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Israel-Hezbollah Conflict
Israel mounts another wave of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.
21 Sep 2024,16 mins
20/09/2024 Lawyers representing women accusing Mohamed Al-Fayed of rape and sexual assault describe him as "monster"
They said those at Harrods, the department store he once owned, enabled his attacks.
20 Sep 2024,30 mins
19/09/2024 Hezbollah says Israel faces "tough retribution" after blaming it for explosive attacks in Lebanon
The group's leader said the detonations of pagers and walkies-talkies was a major blow
19 Sep 2024,30 mins
18/09/2024 Second wave of explosions targets Hezbollah in Lebanon
More people have died and been wounded as walkie-talkies detonated
18 Sep 2024,30 mins
17/09/2024 Exploding pagers used in unprecedented mass attack on Hezbollah
The Lebanese armed group immediately blamed Israel amid a recent escalation in tensions
17 Sep 2024,30 mins
16/09/2024 Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards given six-month prison sentence suspended for two years
He had admitted to having indecent images of children as young as seven
16 Sep 2024,30 mins
15/09/2024
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
15 Sep 2024,16 mins
14/09/2024 Government facing calls to rethink cuts to winter fuel payment
The government is facing fresh calls to rethink cuts to winter fuel payment
14 Sep 2024,16 mins
13/09/2024 Foreign Office dismisses Russian claims British diplomats were spies
The Kremlin have stripped the officials involved of their accreditation
13 Sep 2024,30 mins
12/09/2024 Sir Keir Starmer warns NHS needs "major surgery" after review of health service
The review concluded the NHS in England was in a "critical condition"
12 Sep 2024,30 mins
11/09/2024 Government orders public inquiry into high profile murder during conflict in Northern Ireland
Pat Finucane was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989 at his home in Belfast
11 Sep 2024,30 mins
10/09/2024 MPs overwhelmingly back government's plan to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners
The Tory motion seeking to stop the benefit from becoming means-tested was rejected
10 Sep 2024,30 mins
09/09/2024 Covid Inquiry hears NHS was "creaking at the seams" when virus struck
It heard there were not enough staff and hospital infrastructure was unfit for purpose
09 Sep 2024,30 mins
08/09/2024 Children's Hospital Surgeon Investigation
A former Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital surgeon is facing an investigation.
08 Sep 2024,16 mins
07/09/2024 Ukraine tactical nuclear 'risk'
The CIA director recalls a "risk" of tactical nuclear weapon use in Ukraine
07 Sep 2024,16 mins
06/09/2024 Man handed longest jail sentence so far over riots
A man who targeted a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years.
06 Sep 2024,30 mins
05/09/2024 Barnier becomes new French PM and bids to end turmoil
The former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has taken over as France's prime minister.
05 Sep 2024,30 mins
04/09/2024 Grenfell Tower inquiry blames 'dishonest' companies and failures by successive governments
The final report on the 2017 Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people, has been published.
04 Sep 2024,30 mins
03/09/2024 Swingeing cuts to public spending in Scotland
The Scottish government has announced half a billion pounds of cuts to public services.
03 Sep 2024,30 mins
02/09/2024 Britain suspends some arms exports to Israel
UK suspends some arms exports to Israel to prevent risk of humanitarian law breaches.
02 Sep 2024,30 mins
01/09/2024 Protests after hostage deaths in Gaza
Calls for a strike to try to force Israel's government to agree a hostage release deal.
01 Sep 2024,16 mins
31/08/2024 - Destruction in occupied West Bank
Palestinians speak of damage by Israeli military.
31 Aug 2024,16 mins
30/08/2024 Government announces plans to end badger culling in England within five years
Vaccination will instead be the strategy for eradicating bovine tuberculosis
30 Aug 2024,30 mins
29/08/2024 Government considers tighter restrictions on smoking outdoors
The measures could see smoking banned in pub gardens and outdoor restaurants
29 Aug 2024,30 mins
28/08/2024 Israel carries out military operation in the occupied West Bank
Israel has launched its biggest military operation in the occupied West Bank in years.
28 Aug 2024,30 mins
27/08/2024 Starmer warns of painful first budget
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that his government's first budget is "going to be painful".
27 Aug 2024,30 mins
26/08/2024 Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76
The former England football manager had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
26 Aug 2024,30 mins
25/08/2024 Conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies
Israel and Hezbollah have carried out major attacks on each other.
25 Aug 2024,16 mins
Teenager arrested after deadly knife attack in Germany
German police say fifteen-year-old boy knew about a knife attack that left three dead.
24 Aug 2024,16 mins
23/08/2024 Energy bills to rise this winter
The energy regulator, Ofgem, has announced a rise in its price cap from October.
23 Aug 2024,30 mins