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Apr 2023
30m 39s

A Striking Comeback

BBC News
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More teacher strikes are planned... But are there others coming too?

Alan Jones, industrial correspondent for PA, joins Marianna Spring and Sima Kotecha (who are sitting in for Adam) for a strike action audit.

After a pro-war blogger was killed in a blast at a St Petersburg cafe, the BBC’s Will Vernon is in Moscow to help make sense of what’s happening in Russia.

Also, Sima’s mum and Marianna’s dad celebrate 50 years since the first mobile phone call.

Today’s Newscast was presented by Marianna Spring and Sima Kotecha. It was made by Tim Walklate with Cordelia Hemming and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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