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The World Tonight

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  • Unions hit back at Starmer's marking boycott concern
    The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he's "very uncomfortable" with the marking boycott at UK universities. We get a response from the head of the union representing lecturers - and hear from students who've been affected.
    Where is the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin? At an extraordinary news conference, the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said he was in Russia, not Belarus. We speak to our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg - one of only a handful of journalists in the room with Mr Lukashenko.
    As Labour puts oracy alongside numeracy and literacy as fundamental skills for schoolchildren - we find out how you teach speaking skills in the classroom with someone who was one of the UK's first "heads of oracy" and a pupil who's been taught it.
    42 min
  • Israeli forces start withdrawing from Jenin
    After a two-day military operation, Israeli forces have tonight begun withdrawing from a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. We get the latest from Jenin.
    China has accused the UK of sheltering fugitives - after Hong Kong put bounties on the heads of eight exiled pro-democracy activists. We get the response of a senior MP.
    And is there a link between 'Allo 'Allo! and our Au Revoir to the European Union? We speak to a history professor who thinks sitcoms predicted Brexit - and to one of the regulars at Cafe Rene.
    38 min
  • UK's pandemic strategy mistakes
    Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock apologises for UK pandemic planning
    Mathieu Kassovitz reinvents La Haine 30 years on
    Life of veteran foreign correspondent Dame Ann Leslie
    38 min
  • Putin condemns failed mutiny
    President Putin has claimed credit for ending the weekend's aborted mutiny - and sent a message to the would-be rebels who paused. Should western allies be prepared for potential chaos and instability in Russia?
    More anger and frustration from Stephen Lawrence's family - after a BBC investigation led police to name a sixth suspect in his murder case. We hear from the lawyer for Stephen's friend, Duwayne Brooks, who was with him when he was killed
    And as Enid Blyton's Famous Five gets a TV reboot - how do you make classic children's books relevant to today's kids?
    39 min
  • Explorer says his warnings over Titan sub were ignored
    A leading underwater exploration specialist tells us his warnings over the safety of OceanGate's Titan submersible were repeatedly dismissed by the company's CEO
    Also in the programme: Moscow launches investigation into Russia's Wagner mercenary group, accusing it of armed mutiny; and soothing a sore throat - the Arctic Monkeys lead singer on stage at Glastonbury
    39 min
  • Robot finds debris of imploded Titan sub
    The US Coastguard confirms that debris found near the wreck of the Titanic is that of the missing tourist submersible. All five occupants are dead. We hear from a friend of two of them.
    Also in the programme: the impact of the half a percentage point interest rate rise on homeowners; and 75 years since the first docking of the Empire Windrush bringing West Indians to work in the UK.
    39 min
  • Interest rate rise expected as inflation persists
    The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates as inflation remains high. We'll hear from shopkeepers who say rising prices are fuelling shoplifting.
    Also on the programme: a French state-of-the-art robot is set to join the operation to find the Titan submersible; and the actor David Harewood tells us about the challenges facing his parents and others from the Windrush generation as they arrived from the Caribbean.
    39 min

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