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The Moon landing at 50: Man’s greatest leap into the unknown
Some 650 million people watched around the world as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar module Eagle, planting the American flag on the moon. No space event has equalled it since. But with plans afoot to travel to Mars, will this generation have its own moon landing moment?
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82% increase in reports of sexual violence in universities
Universities that provided figures to Channel 4 News showed an alarming rise in reports – from 65 in 2014, to 626 in 2018.
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Iran ‘playing tit-for-tat game’, says US think-tank VP
We’re joined by Trita Parsi who is executive vice president of the Quincy Institute think-tank, and former president of the National Iranian American Council.
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Iran ‘seizes’ British-flagged oil tanker
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The MoD says it is urgently seeking further information.
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Seventeen hurt in ‘car cruise’ crash
Two of the people were seriously injured in the collision, which happened at about a quarter to ten last night.
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Public sector workers expected to receive above-inflation pay rise
Theresa May’s parting shot as Prime Minister could well be a big giveaway: according to reports, the government is expected to announce major public sector pay rises on Monday, worth £2 billion a year.
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Protester admits harassing MP Anna Soubry after calling her ‘Nazi’
Thirty-year-old James Goddard admitted a charge of intent to cause Ms Soubry harassment, alarm or distress, along with fellow defendant Brian Phillips.
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Police ban Extinction Rebellion from using boats during protests
Two teenagers, a girl aged 14 and a 17-year-old boy, were arrested today in Parliament Square on suspicion of obstructing a highway.
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Extinction Rebellion activist: ‘The only extremism I have seen is extreme love’
We’re joined by Clarissa Carlyon, from Extinction Rebellion, and André Spicer, who is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School.
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Javid warns that racism is fuelling extremism
The Home Secretary pledged an “unashamedly tough” approach to those who spread hateful ideologies, saying anti-immigration rhetoric was stoking division and fear.
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Boris Johnson vs Jeremy Corbyn – where next for Brexit Britain? | Politics: Where Next? podcast
Listen and subscribe to Politics: Where Next? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other good apps. This week, to talk about the new government about to start and about Labour’s contortions on Brexit, Isabel Hardman of The Spectator and Rafael Behr of The Guardian. Our chat started with the big substance of that hustings held by The Sun…
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Trump supporters chant ‘send her back’ at mentions of Somalia-born US citizen congresswoman Ilhan Omar
Today Mr Trump distanced himself from the chant, claiming he disagreed with it.
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‘I wish there were more Republicans who would stand up to this racist rhetoric’ – former Republican communications director
We’re joined from Washington DC by Tara Setmayer, a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill and host of the podcast Honestly Speaking With Tara.
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Rebel MPs ‘part of a continuing movement to make sure we leave with a decent deal,’ says Margot James
We speak to Margot James who resigned her ministerial position after supporting that amendment designed to block the next prime minister from suspending parliament. I began by asking her why she did it.
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Still ‘not impossible’ for next PM to prorogue parliament – despite Commons vote
We speak to Professor Anand Menon, Director of the think-tank UK In A Changing Europe, and begin by asking him if MPs have now ensured that Boris Johnson could not prorogue parliament if he becomes prime minister.
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MPs vote to stop PM proroguing parliament for no-deal Brexit
MPs have inflicted yet another defeat on the Government over Brexit – backing a move which could stop the next Prime Minister shutting down Parliament to force through a no-deal exit from the EU.
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No-deal Brexit could cost UK £30 billion a year, watchdog warns
A no-deal Brexit could end up costing the government’s budget as much as thirty billion pounds every year – pushing it into recession, according to the public finances watchdog.
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Brother of Manchester Arena bomber appears in court
Hashem Abedi was arrested by police officers after he was extradited from Libya yesterday.
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Dozens dead in suspected arson attack on Japanese studio
33 people have been killed after a man shouting “you die” burned down an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto.
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82% increase in reports of sexual violence in universities
Universities that provided figures to Channel 4 News showed an alarming rise in reports – from 65 in 2014, to 626 in 2018.
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Singer-songwriter KD Lang on music and being a queer pioneer
The singer KD Lang’s landmark album ‘Ingénue’ catapulted the star into an icon 27 years ago.
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Plaid and Greens stand aside for Lib Dems in Brecon by-election
It was triggered by local voters after their Tory MP was convicted over a false expenses claim.
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Richard Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson’s comments about Nazanin ‘have had consequences’
If Johnson is declared Prime Minister will his self-declared “good relationship” with Trump make it less likely that Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be released any time soon?
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Trump’s attack on congresswomen condemned as racist by US House
The vote, which passed mainly along party lines, led to a bitter debate on race, ethnicity and political ideology in the US today.
