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India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after weeks of 'cockroach' protests | BBC News
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- India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after weeks of 'cockroach' protests | BBC News
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- India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after weeks of protests over exam paper leaks and testing irregularities.
The demonstrations were spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) - not a real party, but a satirical campaign turned national movement.
What began as a student-led campaign against alleged exam paper leaks became one of India's biggest displays of public dissent in recent years, with thousands camping in Delhi and demonstrations spreading across the country.
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- Indian protester 'would rather die a martyr than a helpless citizen'. #BBCNews
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- Firefighters battle to contain France and Spain wildfires as thousands evacuated | BBC News
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- 11:20
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- 3 hours ago
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- Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires raging across Europe.
An evacuation alert for residents in the south-west of France takes the number of people displaced to more than 220,000.
In Spain, about 25,000 were told to evacuate as a local official says that containing wildfires near Madrid is "beyond the capacity" of firefighters.
A major incident has also been declared by Police Scotland, as emergency services continue to tackle a wildfire which has been burning in the Cairngorms National Park for 10 days.
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- Trump takes swipes at 'fake news' media at Correspondents' Dinner. #BBCNews
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- 0:54
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- 4 hours ago
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- India's youth desperation fuelling the 'Cockroach Party' | Global News Podcast
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- 13 hours ago
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- Despite police crackdowns and accusations of brutality during protests this week, India's 'youth-led' Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is showing no signs of slowing down, as it gathers support from the public and opposition politicians.
The group is demanding education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who oversaw exams in the country which were subject to corruption claims. The group began after India's Chief Justice, Surya Kant, allegedly compared unemployed young people and activists to cockroaches and parasites during a court hearing. He later said he was only referring to people with "fake and bogus degrees", but when graduate Abhijeet Dipke used the name Cockroach Party to start a satirical group online, it gained millions of followers rapidly and grew into one of the most unexpected challenges to the powerful, nationalist government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to take care of the country's youth in a midnight vide...
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- India's cockroach protests: Modi breaks silence and hunger strike ends | BBC News
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- 9:32
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- 14 hours ago
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- Thousands of people continue to protest demanding the Indian education minister's resignation after representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) held talks with the government.
The meeting came after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike after 26 days of fasting in solidarity with the protests.
A CJP spokesperson told reporters that the government has asked for a day to decide on their biggest demand - minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also spoken, posted a video promising a tough new law on examination paper leaks, the issue at the core of the protests.
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00:36 Latest on protests
01:46 Modi breaks his silence
02:52 Hunger strike ends
04:00 Protests spread
06:04 Role of social media (or Viral protest image)
07:19 Verifying protest videos
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- Venezuelans still search for loved ones one month after earthquakes | BBC News
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- 14 hours ago
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- One month ago, Venezuela was hit by two deadly earthquakes, killing more than 5,300 people, and leaving 16,500 injured.
The government has not said how many people are still missing, but the figure is estimated to be in the tens of thousands.
For most survivors and victims' relatives the grief is also combined with a deep and growing sense of anger at the authorities.
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- US panel votes to loosen peptide restrictions. #BBCNews
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- 1:02
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- 14 hours ago
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- Videos show officers firing ‘pellet guns’ in India protests. #CockroachJantaParty #BBCNews
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- 1:43
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- 15 hours ago
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- Why is today the 'best day' of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's life? | BBC Newscast
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- 29:01
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- 16 hours ago
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- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has officially opened up the doors to Number 10 North which he has described as the "best day of my life".
Adam is joined by Lucy Fisher - Whitehall editor at the Financial Times and Patrick Maguire Chief Political Commentator at the Times, and they discuss how No 10 North is shaping up and whether it will be more than just a gimmick.
Plus, they look back at Andy Burnham’s announcements in his first week in office and whether it sets a precedent for how he will run Government.
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- Thirteenth consecutive night of US air strikes on Iran | BBC News
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- 18:52
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- 16 hours ago
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- The US military has carried out a thirteenth consecutive night of attacks, targeting command centres and drone storage sites in the south of Iran.
In response, the IRGC said it attacked US interests in Jordan and northern Kuwait.
Tehran has threatened further attacks on air bases used by US forces including those in the UK.
The Ministry of Defence says the UK stands ready to defend itself.
