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Trump doubles down on criticism of Starmer
03/03/2026 Duração: 30minPresident Trump has again criticised Sir Keir Starmer for not initially allowing the US to use British military bases to attack Iran. Also: Thousands of people are trying to flee Tehran. And Britain is sending a Royal Navy warship to help protect UK military personnel in Cyprus.
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The US defence secretary declines to give a timeline for ending the US-Israeli war with Iran
02/03/2026 Duração: 30minAs the US-Israeli war against Iran continues to widen, President Trump's defence secretary has declared the American military action the "most lethal, most complex and most precise aerial operation in history". Also: Iran launches fresh attacks on targets across the Gulf. And the Iranian Red Crescent says more than 550 people have been killed in Iran.
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Iran Lashes Out As Supreme Leader Killed
01/03/2026 Duração: 16minIran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at targets across the Middle East, after announcing that its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed in US-Israeli attacks. At least 200 people -- most of whom were at a girls' school in the country's south -- have been reported killed in Iran. Three US service personnel have been killed in Iran's response, as well as ten people in Israel. Donald Trump has suggested that Iran's new leadership wanted to talk. Meanwhile, UK government officials are understood to be working on plans to potentially evacuate British nationals from the Middle East.
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Iran launches attacks across Middle East after US and Israel strikes on its territory
28/02/2026 Duração: 16minIran has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel, and American allies across the Middle East - following this morning's joint attack by Israel and the US. President Trump has urged Iranians to use the attacks as an opportunity to rise up against their country's regime.Air raid sirens have been heard across Israel, after the launch of Iranian missiles towards the country. And: The Labour MP, Josh Simons, has resigned as a Cabinet Office Minister, saying he had become a distraction from the government's work. He's been under scrutiny because of claims the think tank he previously ran -- called Labour Together -- commissioned a report looking into the background of journalists.
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The Green Party says its victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election is 'seismic'
27/02/2026 Duração: 30minSir Keir Starmer has vowed to keep fighting, after Labour finished behind the Green Party and Reform UK in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Also: The former US President, Bill Clinton, gives evidence under oath to a congressional committee, about his past links with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And over fishing means mackerel stocks are running low in the seas and on the shelves.
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Instagram to alert parents if their teenagers search for self-harm and suicide content
26/02/2026 Duração: 30minInstagram is to start notifying parents if their teenage children search repeatedly for content related to self-harm or suicide. Also: Jersey has voted to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people. And the number of people sleeping rough in England reaches a record high.
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The Met Police apologises to the speaker of the House of Commons
25/02/2026 Duração: 30minThe Metropolitan Police has apologised for inadvertently revealing that Sir Lindsay Hoyle told its officers Lord Mandelson was considering leaving the country. Also: The government insists it's going ahead with its deal to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, despite a minister telling Parliament it was on hold. And satellite images of penguin moulting sites highlight the dangers to the birds of climate change.