which says the NHS cannot meet “avalanche” of demand for autism and ADHD services. Why has there been a five-fold rise in people waiting to see an autism specialist? Why has there been a 51% increase in prescript
Today, foreign ministers are gathering at NATO HQ in Brussels to mark 75 years of the military alliance and discuss how the member states will continue to support Ukraine and deter Russia.James Cook is joined by the Polish Foreign Minister Rado
Today, we look at the new hate crime law in Scotland and the killing of three British aid workers in Gaza.Police Scotland say that comments made on X by JK Rowling about Scotland’s new hate crime law are not being treated as criminal. The autho
Today, four of the BBC’s top political brains preview the local elections coming up on May 2.Adam and Chris are joined by Alex Forsyth and Henry Zeffman to chat about what they will be looking out for in the lead-up to the local elections, how
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