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Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.

Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims

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A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the charges was unlawfully appointed.

hi Ian it didn’t go unchallenged. I said the chancellor was a senior economist at the Bank of England.

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With Piers Morgan and Layla Moran of Lib Dems

• Ukraine talks latest
• Chancellor appeals to Labour MPs for unity ahead of Budget
• BBC figures questioned by MPs

Ukrainecast - What's in the leaked US-Russia peace plan? - BBC Sounds Ukraine's President Zelensky says he will "propose alternatives"

#Ukrainecast - what’s in the leaked US-Russia peace plan?

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Ukrainecast - What's in the leaked US-Russia peace plan? - BBC Sounds Ukraine's President Zelensky says he will "propose alternatives"

#Ukrainecast - what’s in the leaked US-Russia peace plan?

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GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from House The longtime MAGA supporter says she is stepping down from office as of Jan. 5.

Breaking news: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she will resign from Congress as of Jan. 5, a surprise announcement that came days after a public spat between President Trump in which he lobbed public insults at his longtime ally.

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign

Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP

Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.

How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes

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Ukrainecast - A special episode with Newsround The team answer questions from kids about the war in Ukraine, to mark World Children's Day.

#Ukrainecast & #Newsround

This is a really special collaboration between us and the BBC’s children’s news prog

80 schoolkids including Ukrainians who’ve fled the war join us to ask questions and share experiences

It’s moving and it’s uplifting ❤️

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The roll-out of Covid vaccine in the U.K. is praised - it was a ‘world first’

Bringing in lockdown a week earlier on 16 March would have meant 23,000 fewer deaths in England in the first wave, modelling suggests. This would have equated to 48% fewer deaths in the first wave.

All four nations were criticised for their planning and decision-making, which the inquiry says was hampered by the lack of trust between Boris Johnson and the first ministers

The report says that rule-breaking by politicians and their advisers undermined public confidence in decision-making and significantly increased the risk that people wouldn't stick to the measures being put in place.

Children were not prioritised enough, with ministers failing to consider properly the consequences of school closures, the report says.

..the vast majority of children weren’t at risk of serious direct harm from Covid "but suffered greatly from closure of schools and requirement to stay at home"

UK Covid inquiry:

Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"

Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late

'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson

Thank you to the amazing children :)

Presented by Ricky Boleto, Vitaly Shevchenko, James Waterhouse and me

Ukrainecast - A special episode with Newsround The team answer questions from kids about the war in Ukraine, to mark World Children's Day.

#Ukrainecast & #Newsround

This is a really special collaboration between us and the BBC’s children’s news prog

80 schoolkids including Ukrainians who’ve fled the war join us to ask questions and share experiences

It’s moving and it’s uplifting ❤️

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Thank you to the amazing children :)

Presented by Ricky Boleto, Vitaly Shevchenko, James Waterhouse and me

I love the Christmas lights on Regent St :)

#Newsnight 1030pm

• is Trump administration going to impose a peace plan on Ukraine to end Russia’s war there?

• 1 wk to go before budget - which party has best policies to help with your bills?

With
Mims Davies MP, Conservatives
Jess Brown-Fuller MP, Lib Dems
David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, Labour

Former Met Officer and serial rapist David Carrick is already in prison having admitted 71 offences of sexual violence

Today he’s been found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and a former partner

YouTube video by BBC Newsnight "What is going on?" | Republican asked why Trump is yet to release all Epstein files

"What is going on?" | Republican asked why Trump is yet to release all Epstein files

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"We have decriminalised illegal entry into our country."

Reform Councillor Laila Cunningham clashes with Green Party leader Zack Polanski over the government’s new immigration policy.

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“This is extreme, this is inhumane, and it is a government of cowards.”

Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, responds to the government's changes to Britain's asylum system.

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“We could subpoena him and I believe we should.”

Ro Khanna, a leading US Democrat pushing for the release of the Epstein files, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be formally called upon to give evidence to the House Oversight Committee.

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#Newsnight 1030pm

• Trump says Saudi's Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - contradicting a 2021 US intelligence report

• Epstein files closer to being released

• MPs warned they’re being targetted by Chinese spies

With ex-Head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger

Hi Emily … I don’t think asking why to what ZP is said is ‘both-siding’.

hi Emily hope all is well, I’m going to push back on this if that’s okay? My job is to ask qtns & when a guest makes a statement like ZP did, it is my job to ask why he is saying it. I genuinely don’t believe the one-word question of ‘why?’ can sum up anything, let alone the whole of UK journalism

Plse do watch this evening - a courageous survivor speaks out