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Prince Andrew Interview: No apologies, no regrets
No apologies, no regrets: the Duke of York’s decision to talk about his links with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been widely criticised – ‘a complete public relations disaster’ was among one of the kinder reactions to the BBC interview. Prince Andrew denied having sex with a teenager at the home of socialite…
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‘It was a really bad interview’, says royal biographer Catherine Mayer
Biographer of Prince Charles and co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party, the writer and campaigner Catherine Mayer, joins Cathy in the studio.
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Hong Kong Protests: Siege of Polytechnic University
Hong Kong police have launched an operation to drive hundreds of anti government protestors off a university campus – after a day of violent clashes.
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Tories v Labour: Battle of the immigration policies
General election discussion turned to policy debates over immigration and access to dental care.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected President of Sri Lanka
The man accused of running military death squads during decades of civil war in Sri Lanka has been elected President with an overwhelming majority.
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Bolton block fire: Concerns over cladding
An investigation is underway into the fire which swept through a six storey student accommodation block in Bolton – gutting and badly damaging several floors.
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‘I don’t think we’ve woken up to the full implications of Grenfell,’ says Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham
Cathy spoke to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and asked him whether he was concerned that the cladding may have been partly responsible for the blaze.
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Labour leaders meet to discuss final details of election manifesto
Labour leaders have been meeting to trade unions and other groups to hammer out the final details of their election manifesto.
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Hong Kong Protests: Residents turn on protestors
Chinese troops have been deployed on the streets of Hong Kong – not to crush the anti-government protests but to help clean up the damage after last night’s unrest.
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Artist Nan Goldin protests outside Victoria and Albert Museum against their links to Sackler family
The American artist Nan Goldin has staged an activist protest outside London’s Victoria and Albert Museum – urging them to abandon their links to the billionaire Sackler family.
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Hong Kong protests: Inside the university campuses becoming makeshift fortresses
The Hong Kong police say protesters are moving one step closer to terrorism – as violent clashes on major university campuses continue.
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British men who travelled to Syria to join ISIS say they ‘want to be put on trial in the UK’
Two men who left the UK to join so-called Islamic State have told Channel 4 News that they want to return home to face trial.
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Yorkshire flooding victims say they’ve been forgotten by government
Not just flooded out, but forgotten – that’s what angry residents of the villages worst hit by the Yorkshire floods are claiming, furious at what they see as the lack of any government response.
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Personality politics: Does it matter in an election?
Joining me now to discuss the character and relatability of both party leaders are Guto Harri, who was Boris Johnson’s communications chief during part of his time as London Mayor, and Owen Jones who’s been an aide to senior Labour figures and is now an activist and journalist.
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Johnson dismisses Labour’s ‘communist’ free broadband plan
It’s an idea Labour calculates will have broad appeal. But after dangling the promise of free high speed internet, Labour now has to convince people it’s deliverable and affordable. The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says it’s “visionary”, the Lib Dems say it’s “crazy” and Tories say it’s “communist”.
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Hong Kong in recession after months of anti-China protests
Hong Kong has entered its first recession for a decade after months of anti-China protests and violent clashes. A 70-year-old man has died after being hit by a brick allegedly thrown by protesters. The police say they are treating it as murder. Student activists have barricaded themselves into university campuses and shut down major roads,…
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Northern Ireland: pro-Remain nationalist parties forge election pacts
In Northern Ireland, as in the rest of the UK, Brexit looms large. So, too, does the question of electoral pacts. Cooperation between unionist parties hasn’t been unusual in recent years. But this time it’s pro-Remain nationalist parties who are working together to try to defeat the DUP in several key seats.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa favourite in Sri Lanka Presidential race
In Sri Lanka, voters will elect a new President this weekend and they look likely to bring back a familiar face. Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the defence secretary who oversaw the end of a decades-long civil war.
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Trump launches live Twitter attack on impeachment witness as she testifies
President Trump has been accused of intimidating a witness at his impeachment hearing by attacking her on Twitter while she was testifying.
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FactCheck: Labour’s broadband policy
Labour haven’t revealed the full cost of their plans.
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Who’s most likely to win the general election? | Politics: Where Next? podcast
In this week’s podcast, veteran political analyst Professor John Curtice and Professor Matthew Goodwin of the University of Kent share their predictions for this general election. Both are agreed that a Conservative majority is most likely at this stage, but aren’t ruling out a hung parliament. According to Curtice, “the Tories are about 2:1 on to…
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26-year-old man arrested at Heathrow Airport over suspected terrorism offences
A 26-year-old man has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of Syria-related terror offences. The man was arriving in the UK from Turkey, just hours after Turkey confirmed it had deported a British Islamic State suspect.
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Met Office warns of ‘danger to life’ as South Yorkshire braces for more heavy rain
Boris Johnson has called a meeting of the government’s emergency committee – as more heavy rain is expected in flood-affected areas of England.
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Panel of political advisors on how the NHS, floods and opinion polls are affecting the election campaign
Each week throughout this election, we’re bringing together panels of people who have worked at the very top of British politics – and know what it’s like to be on the inside of a political campaign.
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Conservatives pledge to reduce immigration – but won’t set ‘arbitrary’ targets
The Conservative Party has pledged to reduce immigration if they win the General Election, but declared they won’t set what they call “arbitrary” targets.
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‘Allegation of a mandatory 4-day week in NHS is palpable nonsense’, says Shadow Health Secretary on Labour’s NHS policy
Joining us now from Leicester is the Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary – Jon Ashworth.
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NHS reports worst waiting times on record
The NHS was already high up the list of election issues – but the data released today has shown just how big a point of contention this will be as the election campaign runs on.
