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Opposition fighters have launched a surprise offensive into Syria, taking control of President Assad’s official residence.
Plus: Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

The assisted bill has passed its second reading with a majority of 55 MPs.
Plus: The transport secretary has resigned; and Ireland prepares to vote.
With Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani.

Vladimir Putin has threatened to use Russia’s new hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine.
Plus: The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is creaking at the seams; and the Met Police have arrested several Kurdish activists.
With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect.
Plus: we speak to Jamie Hale about the assisted dying bill.
With Steven Methven and Helena No Justice MTG.

Israel has ramped up its bombardment of Lebanon. We ask Trita Parsi whether the next ceasefire can hold.
Plus: Drink spiking is set to become a specific criminal offence in the UK; and we discuss the new assisted dying bill.
With Michael Walker and Mike Bankole.

A petition calling for a general election backed by Elon Musk has amassed over two million signatures.
Plus: The huge climate deal at COP29 pitting poorer nations against richer ones.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

With an arrest warrant issued for Benjamin Netanyahu, the government say they would uphold international law but stop short of saying they would arrest the Israeli PM.
Plus: Keir Starmer causes a stir by appearing to court asset management firm BlackRock.
With Michael Walker and Kieran Andrieu.
Watch Brett Christopher on Downstream: https://youtu.be/0jxL9Cktsao

The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
With Steven Methven, @NoJusticeMTG & Francesca Fiorentini.

Ukraine has fired British-made long range missiles into Russian territory.
Plus: Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill to suspend U.S. military support for Israel.
With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Netanyahu Vows to Continue War in Gaza After Death of Sinwar

The UK’s Landowning Elite Are Destroying the Countryside

 

Michael Walker speaks to Ana Kasparian about Donald Trump’s return to the White House and where the Democrats went wrong.
Plus: Ash Sarkar reports from the Westminster farmers’ protests.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia.
Plus: Brazil’s President Lula proposes a wealth tax for billionaires; and a right-wing columnist receives a visit from the police.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Donald Trump has put an anti-vaxxer in charge of American healthcare.
Plus: Leading climate experts warn that COP is not fit for purpose.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Donald Trump’s cabinet gets even weirder with the appointment of Matt Gaetz Tulsi Gabbard.
Plus: The US trade war with China; and how the media failed Palestine.
With Steven Methven and @NoJusticeMTG

Elon Musk is poised to take a wrecking ball to US government spending as ‘government efficiency’ tsar.
Plus: Wes Streeting announces new NHS reforms; and we speak to Dr Feroze Sidwha about his time in Gaza.
With Steven Methven and Dalia Gebrial.

Keir Starmer has set out a new climate goal for the UK at COP29.
Plus: The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned; and Trump starts choosing his cabinet.
With Steven Methven and Mike Bankole.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing pressure to resign over accusations that he was implicated in the cover-up of an abuse scandal.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Michael is joined by CEO and Editor in Chief of Zeteo Mehdi Hasan and Aaron Bastani to discuss why Trump won.

Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election.
Plus: A victory against attempts to silence advocates for justice in Palestine.
Steven Methven is joined by Helena NoJustice.

Trump has won the U.S election.
Plus: we look at the international reactions to Trump’s victory and what this means for Palestine.
With Michael Walker, Bhaskar Sunkara and Dalia Gebrial.

The U.S election goes down to the wire.
Plus: The amount of kids who enjoy reading as halved since 2016; the new Tory shadow cabinet has been unveiled and the pickings were slim.
With Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.

The government has announced hikes to tuition fees; Keir Starmer has dialled up his anti-immigration rhetoric.
Plus: we speak to Max Geller from Palestine Action to discuss the group’s recent actions.
With Steven Methven and Aaron Bastani.

We speak to journalist Eoghan Gilmartin about catastrophic floods in Spain.
Plus: The right-wing scare stories about Rachel Reeves’ budget; and the latest from the US election.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Jeremy Corbyn and Zack Polanski give Novara Media their takes on what Rachel Reeves got wrong in the budget.
Plus: Kamala Harris deploys Bill Clinton to win over swing voters; and the Israeli government takes aim at Haaretz.
With NoJusticeMTG and Moya Lothian-McLean.

