Russia targets Ukrainian civilians to train drone warfare pilots President Zelenskyy used his visit to Kherson today to promise increased protection.

Russia targets Ukrainian civilians to train drone warfare pilots

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South Africa: Trump's claims of 'white genocide' vs reality YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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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Leicester City Council to end post-16 school transport for SEND students YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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”.

Russia Victory Day: will Putin ever be toppled? | Vladimir Kara-Murza | The Fourcast Russia is celebrating Victory Day, with 29 foreign leaders including the Chinese President Xi Jinping joining Vladimir Putin in Moscow to commemorate the Soviet Union's part in the defeat of Nazi Germ...

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

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How is ‘Rent-to-rent’ affecting Britain’s housing market YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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?...

Lanre Bakare on the forgotten voices of Black Britain When people think about Black British history, London is often seen as its cultural heart.

@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? English councils are to get millions of pounds in extra funding - only it's not to plug gaps in their budgets - but for filling in potholes.

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 since Baldwin v Buckley at Cambridge The debate took place at the height of the civil rights movement in the United States with Black political figures fighting for equal rights in the country calling itself the land of the free.

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

US and UK refuse to sign AI Summit leaders’ declaration Two countries did not sign up to a leaders' declaration at the end of the AI Action Summit in Paris - the United States, and the UK.

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 It's a new treatment, but the results we have suggest it is potentially a cure for sickle cell.

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 Just a few weeks ago, few people had heard of the Chinese artificial intelligence platform Deepseek - now it's suddenly everywhere.

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

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Has China just overtaken the US in the global AI race? | Debate Just a few weeks ago, few people had heard of the Chinese artificial intelligence platform Deepseek - now it's suddenly everywhere.

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.

‘Multiple failures’ led to death of teenager at mental health hospital YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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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