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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
The head of MI5 has issued a call to arms for the whole of society to treat national security as a shared challenge.
Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September eleventh attacks in the United States, Sir Ken McCallum warned in an article for The Independent newspaper that officers face a markedly different threat landscape. He stated that mass-casualty terrorist ambition endures, alongside national security threats from capable states.
Angela Rayner has defended pausing plans to redraw local council boundaries, saying she wanted to ensure they would survive legal challenges.
The Local Government Secretary told the BBC she wanted to be clear-eyed about what the planned shake-up across sixteen areas of England would achieve. Proposals in four other regions were abandoned following legal threats from Reform and Conservative-led authorities.
Memorial events are taking place across the UK and the United States to commemorate the victims of the September eleventh terrorist attacks.
Nearly three thousand people died in the 2001 tragedy, which triggered two wars and transformed global anti-terror practices and international politics. News coverage and live streams will continue throughout the day as services mark one of the most seismic events of the century.
The legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales could move a step closer today as MPs vote on new legislation.
Sponsored by Labour MP Lauren Edwards, the bill would allow adults with less than six months to live to request help ending their lives, subject to safeguards. While supporters cite a human cost to delaying the law, critics argue protections for vulnerable people remain insufficient. A previous bill backed by MPs stalled in the Lords following twelve hundred amendments.
Police in Ukraine have urged civilians to evacuate the eastern Donbas cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk due to escalating danger.
Mandatory evacuations for families with children have already started in the worst-affected areas. Officials warned that leaving is the only way to stay safe, with Slovyansk now suffering near-daily strike attacks from glide bombs. The neighboring locations represent the largest cities remaining under full Ukrainian control across the region.
There was a time when watching television was a much simpler affair. You didn't have hundreds of channels. You didn't have Netflix, YouTube or an endless list of programmes waiting for you. You had the television. And if somebody else was watching it, you had to negotiate. For a generation growing up in Britain during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, television wasn't just something we watched. It became part of […]
