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From BBC News. Keir Starmer has arrived in China for a three-day visit – the first time a UK prime minister has visited the country since 2018. Starmer, who is travelling with around 60 British business and cultural leaders, will meet President Xi Jinping and develop trade ties. Speaking on the flight to Beijing, Starmer…

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From BBC News. The scale of the killings in Iran during the brutal recent crackdown on anti-government protesters is being laid bare. One human rights group, whose estimates have proved accurate in the past, says it has verified more than 6,000 deaths. The Human Rights Activists News Agency says it’s investigating reports of more than…

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From BBC News. Today, the chancellor has announced a package of support for pubs and music venues after the government was forced to U-turn on their plans to bump up business rates. BBC Business editor Simon Jack joins Adam to explain the measures, whilst political correspondent Joe Pike drops by to unpack the government’s other…

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From BBC News. The Trump administration says a US aircraft carrier- the USS Abraham Lincoln- and supporting warships have arrived in the Middle East, expanding President Donald Trump’s capabilities to defend US forces or take military action against Iran. The US fleet including several guided missile destroyers are reported to be in striking range of…

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From BBC News. Dov Forman, a social media content creator who wrote the best-selling Lily’s Promise about his great-grandmother’s life during World War Two, says marking Holocaust Memorial Day is “more important than ever”. Julia Kayes, who’s father Harry Olmer was one of the first Holocaust child survivors to move to the UK, said her…

From BBC News. The BBC has been able to speak to several Iranians in recent days, as new footage emerges of the unprecedented crackdown on protests earlier this month. The internet blackout is now patchy, after weeks where a total shutdown made it difficult to understand what was happening in the country. The US-based Human…

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From BBC News. A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered the acting ICE director to appear in court on Friday. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said "the court’s patience is at an end" and Todd Lyons must explain why his agency has failed to hold a bond hearing for an immigration detainee in the court-ordered timeframe.…

From BBC News. Shetland is holding its world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event, traditionally held on the last Tuesday of January, celebrates Shetland’s Norse heritage. Thousands of visitors travel to the UK’s most northerly islands each year to watch the evening torchlit procession, which reaches its climax when the replica of a…

From BBC News. Holocaust Memorial Day is held on the same day every year, marking the liberation date of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on 27 January 1945. As part of the commemorations, the Holocaust Educational Trust in the UK has launched a new project where school children can speak to survivors using…

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From BBC News. A landmark social media addiction trial in which top tech executives are expected to testify begins on Tuesday in California. The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, alleges the design of the platforms’ algorithms left her addicted to social media and negatively affected her mental health. The defendants include…

From BBC News. The European Union and India have announced a landmark trade deal after nearly two decades of on-off talks, as both sides aim to deepen ties amid tensions with the US. It will allow free trade of goods between the bloc of 27 European states and the world’s most populous country, which together…

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From BBC News. Heavy rain and strong winds are hitting the UK, as Storm Chandra brings weather warnings, flooding and travel disruption The Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, has released amber and yellow warnings for parts of the UK today, with Northern Ireland and south-west England expected to bear the brunt of the…

From BBC News. Following the fatal shooting of a second US citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration is coming under increasing pressure over the tactics being used by federal agents, as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration. Critics across the political divide have been questioning the use of force in current operations,…

From BBC News. US Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and some of his agents will leave Minneapolis following the shooting death of Alex Pretti on Saturday, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. It follows a major backlash over how top federal officials, including Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, responded to the…

From BBC News. Gold prices have hit record levels above $5,100 per ounce asa investors rush to find a safe haven for their money in the face of international political and economic tension. Silver and platinum also reached all-time highs. One of the main drivers is central banks who are diversifying their foreign exchange investments…

From BBC News. Today, Adam and Chris discuss ex-Conservative home secretary Suella Braverman defecting to Reform. She’s the third sitting Tory MP to do so in the last eleven days. Also happening in Westminster — the Prime Minister has been defending the decision to block Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and…

From BBC News. US President Donald Trump and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz have had a "productive call" after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal agents in recent weeks. During the call, Walz "made the case that we need impartial investigations of the Minneapolis shootings involving federal agents, and that we…

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From BBC News. From cancelled wedding dresses to dodgy dances, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham’s bombshell claims about his famous family have shaken the showbiz world. And the internet has responded. But how did we get here? Showbiz insiders provide the inside scoop on one of the world’s most famous families, from their wholesome brand, to Heidi…

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From BBC News. At least 14 people have died and hundreds of thousands of people are without power as a deadly storm hits the US. It has brought snow, sleet and freezing rain, with National Weather Service warnings reaching from Texas in the south to New England in the north-east. Nearly half of US states…

From BBC News. The Israeli military says it has retrieved the body of the last remaining hostage in Gaza. It had been searching for Master Sgt Ran Gvili since the ceasefire with Hamas began in October. Hamas was meant to return all hostages, alive and dead, within 72 hours of the ceasefire taking effect. Twenty…

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From BBC News. Israel says it has agreed to reopen the Gaza Strip’s key border crossing with Egypt only after an operation to retrieve the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the territory is complete. The Rafah crossing was meant to have reopened during the first stage of the ceasefire between Israel and…

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From BBC News. The Trump administration is facing pressure to launch a full investigation into the second Minneapolis killing by federal agents in two weeks, as one Republican governor says "enough is enough". US President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal his administration is "reviewing everything" and also indicates he could eventually withdraw agents…

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From BBC News. Video showing the killing after a second US citizen in Minneapolis by ICE federal agents appears to suggest that a gun had been taken from him before he was shot dead. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed after what began as a scuffle. Pretti appeared to be filming the immigration enforcement…

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From BBC News. Today, members of the Labour National Executive Committee (NEC) met to make a decision on whether or not to let Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham run for MP for Gorton and Denton in its upcoming by-election. We discuss who could vote which way and whether it could lead to Prime Minister Keir…

From BBC News. Federal immigration officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, US, identified by local officials as 37-year-old Alex Pretti. State and federal officials have provided conflicting accounts of the moments prior to Pretti’s death, which comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in…

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From BBC News. Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing as a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election in the UK by Labour’s ruling body. As a directly elected mayor, Burnham had to get approval from Labour’s national executive committee, after he applied to be a candidate on Saturday. Some NEC members were concerned about…

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From BBC News. Federal immigration officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, identified by local officials as 37-year-old Alex Pretti. State and federal officials have provided conflicting accounts of the moments prior to Pretti’s death, which comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the…

From BBC News. Andy Burnham has confirmed he is officially seeking permission to enter the running to become MP for Gorton and Denton in the upcoming by-election, opening the possibility for him to contest Keir Starmer’s leadership. However, Burnham has to get approval from Labour’s ruling national executive committee, which Keir Starmer and some of…

From BBC News. Andy Burnham has announced that he is seeking permission to stand in the upcoming Gorton and Denton parliamentary MP by-election. Currently mayor of Greater Manchester, he insisted he wants to back the UK’s Labour government "not undermine it" and said that the decision to announce his intentions had been "difficult". The seat…

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