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- Families in Venezuela continue search for loved ones a month after twin earthquakes. #BBCNews
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- 1:09
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- 16 hours ago
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- US hits dozens of countries with new wave of tariffs | BBC News
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- 5:21
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- 17 hours ago
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- The US has imposed new tariffs on 60 trading partners in the latest escalation in the trade war reignited by President Donald Trump when he returned to office last year.
Those targeted, including the UK, China and the European Union, will face a tariff of 10% to 12.5% on all goods, accounting for almost all American imports.
The tariffs, which replace an identical levy which expires on Friday, are based on claims key economic partners have failed to properly tackle forced labour.
But US trade expert Caroline Freund said the move is "not about forced labour" but that Trump is simply "looking for a legal reason to put the tariffs in".
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- PlayStation Network down, leaving thousands of gamers unable to play. #PlayStation #Gaming #BBCNews
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- 0:33
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- 17 hours ago
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- Jurgen Klopp takes on Germany job with threat to quit | BBC News
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- 3:37
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- 17 hours ago
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- Jurgen Klopp has been appointed as Germany's head coach, replacing Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned after the team's shock World Cup defeat by Paraguay in the last 32.
The former Liverpool manager started his reign as an international manager by threatening to quit if the media invades his family's privacy.
"I'm not doing this job for myself, I'm doing it for you. I'm taking this job even though I've seen how you've treated Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel," the 59-year-old said after accepting a four-year deal.
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- What do tourists think of Edinburgh's new tourist tax? #Edinburgh #Scotland #BBCNews
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- Who is really running Venezuela? | The Global Story
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- 25:19
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- 18 hours ago
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- Venezuelans are still searching through the rubble a month after two devastating earthquakes, which left thousands dead and tens of thousands more still missing.
The disaster came at a moment of acute political and economic uncertainty, following the toppling of president Nicolas Maduro.
The new government is led by Delcy Rodriguez, with US oversight, and the Trump administration has taken control of Venezuela’s lucrative oil industry – to the tune of billions of dollars. But where is that money now?
Asma Khalid from The Global Story podcast speaks to the BBC’s Will Grant, who's inside Venezuela, and has spoken to survivors, grieving families, and government officials leading the response.
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- Thousands evacuated from south-west France as wildfires spread. #BBCNews
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- 1:03
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- 19 hours ago
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- Are kids about to go viral on platforms they can’t use? | Top Comment Podcast
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- 17:19
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- 19 hours ago
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- Should parents be able to profit from posting content of their kids on social media? From the Rizzler to Lil Tay, shooting to internet superstardom at an early age can come with criticism and complications.
Marianna has been speaking to former child youtuber turned activist and entrepreneur, Beckii Flint, about the dilemmas around consent, monetisation and exploitation in a space which remains largely unregulated.
And, as a new U16 ban approaches in the UK, what happens when kidfluencers become viral on platforms they can’t use?
Hear the full episode of Top Comment with Marianna Spring and Matt Shea on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
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- We became best friends. Then we discovered we were brother and sister | BBC News
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- 6:01
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Dave Green and Andrea Urmston met when their jobs overlapped at Manchester Airport bus station.
They became friends, but later it emerged that Dave was actually Andrea’s brother who had been adopted 40 years earlier.
In this video, they tell their extraordinary story.
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- Wildfires spread in France and Spain, forcing thousands to evacuate | BBC News
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- 13:27
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- 21 hours ago
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- French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat.
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to battle what has described as an "XXL fire" in the Gironde region.
The fires, which began on Tuesday, have burned for days, with officials saying 10,000 hectares (almost 25,000 acres) had been consumed by the flames.
Meanwhile, the government in Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires burn out of control in several areas close to the capital Madrid.
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- DNA consistent with Celeste found in D4vd’s car and garage. #BBCNews
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- 1:00
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- 22 hours ago
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- BBC visits Iran school where strike killed 120 children | BBC News
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- 5:40
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- 22 hours ago
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- On the first day of the US-Israeli war in Iran, a strike hit a primary school in Minab, in the south of the country, killing 156 people - 120 of them children.
Almost five months on from the attack, the BBC has visited the site and spoken to those at the heart of the story.
