Newscast

Today, Newscast was recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

Adam is joined by James Cook, Scotland Editor, Des Clarke, Host of Breaking The News, and Ailbhe Rea, Associate Editor at Bloomberg UK, to discuss Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to take control of Gaza, plus how Keir Starmer has responded. Plus, they chat about JD Vance arriving in the UK for his summer vacation and Kemi Badenoch confessing to Amol Rajan t...

Today, Newscast was recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

Adam was joined by the First Minister of Scotland John Swinney. We covered his meeting with Donald Trump, his plan for Scottish Independence and his policy on the Loch Ness Monster

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Today, Newscast was recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

Adam was joined by Kirsty Wark, former Newsnight host, and James Cook, Scotland editor and friend of the podcast. They chat about the BBC’s decision to air the new series of Masterchef, which was filmed before hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode were sacked, and Kirsty’s role in exposing Gregg Wallace’s behaviour.

Plus an AI MP and what are the polls s...

Today, Newscast was recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

Adam was joined by Americast’s Sarah Smith and friend of the podcast James Cook to discuss all things Trump. They chat about what it’s like being part of the President’s press pack, why Sydney Sweeney’s jeans are so controversial, plus what last week’s Truth Social posts about nuclear submarines were all about.

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Today, Newscast was recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

Adam was joined by friends of the podcast Brian Cox, actor, and James Graham, playwright and screenwriter, who are putting on the play Make It Happen at the Edinburgh International Festival.

They discuss re-imagining the 2008 financial crisis for the stage in Edinburgh, and Brian’s portrayal of the ghost of economist Adam Smith, plus the news of Storm ...

Today’s Old Newscast focuses on 8 May 2009 - the day that The Daily Telegraph publishes the first in a long series of stories about MPs expenses. We hear how the information that changed the way the British public view politics was leaked.

Adam is joined by two people who were reporting at the heart of the story - former Whitehall Editor of the Telegraph, Chris Hope, and Jo Coburn - then of the BBC.

This episode tells the story of w...

Today, a landmark result from the Supreme Court rules that lenders won't have to pay compensation to millions of motorists over car finance loans.

The Court determined dealerships weren't duty-bound to act solely in the interests of their customers, overturning a previous judgement that ruled in favour of consumers. It was a long and complex verdict so Adam is joined by political correspondent Helen Catt and Theo Leggett, internati...

Today, US President Donald Trump has said that Canada’s move to recognise a Palestinian state threatens a trade deal between the countries.

The news comes as US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Canada’s announcement follows similar plans by the UK and France from earlier this week.

So are the US now becoming increasingly isolated in their position?

Adam and Alex...

Today, a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's far eastern coast has triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific.

The quake struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula at about 11:25am local time on Wednesday (00:25 BST) and is thought to be one of the most powerful ever recorded. Around two million people were ordered to evacuate in Japan, Russia, and Hawaii - although many of those warnings have since been downgraded.

Joinin...

Today, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions, including a ceasefire and a commitment to a long-term peace process. Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet and Alex Forsyth to explain the day’s events.

It comes the same day as a major alert from the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warning of "the worst-case scenario o...

Today, Trump and Starmer have met in Scotland and held a joint press conference covering a range of topics from aid in Gaza and the war in Ukraine, to wind energy.

The US President met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a golf course owned by Trump. Speaking as the two men met, President Trump said he was reducing the 50 day deadline given to Vladimir Putin to agree a deal with Ukraine to “10 or 12 days”.

Trump also said a ceasefire...

Over the summer holidays, we’ve brought back Old Newscast - where we pick big news days in history and look at what happened and the consequences. In this episode, that day is 11 February, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years. Former Southern Africa correspondent Fergal Keane joins, with his former producer and BBC Africa bureaux editor Milton Nkosi. Tomorrow we’ll look at the consequences of Mandela’s...

Today, Adam and Chris takeover the Listening Post at Latitude Festival in Henham Park to discuss the day’s news in front of a live audience.

The government is under pressure as resident doctors begin a five-day strike in England after failing to reach an agreement over pay. The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged them not to follow their union down a “damaging road”.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is arriving in Scotland for ...

Today, we discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where more than 100 international aid organisations say the population is facing mass starvation and call on Israel to allow access.

A number of news agencies including the BBC have released a statement calling for Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, expressing concern for their journalists “who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.”

Agai...

Today, we look at protests across Ukraine after President Zelensky signed a new law which critics say weakens the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies.

Demonstrations in cities across the country became the largest anti-government protests to take place in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022. Adam is joined by Vitaly Shevchenko, Ukrainecast host, and Orysia Lutsevych, head of the Ukraine forum at Chatham House, t...

Today, Sir James Cleverley has returned to the front bench after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch reshuffled her top team.

Adam and Chris discuss the changes to the shadow cabinet and whether they will help the Conservatives in the fight for dominance of the right of British politics. Today, their opponents Reform, led by Nigel Farage announced a Tory defection at the Welsh Royal Show.

Plus, the UK government has announced a...

Today, the long-awaited review of the water sector in England and Wales has finally been published, and it proposes the most sweeping reforms since privatisation over 30 years ago.

Authored by Sir Jon Cunliffe, the report makes 88 recommendations, including scrapping the current regulator, Ofwat, and introducing stronger environmental regulation. Adam and Chris are joined by the BBC’s business editor, Simon Jack, to unpack the findi...

Today, Laura, Paddy and Henry look back at the last parliamentary year with the summer recess on the horizon.

How have the main political parties fared a year on since the general election? And which of them would be top of the class in their school report cards?

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Today, Laura and Paddy ask who in charge of the country as the Prime Minister’s authority is again in question.

From backbenchers, to ministers to the markets - who is actually driving this government? Laura and Paddy look to find the answers.

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