Rachel Reeves has delivered her first budget, announcing a £40 billion tax increase to foot the bill.
Plus: Robert Jenrick exploits tragedy in a cynical attack on Labour.
With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

Labour brace the public for avoidable deaths and long waiting lists in the NHS this winter, despite a budget cash injection.
Plus: The Israeli Parliament has voted to ban UNRWA from the region within 90 days; and why liberal US news outlets aren’t endorsing Kamala Harris.
With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.

Keir Starmer has kicked off budget week with a characteristically gloomy speech.
Plus: Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on Iran; and the overt racism on display at Donald Trump’s Madison Square rally.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Keir Starmer has ruled out reparations for Britain’s historic role in the slave trade, but a leaked communique reveals that commonwealth leaders plan to push back on the government’s position.
With NoJusticeMTG and Mike Bankole.

The Trump presidential campaign has filed a complaint against the Harris campaign and the British Labour Party alleging election interference.
Plus: an Israeli lie over a hospital in Beirut has been called out by the BBC.
With Michael Walker and @NoJusticeMTG.

Israel continues to bombard Gaza and Lebanon. With the death toll rising, UNWRA’s head has called for an immediate ceasefire.
With Aaron Bastani and Moya Lothian-McLean.

The Met police officer who shot Chris Kaba in September 2022 has been found not guilty of murder.
Plus: An indigenous senator protests King Charles’ first visit to Australia.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

After the death of Hamas leader Sinwar, US President Joe Biden has said it is an opportunity for a ceasefire in Gaza, but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue his war.
Plus: the Assisted Dying Bill has been introduced to parliament this week; and Ash Sarkar appears on BBC Question Time.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Israel has confirmed the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an IDF operation in Gaza.
With NoJusticeMTG and Aaron Bastani.

Aid agencies are warning that Israel’s assault of Northern Gaza is wiping the region “off the map.”
Meanwhile in southern Lebanon – the IDF are conducting demolitions.
With Michael Walker and David Adler.

David Lammy has announced sanctions against extremist settler groups in the West Bank.
Plus: Keir Starmer refuses to rule out National Insurance rises for employers; and Wes Streeting wants to give weight loss jabs to the unemployed.
With Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial.

Shocking footage has emerged of hospital patients burning alive after an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Israel has killed 22 people in an airstrike on central Beirut. We speak to Adam Tooze about new evidence that Israel is purposefully targeting children in Gaza.
Plus: A Nobel Prize winner calls out the founder of OpenAI; and Thangam Debbonaire takes aim at pro-Palestine protesters.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Brett McGurk profile by Huffington Post:
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/biden-national-security-adviser-brett-mcgurk-israel-palestine_n_656936c0e4b07b937ff4287f

Israel has bombed a school in Gaza and attacked the UNIFIL headquarters in southern Lebanon.
Plus: Labour’s new employment rights bill; and a surprisingly frank interview with Boris Johnson.
With Aaron Bastani and NoJusticeMTG.

Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will face off in the final round of the Tory leadership contest after James Cleverly was knocked out in a shock result.
Plus: Israel has demanded evacuation from Northern Gaza whilst firing on those complying with the IDF’s orders.
With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

With Michael Walker and Kieran Andrieu.

Ali Khamenei says Iran will fulfil its responsibility to defend Palestine and Lebanon against Israeli aggression.
Plus: we spoke to Areeba Hamid, co-director of Greenpeace, about carbon capture and storage; and to Richard Sanders, the director of a new documentary on Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Joe Biden says discussions are taking place over whether to strike Iranian oil facilities as Israel continues to attack Lebanon and Gaza.
Plus: Britain has given up its last African colony – the Chagos Islands – but retained its military base.
With Michael Walker and Helena aka No Justice MTG.
Written by Michael Walker and Harriet Williamson.

The IDF says multiple soldiers have been killed as Israel expands its ground invasion of Lebanon.
Plus: Starmer reiterates his support for Israel following Iran’s retaliatory strikes; and the Tory leadership race descends further into absurdity.
With Michael Walker and Eleanor Penny.

Iran have launched hundreds of rockets into Israel in retaliation for attacks on Lebanon.
Plus: The far right win Austria’s general election for the first time since the Second World War.
With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.

