From earlier in the week:
A report from rural South Africa in to claims of “white genocide”. Where we spoke to white farmers feeling under attack and black land claimants who have waited years to reclaim lost farm land.

W/ Kiran Moodley, Nick Blakemore and I

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It’s been an anxious summer for parents and young people with #SEND in Leicester after the council cut back home to school transport for post-16 children. There are worries others will follow suit. My latest w/ Anja Popp

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Report with @francesread.bsky.social looking at the Brize Norton incident which could see Palestine Action become a proscribed organisation.

Producing this I got to meet Vladimir in person, and was reminded of the eternal quote: “the arc of history is long and it bends towards justice”.

Vladimir Kara-Murza on Putin, Victory Day, and bringing about democracy in Russia:

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Symeon Brown came in to work with a simple fact that spoke to a wider truth. Buy-to-let has become the most popular business in the country. We looked at that fact and the rise of rent to rent as the successor to buy-to-let. Here’s the film: youtu.be/eXnxpA5PW6M?...

@ayshahtull.bsky.social and I spoke with @lanre-bakare.bsky.social on the history of black Britain outside of London, in his hometown of Bradford. Two things he’s an expert on.

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Breaking news: The US will impose tariffs of 25% on foreign-made auto imports, Donald Trump has said, as the president announced a significant escalation in his trade war with America’s allies. www.ft.com/content/5c1d...

Councils offered money for potholes, but what about social care?

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Local Government has to fund everything from complex social care to fixing potholes. Me and Anja Popp looked at how the service might not be “gold plated” in the future.

60 years on from Baldwin v Buckley.

“It comes as a great shock … to discover the flag to which you have pledged allegiance has not pledged allegiance to you.”

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A pleasure to look back at this iconic speech w/ Marcia Mascoll, Keme Nzerem, Matt Symons

UK and US refused to sign AI declaration in Paris. Musk accused of using federal government for his own ends. A brief look at the two points here: www.channel4.com/news/us-and-...

Yesterday NICE gave approval to exa-cel gene therapy to treat severe Sickle Cell. I wrote about my own similar experience of having a stem cell treatment to effectively cure my own Sickle cell. Have a read. ⬇️

Sickle cell disease: new treatment raises hopes of cure for sufferers

@tobybakare.bsky.social says he was "effectively cured" after a transplant. Now there is a different treatment available.

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Has China just overtaken the US in the global AI race? | Debate

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Today I learnt what response you get when you ask a Chinese AI chatbot if president Xi looks like Winnie the Pooh. Answer: “let’s talk about something else.”

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New register of MPs' interests again shows that some Reform MPs have a direct financial incentive to post things on Twitter.

18 y/o Tia took her own life while an inpatient at Maudsley hospital. An inquest found multiple failures in her care and the trust has apologised. But there are wider issues at the trust which has charities concerned.

📝 - @ayshahtull
Prod / 🎥 - @tobybakare

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We spoke to all 5 final candidates to be the next Chancellor of Oxford on everything from tuition fees to whether “from the river to the sea…” is a legitimate expression on campus.

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