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16:11

UK agrees warship deal with Norway

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/31

The UK has agreed a ten billion pound deal with Norway to supply its navy with at least five new warships as part of a joint fleet.The government says a pledge by the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch to extract as much oil and gas as possible from the North Sea would not lower energy bills.Teaching unions have called for more support from ministers if they want to reduce the number of students who are persistently absent from school.Plus: the results of a seagull-mimicking competition in

16:12

President Zelensky calls for more action against Moscow

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/30

President Zelensky has accused Moscow of using time meant for working towards peace talks to prepare for new attacks on Ukraine instead. Overnight bombardments in central and southeastern Ukraine left one person dead, and dozens injured. Also: The leader of the council at the centre of a legal battle over whether asylum seekers can be housed in hotels says he will decide on Monday whether to take the case to the Supreme Court. And: The Houthi's in Yemen have confirmed that Israeli strikes on the

30:41

Appeal Court judges lift a ban on asylum seekers in a...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/29

The Court of Appeal has ruled that asylum seekers can remain at the Bell Hotel in Epping where protests have been held since July. Also: The UK government bars Israeli officials from an arms fair in London because of the war in Gaza. And British Cycling has apologised for accidentally censoring the name of a village in Powys on its website.

30:39

Russia launches a massive air assault on Ukraine

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/28

At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured after a huge drone and missile attack by Russia on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, overnight. The Court of Appeal has been hearing legal argument from the Home Office and the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping against a judge's decision to stop asylum seekers being housed there. Also: The Reform Party leader of Nottinghamshire County Council bans a local newspaper's reporters from speaking to him or to his councillors.

30:34

Sir Tony Blair will attend a meeting about the future...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/27

The former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair will take part in a meeting, chaired by Donald Trump, on plans for a post-war Gaza at the White House. It comes as Israeli tanks have pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza City. Also: Nigel Farage says his Reform UK party still needs to "work out what to do" with people who arrive here illegally with children. And a Kylie Minogue CD, a solar powered calculator and a pocket TV, are amongst the items found in a time capsule buried by the late Princess

30:46

Nigel Farage sets out the Reform Party's plans for...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/26

Nigel Farage has outlined plans to detain and deport every single migrant who arrives in the UK on a small boat, including women and children. The plans are dismissed by Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Also: the trial begins of an asylum seeker who's accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Epping. And the Met Office says this summer will "almost certainly" be the UK's warmest on record.

30:08

Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/25

Israeli strikes on a hospital in the south of Gaza have killed at least twenty people. The journalists worked with international outlets, including the Associated Press, Reuters and Al Jazeera. Also: a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight kills three people. And a medical transplant firm set up by Oxford University is bought by a Japanese company for $1.5 billion.

16:24

Refugee charities react cautiously to plans to...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/24

The Refugee Council says fewer asylum appeals are needed, but there must be 'legal' and 'judicial' oversight of decisions. Also: questions are raised about new criminal sentencing guidelines which could prevent visits to pubs or football matches. And: a lucky escape for those on board a hot air balloon which landed on a street in Bedford.

16:34

A wave of protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/23

A wave of protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers has spread across the UK. Nigel Farage says Reform UK would seek returns deals with countries like Afghanistan and Eritrea, as part of plans for "mass deportations" of migrants. And dozens more deaths are reported in Gaza -- including a family whose tent was hit by an Israeli attack on a camp for displaced people.

30:39

A famine has been confirmed in Gaza City

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/22

A United Nations-backed body has confirmed there is now famine in Gaza, with more than half a million people in the strip's largest city facing "starvation, destitution and death". The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed the report as an "outright lie". Also: The government seeks the right to appeal against a court ruling preventing it from becoming involved in a case about a hotel housing asylum seekers. And the former Doctor Who star, Noel Clarke, loses a libel action against the

30:13

A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/21

Figures from the Home Office show that there were a record number of asylum applications made last year. Also: Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland open their GCSE and BTEC results. And the celebrity judge, Frank Caprio, has died at the age of 88.

30:19

More councils signal they will take legal action to...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/20

A number of councils have signalled they will follow Epping Forest in Essex by taking legal action to stop hotels housing asylum seekers. Also: A former evangelical priest in Sheffield is found guilty of sexually assaulting women in his group in the 1980s and 1990s. And the Welsh Rugby Union has insisted that cutting the number of professional clubs from four to two is the "radical step" needed to save the game in Wales.

30:41

Epping Council wins an injunction to stop the...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/19

A local authority in Essex has been granted a temporary court injunction to prevent asylum seekers from being housed at a hotel in Epping that's been besieged by violent protests. Also: President Trump rules out sending US troops to Ukraine to guarantee a peace deal, but suggests he may provide aircraft to support European forces on the ground. And why whales play a part in preventing global warming by absorbing carbon.

30:38

President Zelensky prepares to begin crucial talks...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/18

President Zelensky and several European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, have arrived at the White House for meetings with Donald Trump to discuss the future of Ukraine. Also: A Hamas source tells the BBC that it has agreed to the latest Egyptian proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel. And the Cambridge Dictionary has added six-thousand new words to its latest edition.

16:34

European Leaders Prepare to Accompany Zelensky to...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/17

Sir Keir Starmer and several other senior European leaders are to join the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Washington tomorrow, where he's due to hold talks with Donald Trump at the White House. Downing Street said the "coalition of the willing" would seek robust security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of any deal with Russia. In other news, there have been dozens of arrests in Israel where protestors have taken to the streets demanding a ceasefire and a deal to secure the release

16:40

Putin-Trump Summit Discussed

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/16

Much of the discussion following President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska has centred around the nature of any security guarantee for Kyiv. Reports are also beginning to emerge about what the two leaders talked about. In other news, weather conditions are hampering efforts to find survivors of flash floods that have killed more than three hundred people across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. And Police Scotland has begun an investigation after pupils at a primary school in

30:20

President Trump and President Putin prepare to meet

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/15

President Trump will welcome Vladimir Putin to Alaska for a summit that many believe could determine the future of Ukraine. Also: the UK's bioethanol industry is facing collapse after the government decided not to offer the sector a rescue package. And the King praises the courage of the veterans who fought in the far-east on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

30:29

AI helps create new antibiotics

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/14

Scientists in the US use AI – artificial intelligence - to invent new antibiotics which can tackle drug-resistant superbugs. Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland get their A-level, T-level and BTec exam results. President Putin hails what he describes as America's "energetic and sincere attempts" to end the war in Ukraine ahead of his meeting with President Trump in Alaska on Friday.

30:17

President Trump says he's had a "good call" with...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/13

President Zelensky says he's made clear to Donald Trump that sanctions must be imposed on Russia, if no ceasefire is agreed at Friday's summit with Vladimir Putin. Also: Doctors and aid organisations issue a new warning about levels of starvation in the Sudanese city of El Fasher. And the fashion accessories chain, Claire's, goes into administration putting more than two thousand jobs at risk.

30:21

More than 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel...

Six O"Clock News ·

2025/08/12

Figures from the Home Office have confirmed that more than 50,00 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister. Also: much of the UK is in the middle of yet another heatwave. And the lightshow mouthguards that will help identify head injuries at the upcoming women's rugby world cup.

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