The BBC's Nawal Al Maghafi was reporting from Minab, Iran on condition that none of her material is used on the BBC's Persian Service. These restrictions apply to all international media organisations operating in Iran.
This report contains distressing testimony throughout.
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#Iran #US #Minab #BBCNews
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- Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray after confrontation at club in London in 2023. #BBCNews
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- 0:19
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- 24 hours ago
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- UK PM Andy Burnham is spending his first day working from No 10 North in Manchester. #BBCNews
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- 0:47
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- 1 day ago
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- Are Donald Trump's tariffs working? #US #BBCNews
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- 1:15
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- 1 day ago
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- At the scene of Delhi's nighttime 'cockroach' protests. #India #BBCNews
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- Man sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT medical advice. #bbcnews
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- Driver in Spider-Man outfit helps man in wheelchair across busy road. #BBCNews #US
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- Orcas ram into fish so hard they explode. #BBCNews
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- African camels are dying from high heat | BBC News
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- 5:30
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- 1 day ago
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- Camels - known for their resilience in the hottest and driest places on Earth- are falling victim to the climate crisis.
North Africa and the Horn of Africa are home to around 80% of the world's largest population of camels with one hump. But, rising temperatures are fuelling disease and death.
Herders are reporting camels with blisters on their hooves and skin burned by the hot sand. They are also facing stress, fatigue, and dehydration.
While extreme heat is the primary culprit, its impacts become severe when other factors like loss of vegetation and water, lack of shaded areas and inadequate veterinary services add up, experts say.
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- Maggots and a ‘strong odour’ found in D4vd's Tesla, say prosecutors. #BBCNews
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- 2 days ago
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- Iran threatens to attack UK bases used by US forces - risking wider war | BBC News
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- 7:25
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- 2 days ago
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- Iran has threatened to attack British bases being used by the US to launch operations against Iran. It accused the UK of being an "accomplice" of the US military and said that UK bases used by US forces were “legitimate targets”.
The UK has allowed the US to launch "defensive" operations from British bases hosting American personnel and aircraft, while refusing to cooperate in offensive operations against Iran.
In response to Iran’s comments, the UK government said it "stands ready 24/7 to defend itself". It followed a 12th consecutive night of US strikes against targets in Iran, with the ceasefire that had been agreed between the two countries apparently abandoned.
In March 2026, shortly after the start of the US-Israel led war against Iran, the UK gave the US permission to use British bases, including RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, to target Iranian military infrastructure used to attack Gulf c...
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- Japan's PM says she sleeps just 0-3 hours a night. #Japan #Sleep #BBCNews
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- 2 days ago
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- Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? | BBC News
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- 26:15
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- 2 days ago
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- Could artificial intelligence one day become conscious? Or are we being distracted by science-fiction dreams while AI is already transforming the world of work right now?
In this fascinating edition of BBC AI Decoded, presenter Marc Cieslak and co-host Priya Lakhani, CEO of Century Tech, tackle one of the biggest questions in technology: will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does?
Joining the discussion is bestselling author, digital rights activist and technology critic Cory Doctorow, whose new book The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI challenges some of the biggest claims being made about artificial intelligence. Doctorow argues that today's AI is not a conscious mind in waiting, but a powerful prediction machine surrounded by hype.
He explains his concept of the "reverse centaur", a future in which humans increasingly find themselves working as assistants to machines, rather than the other way around.
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- Teenager captured on CCTV stops runaway car with elderly passengers inside. #BBCNews
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- Iranians seek the truth about a deadly school strike | Global News Podcast
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- 8:56
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- 2 days ago
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- The BBC's senior investigations correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi, has just returned from the site of an Iranian school where more than 150 people - most of them children - were killed by a strike on the first day of the US-Israel war with Iran.
She tells us that victims' families are still searching for the truth about what happened at the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab.
US media have reported that American military investigators believe it is likely that US forces carried out the strike unintentionally. Expert analysts say footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound next to the school during the same wave of strikes.
The US government has not admitted responsibility for the strike. President Donald Trump has said we may never know "whose fault" it was, because "there were missiles flying all over the place".
Nawal Al Maghafi reported from Iran on condition that none of...
