Novara Live

Andy Burnham heads to New York for his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump, following a filibuster speech to the UN by the US President.

Plus: Former chancellor and now OpenAI employee George Osborne weighs in on the backlash to UK data centres, and Zohran Mamdani delivers a barnstorming speech to a mayoral summit.

With Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar.

Die Linke have won a major election, opening a path to the Berlin mayoralty for Germany’s leftmost party.

Plus: Specialist courts for sexual assault cases are set to be rolled out in England and Wales, fears are rising that war could return to Yemen, and Ed Sheeran has apologised for dropping pro-Palestine rapper Macklemore from his tour.

With Steven Methven, Harriet Williamson, James Jackson & David Wearing.

Former deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson is now working for the controversial US tech firm Palantir.

Plus: Leaks from No. 10 reveal a surprising degree of continuity between the policies of Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham, some eyebrow-raising comments from a former top undercover police officer come to light, and Reform’s Danny Kruger gets humiliated on Question Time.

With Steven Methven, Banseka Kayembe, Martha Dark & Clare Hymer.

Read Clare Hymer & Sam Knights’ full report here:

https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/17/spycops-could-be-authorised-to-have-sex-with-palestine-action-activists-says-ex-special-branch-chief/

A UN fact-finding mission has reported that two US airstrikes which killed at least 178 civilians in Iran constitute war crimes.

Plus: Andy Burnham says he is “determined” to hit net zero by 2050, Sweden’s left-of-centre coalition wins the general election, Netanyahu is pushing to strip IDF critics of their citizenship, and the Oxfordshire village of Piddington has voted to secede from the UK over migrant housing plans.

With Steven Methven, Dalia Gebrial & Jack Buck.

Ed Sheeran finds himself isolated as the rest of his warm up acts quit in solidarity with rapper Macklemore’s speech in support of Palestine.

Plus: An inflation rate spike spells trouble for Burnham, author Taj Ali joins us to talk racism and integration, and Nvidia’s CEO has ducked the tech backlash, until now.

With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani & Taj Ali.