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AI v Experts: can I steal real jobs with AI?
AI is going to take our jobs – that’s a worry for people around the world, and even more so since powerful tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney and Bard have exploded into our workplaces.
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Migration is ‘existential challenge to the west’ – Home Sec calls for immigration rethink
It’s not enough to fear discrimination ‘simply for being gay or a woman’ to qualify for asylum – according to Suella Braverman – who’s been setting out her case against the global system for accepting refugees.
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Time to ‘update the Geneva convention on refugees’, says Conservative MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP Brendan Clarke Smith and put it to him that the home secretary clearly wants a new definition of ‘refugee’.
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Home Secretary trying to ‘diminish’ LGBTQ persecution around the world, says barrister
We were joined by Aderonke Apata who herself was an asylum seeker and is now a barrister who works on asylum cases.
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Has Niger coup made migrating to Europe easier?
Many of the people who attempt the sea crossing from north Africa – especially Libya and Tunisia – have travelled long distances through central Africa to reach the Mediterranean shore, many seeking to escape famine or political turmoil back home.
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Is migration creating ‘fortress’ Europe?
With elections approaching in both Poland and Slovakia migration is back at the top of the agenda in the EU too.
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Schengen border needs to be ‘modernised’ says Swedish MEP
The Swedish Christian Democrat MEP Sara Skyttedal joins us from Croatia, where the centre-right EPP group is gathering to discuss their strategy ahead of next year’s European elections.
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Hunters chase stag on quad bikes despite ban
Hunting stags with packs of dogs has supposedly been illegal for almost 20 years – although there are some exemptions.
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Lib Dem leader calls for cancer treatment reform
The Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey has put the reform of NHS cancer treatment at the heart of his party’s appeal to voters.
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Industry in conspiracy and extreme views is monetised, says author and activist Naomi Klein
The writer Naomi Klein has taken a more personal turn with her latest book Doppelganger – exploring how she’s regularly mistaken for another writer, Naomi Wolf.
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Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam on ‘romantic and sexy’ new play
Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam are two of the country’s best loved actors – and they’re starring together in a story of middle aged romance on the London stage.
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Tentative deal struck to end the Hollywood writers strike
So Hollywood writers may have got their happy ending – as a tentative deal was struck with studio bosses to end the longest running strike action for decades.
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France to remove troops and ambassador from Niger after coup
France is withdrawing its ambassador from Niger – and says it will pull out its troops there by the end of the year – after the democratically elected president was overthrown by a military coup.
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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey announces plan to drop national housing targets
The Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has suffered a defeat at his party conference after members rejected his plan to drop national housing targets.
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Richest oil producers should pay climate tax, says Gordon Brown
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for the world’s richest oil states to pay a windfall tax – to help poorer countries deal with the climate crisis.
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Lucy Letby to face trial again for attempted murder
The former nurse Lucy Letby will go on trial again – accused of trying to murder a newborn baby girl. Letby was found guilty last month of murdering seven babies – and attempting to murder six others – while she was working at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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Thousands of ethnic Armenians flee as Azerbaijan forces seize control
Thousands of ethnic Armenians have been flooding out of Nagorno Karabakh, fleeing what they fear will come after Azerbaijan’s forces seized control of the territory.
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Scrapping northern HS2 leg is ‘political short termism at its worst’, says Manchester Cllr
Joining us now from Manchester is the city council leader Bev Craig.
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What is the HS2 row really about?
Rishi Sunak has insisted he remains committed to his “levelling up” agenda – amid the growing row over the future of the HS2 high speed rail link to the North of England.
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HS2 row: Rishi Sunak says he’s committed to ‘levelling up’
Rishi Sunak has insisted he remains committed to his “levelling up” agenda – amid the growing row over the future of the HS2 high speed rail link to the North of England.
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Some Met firearm officers ‘want the glamour but not the scrutiny’ says former Met police superintendent
Joining us now is the former Metropolitan Police superintendent Leroy Logan, who was a founder member of the Black Police Association and its chairman for 30 years.
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Army stand down as Met firearms officers return to duty
Scores of Metropolitan police officers have agreed to return to firearms duty – as the force said it would discuss concerns over their legal powers.
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Police investigate ‘number of allegations’ following claims in news reports about Russell Brand
In some developing news tonight, Scotland Yard say they’ve received a number of sex offence allegations, following claims in news reports about Russell Brand – although no arrests have been made.
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Marina Abramovic: ‘warrior of performance art’ on Royal Academy exhibition
It’s the first time the Academy’s main galleries have been devoted solely to a female artist.
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‘Cutting inheritance tax is not a priority,’ says Tory MP Sir John Redwood
We spoke to Wokingham’s Conservative MP Sir John Redwood a little earlier and began by asking whether he was in favour of a cut in inheritance tax.
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Is Rishi Sunak planning inheritance tax giveaway?
Speculation is mounting that the Prime Minister could announce that inheritance tax is to be cut. Such a move would only benefit the children of couples who are able to pass on more than a million pounds – that’s a tiny fraction of the overall population. But it is being seen as a sweetener aimed…
