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throughout the programme. its tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries — one conservative, the other labour — are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a s...

dmytro kuleba, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i think we have to begin with the military situation. details are limited, but would you accept that right now the ukrainian counteroffensive has not succeeded in punching a significant hole in russias defensive line in your country? we are moving forward. thats the most important thing. when we speak with our generals and with independent experts, they all say that in the counter—offensive, the most important thing is to keep moving for...

this is bbc news, the headlines... a major development in the uks biggest miscarriage ofjustice — rishi sunak announces a new law to compensate and clear the names of hundreds of postmasters wrongly accused of theft. opposition activist alexei navalny is seen for the first time since disappearing from a central russian prison last month. and 80 years after d—day, we speak to the woman who helped map the beaches for the normandy landings. those are stories coming up in a moment or t...

us presidentjoe biden�*s son, hunter biden, is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax crimes and admit to illegally possessing a gun while a drug user, after a five—year investigation. the us attorney in delaware filed papers indicating a plea agreement was reached. hes expected to agree to drug treatment and monitoring. the terms of the agreement are likely to keep him out ofjail. the white house said in a brief statement that president biden expressed support for his so...

rebels have been going on since the october the 7th hamas attacks. what is your assessment for shipping in the area, how serious is it? last niuht the area, how serious is it? last night was _ the area, how serious is it? last night was the — the area, how serious is it? last night was the largest _ the area, how serious is it? test night was the largest escalation to date since the 19th of november. there has been a report of 18 drone and missile attacks that were launched in a mult...

lazio are into the semi—finals of the coppa italia after a narrow victory in in the rome derby — which had an ill—tempered finish. a penalty from mattia zaccagni just into the second half was the enough to beat rivals roma 1—0. three players sent off in stoppage time there, two from roma. wholl playjuventus or frosinone. they play on thursday. the other quarterfinal between milan and atalanta is underway. the winners will play fiorentina who beat bologna on tuesday. and in the ...

the government is preparing a new law to swiftly exonerate and compensate post office branch managers who were convicted over horizon it scandal. over a 15—year period until 2015, more than 700 people were wrongfully convicted of fraud, theft or false accounting, because the it system had produced shortfalls in their accounts. so far, only 93 have had their convictions overturned. mr sunak said it was the biggest miscarriage in british history and government would quickly right the w...

and it is still chilly out there but today for some of you a little bit more clout and one or two rain showers. i will have the four for forecast and detail later on. its wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub—postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but ...

airstrikes, which according to the editorial board of the "new york post", were much ado about nothing. quote, despite media, it tha amounted to no more than a pinprick. x five dead, six injured, and noin who the leaders even targeted. and by the way, biden did not deter iran in their proxy ward " in any major way, in any minor way. and now the all important whipping channels in theannel i. theyre more dangerous than ever. by the way, when are they going to confrony goint iran? without...

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