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Boy, 13, shoots two people in Jerusalem as tensions mount in Israel
A father and son were wounded by a 13-year-old who opened fire at a historical site in east Jerusalem – the second attack in the city in the last 24 hours.
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Flybe administration: flights cancelled and staff made redundant
The airline Flybe has cancelled all flights in and out of the UK after going into administration.
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Tyre Nichols cries for mother in footage released of police attack
Traumatic video footage showing a man crying out for his mother as he’s attacked by Memphis police officers has been released – a day after all five of the former officers were charged with murder.
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Israeli crackdown in response to attacks on civilians will ‘make the situation worse’, Chatham House analyst says
We spoke to Professor Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow of the Middle East and Africa Programme at Chatham House.
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Holocaust survivor says we should be ‘kinder to refugees’
Now survivors of the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau have gathered to commemorate the 78th anniversary of its liberation – as events were held around the world to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
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‘Very significant failings’: NHS trust receives record £800,000 fine after death of newborn
We spoke to Donna Ockenden, who is leading a review into maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and I began by getting her reaction to the fine.
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Eight people killed in shooting at a Jerusalem synagogue
Eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a shooting attack at a Jerusalem synagogue after a gunman opened fire – the suspect was shot dead by police as he tried to escape the scene – while dozens of officers are searching for any possible accomplices.
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Government ‘foolish’ for rejecting key recommendation in children’s care review, says SNP MP
We spoke to Chris Law who spent much of his childhood in care.
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Key recommendation in children’s care review rejected
One of the key recommendations from the “once in a generation” review into children’s care has already been rejected.
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‘Tyre Nichols should be alive today,’ says police reform activist
We spoke to DeRay Mckesson, an activist and co-founder of Campaign Zero, an organisation focused on reforming policing in America, and began by asking for his reaction to what appears to have happened to Tyre Nichols.
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Memphis police chief warns Tyre Nichols footage could be worse than Rodney King video
The police chief in Memphis, Tennessee has warned that bodycam footage of officers assaulting a motorist – who died three days later – could be even worse than the video of Rodney King attack which sparked riots across Los Angeles, over thirty years ago.
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Jeremy Hunt sets out plan to boost economic growth
The Chancellor has set out his plans to boost growth – not just of the British economy but also the Conservative Party’s sagging performance in the polls.
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Abuse of women by police ‘closed shop for decades’, says former Metropolitan Police superintendent
We spoke to Nogah Ofer, solicitor at the Centre for Women’s Justice and Shabnam Chaudhri, a former Detective Superintendent for the Metropolitan Police who says her career there was a 30 year struggle with racism.
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Victim of alleged abuse by police officer speaks out
The public are waking up to “one of the biggest scandals in British policing history” campaigners have claimed – as police authorities made renewed pledges to root out abusers within their ranks.
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Will the Iran protests lead to regime change?
In this week’s episode, we speak to the head of middle eastern studies at the Royal United Services Institute, Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi. She discusses whether the regime is weak right now and how worrying it is that as Iran becomes more ostracised from the west, it draws closer to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.