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From BBC News. Cocaine, cannabis, laughing gas and prescription pills are being offered for sale in mini-marts on UK High Streets, a BBC investigation has revealed. They were readily offered to our undercover researchers who secretly filmed in shops across four neighbouring West Midlands towns. Across the country, shopfronts are being exploited by organised criminal…

From BBC News. Iran has attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two, days after vowing retaliation for the US intercepting an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf as part of its naval blockade. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump said the ship, Touska, was seized by the US Navy after failing…

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From BBC News. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sent a "real chill throughout the civil service." That’s according to a senior union official following his decision to sack the lead civil servant in the Foreign Office, Olly Robbins. James and Chris are joined by Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government, Catherine Haddon, to…

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From BBC News. Iran’s top negotiator has said it is "not possible to reopen the Strait of Hormuz" due to "blatant violations" of the US-Iran ceasefire. Those "violations" include the US naval blockade of Iranian ports and "warmongering" by Israel "on all fronts", Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said. It follows an Iranian attack…

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From BBC News. The Trump administration has begun processing refunds for billions of dollars in tariffs that the US Supreme Court struck down in February. In what is set to be the biggest repayment programme in US history, companies can apply online for money they were charged under the so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs – plus…

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From BBC News. American-Iranian comedian Max Amini shared with the BBC what the conflict means to him and why he is using his platform to speak out about Iran. Iran has still not decided whether it will attend a new round of peace talks with the US later this week, its foreign ministry has told…

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From BBC News. Ukraine says it has resumed pumping Russian oil through a pipeline into Hungary and Slovakia, bringing to an end months of deadlock over a €90bn (£78bn) loan seen as vital European Union support for Kyiv. Soon afterwards, EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels gave preliminary approval to the loan, as well as a…

From BBC News. In 2024, reports emerged of a highly sophisticated cyber espionage campaign against US telecoms companies, which some analysts believe went all the way up to the Chinese government. The group behind this campaign would later be codenamed Salt Typhoon, and it is believed to have quietly infiltrated critical US telecoms infrastructure in…

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From BBC News. A network of Colombian mercenaries backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided critical support to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) enabling it to capture the western city of el-Fasher last year, a new report said. The investigation, by security analysis organisation the Conflict Insights Group (CIG), used data obtained from…

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From BBC News. US President Donald Trump said he will extend the ceasefire with Iran until talks between the two countries have progressed. He also said the blockade of Iranian ports will also continue until Tehran presents a "unified proposal”. The status of the US-Iran talks had been unclear with the current ceasefire previously due…

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From BBC News. Today, Olly Robbins the sacked former Foreign Office chief, says number 10 had a “dismissive” attitude to the vetting of Lord Mandelson. Robbins told MPs when he took over the role there was "already a very very strong expectation" from No 10 that Mandelson "needed to be in post and in America…

From BBC News. Donald Trump has said he will extend the ceasefire with Iran, which was due to end shortly, until talks between the two countries have progressed. The US President said the naval blockade of Iran’s ports would continue. Mr Trump said he was agreeing to the ceasefire extension at the the request of…

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From BBC News. The UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is under intense scrutiny over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, in 2024. Lord Mandelson – a veteran member of the Labour party – was dismissed after less than a year in the job, over his ties to the convicted sex…

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From BBC News. Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes in the UK, as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears Parliament. Both the Commons and Lords have settled on a final draft of the "landmark" legislation, which aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up…

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From BBC News. Governments around the world are wrestling with how to keep young people safe online. In the UK, an outright ban on social media for under-16s is being considered – similar to the policy introduced in Australia at the beginning of the year. At 4.30pm on Wednesday 22 April, BBC News is hosting…