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Hurricane Beryl is battering southern Jamaica with sustained winds of up to two- hundred- and- thirty kilometres an hour. It may make landfall there in the coming hours. There are reports of power cuts in many places, including the capital, Kingston. The Category Four storm is already causing dangerous winds…
Britain's political parties are making their last push for support on the eve of voting in the general election, with the governing Conservatives still far behind in opinion polls. We have a special broadcast from the English West Midlands. Also in the programme: Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone;…
The second and final round of France's election is fast approaching, as centrist and left-wing politicians ramp up tactics to prevent Marine Le Pen's far-right party, National Rally, from gaining power. The deadline for candidates to pull out of seats where they are not the main challenger to the National…
The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to leave a wide sweep of land to the east of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Witnesses say many people are already fleeing. Rockets have also been fired from Gaza into Israel.Also on the programme: Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon speaks…
Efforts by centrist and left-wing blocs in France to stop the far right National Rally from winning an overall parliamentary majority in next Sunday's second round have seen more than 150 of their candidates drop out. Such tactics -- traditionally known as a 'Republican Front' -- have been successful in…
Opponents of the French far-right National Rally party have begun stepping aside in favour of better placed candidates in the hope of limiting its gains in next Sunday's second round of parliamentary elections. In several constituencies just one candidate will face the RN. The party's co-leader, Jordan Bardella, has expressed…
France's far right National Rally has made big gains in the first round of the parliamentary elections, exit polls suggest.Celebrating her party's early success, Marine Le Pen says "democracy has spoken" as she declares President Emmanuel Macron's camp "practically wiped out". Meanwhile, Mr Macron is calling for a broad alliance…
Round one of the French parliamentary elections: with the far right party of Marine Le Pen ahead in the polls, what's expected and what could happen in the next two weeks as the three main voting blocs compete for votes?Also in the programme: the United Nations says conditions for Palestinians…
In Iran - the only reformist candidate in presidential elections will face a run-off, at the end of next week, with an ultra-conservative rival. Also on the programme, 10 years after Islamic State declared their “Caliphate”, Yazidis are still struggling to recover from genocide; and, Amnesty International says armed criminals…
Presidential elections in Iran go to a second round, with the only candidate to have criticised the status quo clearly ahead. But after a record low turnout, the authorities denied that there was widespread voter apathy. Also in the programme: ten years after the founding of the Islamic Caliphate, some…
Speaking at a rally in the state of North Carolina, US president Joe Biden tells the audience: "I'm not a young man... I don't debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know, I know how to tell the truth". Mr Biden's comments come after…
US Democrats are discussing whether Joe Biden can continue as the party's presidential candidate in the wake of his halting display in a televised election debate with Donald Trump. We speak to Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee.Also in the programme: Millions of Iranians vote in a presidential…
US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump prepare to go head to head in televised debates. We ask a former adviser to Biden and a Republican pollster about what’s to expect and what’s at stake. Also on the programme: more protests in Kenya even after the President U-Turns…
The former head of Bolivia's army is in custody after leading what the government described as an attempted coup. Seconds before his arrest on Wednesday, General Juan José Zúñiga told reporters he'd been ordered to stage the uprising by the president. He said Luis Acre wanted to boost his own…
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