Following the killing of Hezbollah’s leader by an Israeli airstrike, Israel has told the US it is planning a “limited” ground operation in Lebanon.
Plus: The UK’s last remaining coal power plant has shut down; and Kemi Badenoch appears to be scuppering her own campaign with some questionable remarks.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

An Israeli airstrike has levelled an entire residential block in Beirut, with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly having been the target of the attack.
Plus: A debate with the co-author of a new right-wing economic manifesto; and Keir Starmer’s latest exercise in performative cruelty.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Israel has ruled out a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah after calls for one from multiple countries.
Plus: The Home Office have released a damning report about the Windrush Scandal.
With Aaron Bastani and @NoJusticeMTG .

An IDF chief has told Israeli ground troops to prepare for a possible invasion of Lebanon.
Plus: The Labour leadership have lost a vote on winter fuel payments; and business leaders want their money back following a Labour conference event.
With Michael Walker and NoJusticeMTG.

Rachel Reeves has faced down hecklers at Labour conference as she rules out a return to austerity.
Plus: The IDF have raided Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau in the West Bank; and gift-gate dominates Labour conference.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

An Israeli airstrike on Beiruit targeting a Hezbollah commander has also killed multiple civilians.
Plus: Alleged victims of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed give their testimony.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has addressed two days of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, saying they amount to a declaration of war.
Plus: Western media heaps praise on Israeli strategy; and the Downing Street freebies row hits boiling point.
With Ash Sarkar and Micha Frazer-Carroll.

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has announced their war will enter a new phase to focus on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Plus: Lebanon sees a second day of Hezbollah communication devices exploding.
With Michael Walker and ‪@NoJusticeMTG‬.

Nearly three thousand people have been injured and some killed by exploding pagers in Lebanon.
Plus: Ed Davey’s victory lap at Lib Dem Conference; and why columnists are leaving the Jewish Chronicle.
With Aaron Bastani and NoJusticeMTG.

Huw Edwards has received a 6-month suspended sentence for accessing indecent images of children.
Plus: Trump survives a second assassination attempt; and Starmer has praised Georgia Meloni’s immigration policies.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

The UK and the US could lift a ban on Ukraine firing British-made missiles into Russia. Putin has warned that this would constitute a major escalation.
Plus: Keir Starmer’s polling collapses amidst the winter fuel payment row.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

An independent report has found the NHS is in critical condition and Keir Starmer says there will be no additional funding without reform.
Plus: Turkey is conducting an investigation into the killing of a Turkish-American woman by Israeli forces and will seek international arrest warrants.
With Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar.

Kamala Harris goes head to head with Donald Trump in her first televised Presidential debate.
Plus: Labour introduces renters’ rights bill; and Israeli air strikes appear to target entire Palestinian families.
With Michael Walker and NoJusticeMTG.

MPs vote to cut the winter fuel payment to millions of pensioners.
Plus: Keir Starmer addresses the TUC conference; and 1700 prisoners are released early to relieve overcrowding.
With Michael Walker and NoJusticeMTG.

Labour MPs voice their discontent as unions urge Keir Starmer not to cut winter fuel payments.
Plus: New plans to bring more bus services under the control of local councils; and a new report accuses the BBC of bias against Israel.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

We speak to Zack Polanski as the Green Party conference kicks off.
Plus: UK prisons hit record levels of overcrowding; and Jeremy Kyle gives evidence at the inquest into a guest’s death.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Westminster responds to the Grenfell Inquiry’s damning results with varying degrees of compassion.
Plus: Michel Barnier is appointed as the new Prime Minister of France; and a key supplier of arms to Israel sponsors a Labour conference event.
With Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar.

The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report lays the blame for the 2017 disaster at the feet of successive governments and unscrupulous private companies.
Plus: Priti Patel is eliminated from the Tory leadership race; and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trades blows with US Green Party leader Jill Stein.
With Steven Methven and NoJusticeMTG.

Following the announcement of a partial ban on arms exports from the UK to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly condemned the British government.
Plus: At least twelve dead after a migrant boat capsizes in the channel; and shocking new figures on the UK’s food poverty crisis.
With Aaron Bastani and Moya Lothian-McLean.

