The World Tonight

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The World Tonight

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective

  1. 18 HR AGO

    Chancellor to change debt rule to free up £50bn

    Rachel Reeves has said the Treasury will make a technical change to the way it measures debt to allow the government to borrow more for infrastructure spending under its self-imposed fiscal rules. We hear from the chancellor as well as her critics in the Conservative party, who accuse her of fiddling the figures. Also tonight: The World Tonight’s James Menendez reports from San Antonio in Texas ahead of the US presidential election. GPs tell the BBC they’re seeing record numbers of scabies cases, with people in care homes and university students particularly badly affected. And a district attorney in the US recommends the resentencing of the Menendez brothers, convicted of murdering their parents in Beverly Hills in 1996.

    38 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    US: North Korea sending troops to Russia

    US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said Washington has seen evidence 3,000 North Korean troops are training in Russia and may be sent to fight in Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told the BBC the accusations were ‘nonsense’ and said that using North Korean troops would escalate the conflict. Also tonight: Turkey says five people have been killed in what officials are calling a terror attack on a state-owned aerospace firm. Geoff Capes, the three-time Olympian who was twice crowned the world's strongest man, has died at the age of 75. And The World Tonight’s James Menendez speaks to voters on either side of the Mexican border ahead of the US presidential election. (Picture: Kim Jong Un inspects the 2nd Corps of North Korean army, October 17, 2024 Credit: KCNA via REUTERS)

    38 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    Should Russian deserters be welcomed in UK?

    As France becomes the first EU country to openly welcome Russian military deserters - we speak to one of the initial group to arrive. The former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps tells us Britain should now also take in Russian soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine. Also on the programme: We hear how today's mass prisoner release went down - and ask whether it'll be the last. The former boss of one America's biggest clothing chains - Abercrombie and Fitch - has been arrested on sex trafficking charges. We ask: can the company survive? And the musician Hak Baker on his journey from the Southwark Cathedral choir - via prison - to Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall.

    38 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    Met police officer cleared of Chris Kaba’s murder

    Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake has been found not guilty of the murder of Chris Kaba. Blake shot the 24-year-old dead during a police stop in Streatham, south London in 2022. Kaba’s family said the verdict was "painful proof that our lives are not valued by the system". We’re joined by Chris Kaba’s local MP, Bell Ribeiro-Addy. Also tonight: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken heads to Israel as part of his eleventh visit to the Middle East since the October 7th attacks. Nine years after one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, a mass civil claim begins at the High Court in London. We speak to one of the claimants. And as a New Zealand airport introduces a limit of three minutes per hug, we ask how long a good hug should last. (Picture: People gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, October 21, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Jaimi Joy)

    45 min

  5. 6 DAYS AGO

    Will Hamas leader's death end Gaza war?

    The killing of the leader of Hamas has led to calls for a ceasefire, as fears of a winter famine grow. We hear from inside Gaza. Also tonight: As the Foreign Secretary David Lammy promises "cooperation" with China on a visit to Beijing, the son of Jimmy Lai, the British citizen jailed in Hong Kong for supporting democracy, urges Mr Lammy to make that conditional. The TV presenter Mariella Frostrup on how she hopes to tackle gender inequity in the workplace as the government's new menopause employment ambassador. And it's hot stuff: are celebrities' hot sauces driving the booming demand for spicy seasoning?

    38 min
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective

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  • Creator
    BBC Radio 4
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2024
  • Episodes
    7
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