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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

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10/09/2024 MPs overwhelmingly back government's plan to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners

9/10/2024
The Tory motion seeking to stop the benefit from becoming means-tested was rejected

Duration:00:30:35

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09/09/2024 Covid Inquiry hears NHS was "creaking at the seams" when virus struck

9/9/2024
It heard there were not enough staff and hospital infrastructure was unfit for purpose

Duration:00:30:29

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08/09/2024 Children's Hospital Surgeon Investigation

9/8/2024
A former Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital surgeon is facing an investigation.

Duration:00:15:55

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07/09/2024 Ukraine tactical nuclear 'risk'

9/7/2024
The CIA director recalls a "risk" of tactical nuclear weapon use in the early days of the war in Ukraine.

Duration:00:16:54

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06/09/2024 Man handed longest jail sentence so far over riots

9/6/2024
A man who targeted a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years.

Duration:00:30:39

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05/09/2024 Barnier becomes new French PM and bids to end turmoil

9/5/2024
The former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has taken over as France's prime minister.

Duration:00:30:51

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04/09/2024 Grenfell Tower inquiry blames 'dishonest' companies and failures by successive governments

9/4/2024
The final report on the 2017 Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people, has been published.

Duration:00:30:45

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03/09/2024 Swingeing cuts to public spending in Scotland

9/3/2024
Scotland's finance secretary has announced 500 million pounds of spending cuts, saying the country faces enormous financial pressures.

Duration:00:30:58

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02/09/2024 Britain suspends some arms exports to Israel

9/2/2024
The UK government suspends some arms exports to Israel, saying there's a risk international humanitarian law could be violated.

Duration:00:30:36

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01/09/2024 Protests after hostage deaths in Gaza

9/1/2024
Calls for a strike to try to force Israel's government to agree a hostage release deal.

Duration:00:16:37

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31/08/2024 - Destruction in occupied West Bank

8/31/2024
Palestinians speak of damage by Israeli military.

Duration:00:16:36

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30/08/2024 Government announces plans to end badger culling in England within five years

8/30/2024
Vaccination will instead be the strategy for eradicating bovine tuberculosis

Duration:00:30:33

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29/08/2024 Government considers tighter restrictions on smoking outdoors

8/29/2024
The measures could see smoking banned in pub gardens and outdoor restaurants

Duration:00:30:49

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28/08/2024 Israel carries out military operation in the occupied West Bank

8/28/2024
Israel has launched its biggest military operation in the occupied West Bank in years.

Duration:00:30:29

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27/08/2024 Starmer warns of painful first budget

8/27/2024
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that his government's first budget is "going to be painful".

Duration:00:30:43

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26/08/2024 Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76

8/26/2024
The former England football manager had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. In 2001, he became the first foreign manager to lead the England team.

Duration:00:30:34

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25/08/2024 Conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies

8/25/2024
Israel and the armed Lebanese group, Hezbollah, have carried out the biggest attacks on each other in ten months of conflict -- while stopping short of triggering all-out war.

Duration:00:16:40

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Teenager arrested after deadly knife attack in Germany

8/24/2024
German police say fifteen-year-old boy knew about a knife attack that left three dead.

Duration:00:16:21

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23/08/2024 Energy bills to rise this winter

8/23/2024
The energy regulator, Ofgem, has announced a rise in its price cap from October.

Duration:00:30:15

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22/08/2024 First drug that slows progression of Alzeimer's cleared for use in UK

8/22/2024
The body which assesses medicines says it is too expensive for the NHS in England

Duration:00:30:49