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The World Tonight

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    Assisted dying bill expected to fall

    23/04/2026 | 37 min
    With the assisted dying bill expected to fall in the House of Lords tomorrow, after months of highly charged and emotional debate, we ask what next for supporters of a change to the law.
    Also on the programme: the health data of half a million volunteers to the Biobank database ends up on Alibaba, is sharing your medical information risky or essential to scientific advances?
    And we speak to the filmmakers who spent months on the road with female conspiracy theorists who were convicted for their actions during the January 6th Capitol Hill riot.
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    Labour MPs share frustration with embattled Starmer

    22/04/2026 | 38 min
    The Prime Minister is facing hostile briefings from his Labour colleagues after he faced Prime Minister's Questions amid the ongoing scandal over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Ambassador to the US. We hear from one backbench loyalist and ask how deep the discontent within the Parliamentary Labour Party is.
    Also on the programme: Donald Trump says he won't put a timetable on his ceasefire extension, we examine his claim that Iran's leadership is fractured.
    And as Leicester City drop to the third tier of English football, we discuss the team’s ups and downs with long time fan of the Foxes, the novelist Julian Barnes.
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    Official sacked by Starmer says No 10 attitude to vetting "dismissive"

    21/04/2026 | 38 min
    Former senior official Sir Olly Robbins has accused Downing Street of taking a "dismissive attitude" to vetting during Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US. Sir Olly was sacked as Foreign Office boss last week after it emerged he had cleared Lord Mandelson to take up the role despite officials raising security concerns, without telling Sir Keir Starmer.
    Also tonight, President Trump says he's extending a ceasefire with Iran, until negotiations conclude - but will continue to blockade Iranian ports.
    And London pays tribute to the Cuban Queen of Salsa.
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    Sir Keir Starmer tells MPs that officials didn't tell him Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting

    20/04/2026 | 37 min
    Sir Keir Starmer tells MPs that officials deliberately withheld the news from him that Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting
    We look ahead to tomorrow's appearance at a commons committee by the top foreign office mandarin who's been removed..
    also: how do teachers feel about the new smartphone ban in english schools..
    the New York bookseller who uncovered stolen rarities worth millions..
    are US-Iran talks on..or off..
    and the author of the Selfish Gene pays tribute to the author of the Naked Ape. Richard Dawkins remembers his friend, Desmond Morris.
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    "Staggering" I was not told Lord Mandelson failed vetting

    17/04/2026 | 38 min
    The PM says he is "furious" he was not told about Lord Mandelson failing security vetting, as the government produces a memo showing he was first alerted on Tuesday.

    Donald Trump declares that the "Hormuz Strait situation is over". Is he correct?

    And we remember the life of BBC DJ and champion of world music Andy Kershaw, who has died at the age of 66.

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