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    Pope has surgery for lung cancer

    13/10/2026 | 38 mins.
    Doctors took out the tumour during a ninety-minute procedure at the Gemilli Hospital in Rome. Also on the programme: a warning from MI5 on terrorists using AI; the woman who cast RJ Mitte in Breaking Bad remembers a star who broke down barriers for actors with disabilities; and computer-generated birdsong to help endangered species.
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    Andy Burnham to push for new post-Brexit deals at EU summit

    12/10/2026 | 38 mins.
    The PM says "deeper cooperation" on some key issues - including youth mobility, food and drink, and energy - would help drive economic growth in the UK. But Oliver Lewis, who worked for Boris Johnson as deputy chief negotiator for the UK Government in the UK-EU trade negotiations, tell us the move would be "a real step backwards".
    Also in the programme: We speak to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay. And we hear from a group of 21 shanty singers testing out the acoustics of a soon-to-reopen tin mine in Cornwall.
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    Trump - Putin deal: Russia to release diesel into global market

    09/10/2026 | 38 mins.
    President Donald Trump says he has reached a deal with Vladimir Putin to "immediately release" Russian diesel into the global market. The agreement is designed to lower fuel prices in the US - Ukraine's President Zelensky described the US actions as a "gift to Putin".
    Also on the programme: New US sanctions could "dismantle" the International Criminal Court (ICC). Former prosecutor Sir Geoffrey Nice discusses what this could mean for the institution. A Russian journalist tells us why he is now viewed as persona non grata in Latvia over his views on the war in Ukraine. And we hear how AI is cloning the voices of actors for use in advertising.
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    Polls close in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election

    08/10/2026 | 37 mins.
    Polls have closed in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to choose a new MP after former Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced he was standing down from Parliament last month. Labour is hoping to fight off a challenge from the Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, who has come under renewed criticism for a policy adopted by Green members declaring Zionism as racist.
    Also on the programme: Thames Valley Police has accepted that warrants obtained to search the homes of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor were unlawful. What does this mean for the ongoing investigation? And the Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.
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    Conservatives to scrap inheritance tax on family homes

    07/10/2026 | 37 mins.
    Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap inheritance tax on family homes. But rival parties have criticised the proposal saying it would prioritise support for the wealthiest people in the country. We speak to a leading economist and a member of the shadow cabinet.
    Also on the programme; we'll hear about the legal arguments over the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. And we speak to Karl Bushby the adventurer who's spent nearly three decades walking across the world and has finally returned to the UK.
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