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The 28th Climate Change Conference starts on Thursday in Dubai, and we’re giving you all the information you need to make sense of it. To guide us through: - Nigel Topping, business champion at the Climate Change Committee - Vanessa Nakate, climate activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador - Jordan Dunbar, host of BBC’s The Climate Question podcast You can join our Newscast online community here: ht...

Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at short notice after an argument over the Parthenon Sculptures aka the Elgin Marbles. To unpack this disagreement Adam and Chris are joined by historian and comedian Natalie Haynes. And an inquest into the death of Ruth Perry, a primary school headteacher who took her own life following an Ofsted inspection started...

Documents obtained by the BBC show the UAE wanted to discuss new fossil fuel projects with a number of countries at COP28. The BBC’s climate editor and the journalist who got the scoop, Justin Rowlatt and Professor of Political Economy at University of Sheffield, Michael Jacobs joined Adam to discuss what this means for this week’s climate conference. And a new pay offer has been made to consultan...

Shadow cabinet minister Darren Jones has told Laura that his party would bring down net migration to ‘normal levels’ of ‘a couple of hundred thousand a year’, by the end of a Labour government first term. And we hear from the families of newly released hostages in Israel, who Paddy’s been talking to. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's...

We try to answer some of the questions that politicians can’t. And Paddy goes to Stockton to find out what people in the constituency think of “s**tgate”. With thanks to Richard Drake at Drake The Bookshop in Stockton. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere . Today's Newscast was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by C...

13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino hostage have been released by Hamas and are back in Israel. 39 Palestinian have been freed by Israeli authorities. The BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet joins Adam in the studio to explain how these landmark releases played out. And the special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organisation, Dr David Nabarro swings by to analyse another...

Energy bills are on the up and Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis is on the pod to chat to Adam and Chris about what you can do about it. He also shared his thoughts on the Autumn Statement And as we find out that net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK and those leaving - hit 745,000 last year, Adam speaks to Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper....

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced ‘the biggest tax cut in British history’ for businesses and the ‘largest ever tax cut for workers’ in today’s Autumn Statement. But are these tax cuts all they seem? How come overall the tax burden will rise to the highest level since the Second World War? And did the Chancellor hint at a spring election? Adam and Chris are joined by the BBC’s economics edito...

A damning report into the Nicola Bulley case finds that the release of sensitive personal information was “avoidable and unnecessary”. On the release of personal information, Lancashire Police's Deputy Chief Constable Sacha Hatchett said: "We worked proactively with the Information Commissioner's Office immediately after the disclosure was made and they concluded that no action was required agains...

In today’s session at the Covid Inquiry, more of chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary was revealed. He described Boris Johnson as ‘weak and indecisive’ and being ‘clearly bamboozled’ by Covid science. Adam and Chris talk to health correspondent, Jim Reed, to understand what we can learn from the evidence. And staff at OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, demanded the return of their fo...

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is finalising spending plans ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement. Laura’s been speaking to him this morning, as well as his opposite number from Labour, Rachel Reeves. And Paddy’s been hearing from people across the country who’ve told him what they would like to hear from the chancellor. Economics editor Faisal Islam is in the studio to talk it all through. You can jo...

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering cutting inheritance and business taxes, the BBC has been told. He will present new economic policies in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday. Former Treasury minister, David Gauke, gives Laura and Paddy an inside look into how Autumn Statements are made. And they unpack another busy week of Westminster politics. You can join our Newscast online community here...

Adam is joined by chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet and international editor Jeremy Bowen to discuss the latest from the Israel-Gaza conflict. As Israel agrees to allow more fuel into Gaza, the IDF try to prove that Al-Shifa Hospital was a key Hamas command centre. Why has Israel let in aid now? How could the US influence Netanyahu to call a ceasefire? And how is this conflict differen...

Eight shadow ministers have resigned or were sacked from Labour’s frontbench after voting for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war. And new foreign secretary David Cameron makes his first visit to Ukraine. Adam and Chris talk over the huge political stories of the week with Ava-Santina Evans, political correspondent at PoliticsJOE, and Patrick Maguire, columnist at The Times. You can join...

Rishi Sunak says he will introduce emergency legislation to “confirm Rwanda is safe” but with pressure mounting from his party, how far will he actually go? Home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani joins Adam and Chris. And as UK inflation drops to its lowest rate in two years, the government says its pledge to halve inflation has been met early. Adam talks to economics correspondent, Dharshi...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful. But Rishi Sunak says the government are not giving up on the plan. How did the Supreme Court reach this ruling? And what could Rishi Sunak do next? Adam and Chris are joined by political correspondent Alex Forsyth and home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani to talk it all through. You can join our Newscast onli...

Suella Braverman launches a full-scale attack on her old boss Rishi Sunak, a day after he sacked her as home secretary. In a blistering letter to the prime minister, she said he had repeatedly failed on key policies and broken pledges over immigration. Adam and Chris are joined by former BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw and former special advisor at the home office Salma Shah to discuss w...

The new foreign secretary speaks. Chris talks it through with Adam, and they reflect on a day of changes in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Sam McLaren and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The editors are Jonathan As...

The former prime minister is in government, and Suella Braverman isn’t. David Cameron is foreign secretary and James Cleverly has been moved to the Home Office after Rishi Sunak’s latest cabinet reshuffle. Cameron, who was prime minister from 2010 to 2016, isn’t a sitting MP but has now been appointed to the House of Lords. Adam and Chris are joined by chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman a...

There’s pressure on the home secretary after protest violence at the weekend and Laura’s been talking to defence secretary Grant Shapps about whether she could lose her job. Laura and James are joined by chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman to talk all this through. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere . Today's Newscast was presented by...

Arrests in London as thousands attend pro-Palestinian march and counter-protest. Home editor Mark Easton has been on the street and in the Metropolitan Police’s control room - in a secret underground location. He’s in the Newscast studio. And Laura gives her take on whether Rishi Sunak is being made to look weak by Suella Braverman. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl....

The police prepare for an unprecedented security operation ahead of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London. James talks to home and legal affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani and former Met Police Chief Superintendent, Dal Babu, about how to police a protest. And Alex Forsyth gives us the latest updates on how members of the Cabinet have responded - or avoided responding - to Suella Braverman...

Suella Braverman is facing questions about her future.   Adam and Chris talk with GB News’ Christopher Hope, Politico’s Rosa Prince, and the Daily Mirror’s John Stevens.   Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and Chris Mason. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Ged Sudlow. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Ex-civil service chief apologises for suggestions made during the pandemic. To help analyse the latest at the Covid inquiry, Adam is joined by health correspondent Jim Reed and Emma Norris from the Institute for Government.  And Adam talks to Professor Ed Hawkins, who's on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about why this year is set to become the hottest year on record.   You can join...

King Charles has set out the government’s agenda for the year. We look at what it could mean in practice. Adam and Chris are joined by Danny Shaw to discuss plans to bring in tougher sentences on some serious crimes. There were also housing policy plans announced, making it harder for landlords to evict tenants and changes to the leasehold system England and Wales. Vicky Spratt helps make sense of...