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Oct 2022
34m 4s

Honey, I’m Home Secretary

BBC News
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What's behind Suella Braverman's comeback? Rishi Sunak defends the home secretary's return to the Home Office at his first PMQs. Chris Mason joins Adam to assess how it went, and updates us on the future of the government’s economic plan.

Historian and host of the BBC podcast You’re Dead to Me, Greg Jenner, explores the parallels between today’s Westminster politics and ancient Rome.

And Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark and China expert, Isabel Hilton, discuss the future of China under Xi Jinping.

This episode of Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Tim Walklate with Chris Flynn and Miranda Slade. Emma Crowe was the technical producer and the assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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