Israel’s first nationwide general strike is underway as anger towards Benjamin Netanyahu grows over the government’s handling of the war in Gaza.
Plus: The German far right win a state election; and Kemi Badenoch launches her Tory leadership campaign.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

In her first major interview since becoming the presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris has staunchly ruled out an Israeli arms embargo.
Plus: Labour draw up new plans to to grant full-time employees the right to a four-day week.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Keir Starmer is considering a proposal to ban smoking in outdoor public areas.
Plus: the UK’s new rail minister has been exposed for getting a worker fired; and good news for UK climate campaigners.
With Moya Lothian-McLean and Micha Frazer-Carroll.

Keir Starmer heads to Berlin to discuss a new treaty with chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Plus: Israel conducts the largest West Bank raid since 2002; and Rachel Reeves takes aim at the winter fuel allowance.
With Michael Walker and Abi Wilkinson.

Keir Starmer says things will get worse before they get better in his first major speech as Prime Minister.
Plus: Telegram CEO arrested by French authorities; and a Paralympian’s shocking ordeal on public transport.
With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.

More despatches from the Democrats National Convention, Netanyahu is losing more support in Israel and the energy price cap has gone up again.
With Rivkah Brown and Aaron Bastani.

Is Starmer flipflopping on EU policy again? Tim Walz tugs at heartstrings at the Democrats Convention and a documentary about Bisan, the inspirational Gazan frontline journalist has its Emmy nomination threatened.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a range of new policies set to tackle irregular immigration, including a target for 14,000 deportations by the end of the year,
Plus: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused by his own negotiators of attempting to scupper a Gaza ceasefire deal.
With Steven Methven and @NoJusticeMTG .

The US Democratic Party puts on a display of unity as the DNC kicks off.
Plus; An Israeli airstrike hits a school housing hundreds of Palestinians; and some right-wing pundits issue a bizarre caveat to their journalistic integrity.
With Michael Walker and Mike Bankole.

Anthony Blinken meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel as prospects for a ceasefire in Gaza appear to fade.
Plus: UK prisons tip over capacity; and a senior diplomat resigns over arms sales to Israel.
With Michael Walker.

The train drivers union have announced fresh strike action on the London to Edinburgh line.
Plus: Education minister Jacqui smith has said that some universities may have to close due to the higher education funding crisis; and Donald Trump has decided to insult veterans.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

The death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks has topped 40,000 people. Meanwhile, ceasefire talks have resumed in Doha.
Plus: the Met police have been found to be failing in key areas; and the train drivers union ASLEF have struck a pay deal with the government.
With Mike Bankole and Ash Sarkar.

An unprecedented number of heat records are being broken around the world. We speak to heatwave scientist Chloe Brimicombe.
Plus: the family of a British aid worker murdered by the IDF are demanding that the UK end all arm sales to Israel.
With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

In a call with the country’s president, Keir Starmer has urged Iran not to retaliate to Israel’s assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month.
Plus: Elon Musk and Donald Trump broadcast a conversation on twitter.
With Aaron Bastani and @NoJusticeMTG .

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has said that Britain needs to restore its respect of the police in the wake of far-right riots.
Plus: Israel has bombed a hospital in Gaza killing 100; and Ukraine has for the first time invaded Russia.

Social media is in the firing line as the government seeks to lay blame for far-right rioting.
Plus: More rioters sentenced; and support for Nigel Farage tumbles.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Counter-demonstrations eclipse the far right in a show of defiance against racism.
Plus: Climate camp activists pre-emptively arrested; and Ash Sarkar calls out Matt Goodwin’s racism on BBC Radio 4.
With Dalia Gebrial and Micha Frazer-Carroll.

Britain is braced for further far-right disruption this evening, but it remains to be seen how widespread it will be.
Plus: Kamala Harris has picked her candidate for US vice president.
With Michael Walker and Joshua Virasami.
 

Racist violence in Britain continues this week with the far-right planning further riots and attacks.
Plus: The UK finally suspends arms sales to Israel.
With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.