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- Why has UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham paused plans to release some prisoners early? BBC Newscast
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- 36:02
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- 2 days ago
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- Today, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced ‘no prisoners will be let out’ under early release scheme until he has conducted an ‘urgent review’.
The announcement comes after the widow of PC Andrew Harper described the possible early release of prisoners as ‘deplorable’, following reports that two of his killers could be freed early. Adam is joined by Dominic Casciani, home and legal correspondent, to discuss what this means for the prison system.
Plus, in his third policy announcement in as many days, Andy Burnham announced a 20% cut to business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues in England from April. Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Helen Miller and BBC Business Editor Simon Jack join Adam to discuss how the government plans to fund this cut and how ever-changing taxes affect business owners.
00:00 Intro
00:00:22 Why the prisoner release scheme has been paused
00:01:11 How the early release plan w...
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- Saudis must recognise Israel for nuclear deal, says Trump. #BBCNews
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- 2 days ago
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- Pubs will be cheaper to run as UK PM Andy Burnham announces 20% tax cut. #BBCNews
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- Heatwave causes deadly wildfires in Europe. What to know | BBC News
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- 10:24
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- 2 days ago
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- Wildfires are raging across France, Spain and Italy. Countries across Europe have seen record temperatures in recent months.
A report released in April by the Copernicus Climate Change Service found at least 95% of Europe saw "above average" annual temperatures in 2025 and identified Europe as the fastest-warming continent.
In this video…
00:47 The latest on the Europe wildfires
02:22 The latest on the Spanish fires
03:24 What is the impact of the heat and drought
05:01 What is a drought
05:49 Is it hotter than 1976
06:45 When will it rain
08:30 Are heatwaves going to get hotter
09:16 Even camels can't cope with the extreme heat
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#Heatwave #Drought #Wildfires #France #Italy #Spain #BBCNews
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- Millionaires ask Andy Burnham to tax them more. #GaryLineker #AndyBurnham #BBCNews
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- 2 days ago
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- Can MAGA politics be exported to the UK? | The Global Story
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- 26:10
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- 2 days ago
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- The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is a mainstay of the US political calendar, a barometer of the Republican party mood, and has become, in recent years, a pro-Trump event, with a big budget and crowds in the thousands.
Its first outing to the United Kingdom last week brought less of the bombast, but much the same flavour of politics, as figures from across the hard right assembled for debates on topics including migration, race, British identity and cryptocurrency, under the slogan ‘Save Britain. Save The West’.
The Global Story's Hannah Moore, attended the conference to find a conservative movement reckoning with its identity, and divided on whether importing MAGA-style politics can unite the right.
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- Image of supreme leader shared by Iranian media is AI-generated. #BBCNews
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- 2 days ago
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- Liquor store employee narrowly escapes leopard attack in India. #Rajasthan #BBCNews
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- France evacuates 20,000 as wildfires spread in south-west | BBC News
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- 1:57
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- 2 days ago
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- About 12,000 people have been evacuated from the south-west of France and authorities are moving 8,800 others as wildfires spread in the Gironde region.
Local officials said some 3,400 hectares (8,400 acres) of land have already been destroyed around the Bay of Arcachon, as about 700 firefighters battle the flames.
Many of those who had to leave the area overnight were visitors to local campsites on the Lège-Cap-Ferret peninsula and the latest evacuations also involved campsites as a precaution.
BBC Journalist Joanna Kent was among those evacuated while on holiday in the village of Claouey.
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- Around 12,000 people evacuated from south-west of France amid wildfires. #BBCNews
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- Why Canada is standing up to Trump | The Global Story
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- 29:06
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- 2 days ago
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- President Trump has announced a new round of tariffs against a range of Canadian goods, including hockey sticks and cement.
Trump says the tariffs are in retaliation for what he called Canada’s “unequal treatment” of US cars, dairy and alcohol.
But earlier in the week he also threatened retaliatory tariffs over Canada’s wildfire smoke which has been drifting into US cities.
Asma Khalid from The Global Story podcast speaks to Jayme Poisson - host of the CBC podcast ‘Frontburner’ - about what Trump actually wants from Canada, and whether Canadians are bracing for a world in which the US is no longer their closest ally.
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00:00 Can Canadians rely on America?
02:01 Why has President Trump put tariffs on Canada?
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