US House passes 'big beautiful' tax and spending bill
President Trump has welcomed a vote in the US House of Representatives approving a bill which extends huge tax cuts, and spending increases. It will be funded by government debt.Also in the programme: A gunman kills two Israeli embassy staff in Washington; and competition for resources on the Svalbard archipelago.(Picture: President Donald Trump with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Jewish couple murdered in Washington DC
A young Jewish couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy have been shot dead leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington DC. The gunman was arrested at the scene. We hear the latest from DC, plus reaction from Israel.Also in the programme: the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a mammoth piece of legislation to deliver President Trump's domestic agenda; and Germany stations a military brigade abroad for the first time since World War Two.
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Trump ambushes South African president with 'white persecution' claims
In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, President Trump ambushes the South African president with claims of white farmers being persecuted.We hear a response from Mzwanele Nyhontso, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development for South Africa. Also on the programme: how the Italian authorities dealt a blow to a powerful international arm of the mafia – the 'Ndrangheta; and a conservation success story from India, saving the Asiatic Lion.(Photo: US President Donald Trump shows a copy of an article that he said it’s about white South Africans who had been killed in the Oval Office. Credit: Reuters)
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UN: Aid yet to reach civilians in Gaza
As Gaza residents wait for aid, health officials say more than 40 people have been killed by air strikes overnight, as Israel continues its new offensive. We hear from a man who lives in Gaza City and from Israel's ambassador at the United Nations.Also in the programme: The Sudanese army says it now controls all of Khartoum state - recaptured from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces; and we talk to the winner of the International Booker prize, Indian writer Banu Mushtaq.(Photo: Israeli security forces stand near trucks with aid entering Gaza from Israel, near the Kerem Shalom crossing, close to the Israeli border with Gaza. May 21, 2025. Credit: Reuters/Amir Cohen)
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UK suspends trade talks with Israel
The British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has announced the suspension of negotiations with Israel on a new trade agreement - due to what he called its "intolerable" and "abominable" recent actions in Gaza. The World Health Organisation says two million people in Gaza are starving. As Israel allows some aid in after an eleven week blockade, the British government says it's nowhere near enough.
Also on the programme: Tanzania detains two prominent human rights activists who had travelled to Dar es Salaam to observe an opposition leader’s treason case. And we'll have an appreciation of a ballet maestro with an iron fist.(Photo: Britain's Foreign Minister David Lammy delivers a statement on the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal, at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, January 16, 2025. Credit: House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS)
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