A weekend of far-right rioting sees migrant hotels, shops and a library torched.
Plus: Tory police commissioner defends rioters; and Tommy Robinson hits out at the Daily Mail.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

An 11-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of torching a police vehicle during the far-right riot in Hartlepool on Wednesday. Seven men have also been charged with violent disorder.
Plus: Venezuela’s disputed election; and the gender row engulfing Olympic boxing.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

The Southport stabbings suspect has been named in court, with the judge citing online misinformation as his reasoning. As unrest spreads beyond Southport, Keir Starmer has pledged a new police unit to tackle the far right.
Plus: The Bank of England cuts interest rates; and we speak to Tom Fowler of The Spycops Info Podcast about the latest from the undercover policing inquiry.
With Richard Hames and NoJusticeMTG.

Tensions in the Middle East are heightened after Israeli has assassinated the political leader of Hamas in Tehran and a Hezbollah commander in Beirut.
Plus: the far-right have rioted in Southport after a stabbing attack that killed three girls.
With Michael Walker and @NoJusticeMTG .

David Lammy has taken his first Commons grilling on Palestine as Foreign Secretary.
Plus: Rachel Reeves attempts to justify cutting the winter fuel allowance for ten million pensioners; and Israeli protesters storm two military bases after IDF soldiers arrested for sexual assault.
With Moya Lothian-McLean and Mike Bankole.

Rachel Reeves has announced new spending cuts, saying the Tories covered up a 22 billion pound hole in the nation’s finances.
Plus: Contenders for the next Tory leadership election announced; and tensions rise between Israel and Lebanon following a missile strike in the occupied Golan Heights.
With Michael Walker and NoJusticeMTG.

Labour is set to announce a massive black hole in the nation’s finances – and their solution is likley to be higher taxes.
Plus: The government confirms it will withdraw its objection to the ICC’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu; and Donald Trump’s running mate threatens to drag down the campaign.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

The UK is poised to halt arms sales to Israel, but doing so would require Keir Starmer to break with US strategy.
Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the US Congress; and a police officer is filmed kicking an unarmed man in the head.
With Moya Lothian-Maclean and Rivkah Brown

Keir Starmer’s suspension of 7 MPs for breaking the whip is unprecedented. We speak to Zarah Sultana on how it happened, and what she’ll do next.
With Michael Walker and  @NoJusticeMTG .

With Joe Biden pulling out of his bid to be re-elected as US President, vice president Kamala Harris is the democrat now under the spotlight to replace him. We speak to political commentator Matt Binder from the Majority Report.
With Michael Walker and Moya Lothian-Mclean.

Keir Starmer is facing opposition from his own MPs in the commons over the two child benefit cap.
Plus: Violence against women and girls is a ‘national emergency’ according to police chiefs; and a unity deal has been reached between Palestinian political factions Hamas and Fatah to govern Gaza.
With Aaron Bastani and Jonas Marvin.

Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories has been found to be in breach of international law and illegal, the international court of justice has ruled. We speak to Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor at Human Rights Watch.
Plus: the biggest IT outage in history causes havoc across the world; and Donald Trump gives his speech at the Republican national convention.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Five Just Stop Oil protestors have received record-breaking jail sentences in the history of peaceful protest in Britain.
Plus: Keir Starmer attempts to repair relations with Europe; and the Covid Inquiry slams Hancock and Hunt in their first report.
With Steven Methven and  @NoJusticeMTG .

The new Labour government have set out their legislative ambitions for the next parliament in the King’s Speech.
Plus: The BBC’s appalling coverage of the killing of a disabled Palestinian man in Gaza.
With Michael Walker and  @NoJusticeMTG .

Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething has resigned from his position after a slew of resignations from his cabinet and months of corruption scandal surrounding him.
Plus: Donald Trump has chosen his running mate for the upcoming US presidential election; and Joe Biden has said he has done more than anyone else for the Palestinian people.
With Aaron Bastani and ‪@NoJusticeMTG‬.

20-year-old Matthew Crooks has been named as the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Plus: health secretary Wes Streeting has extended the ban on puberty blockers; and foreign secretary David Lammy has visited Israel and met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
With Michael Walker and David Adler.

Joe Biden faces renewed pressure to step aside after more disastrous gaffes during a NATO press conference.
Plus: Labour’s plan to solve the prison crisis; and Britain’s complicity in the Gaza genocide.
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Keir Starmer faces renewed pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap as new figures reveal the devastating impact of the policy.
Plus: Mixed messages from Ed Miliband on oil and gas exploration licences; and Thames Water is put into special measures.
With Dalia Gebrial and Mike Bankole.