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Aug 2023
30m 5s

Argy Bargey

BBC News
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The row over the barge set to house hundreds of asylum seekers.

Adam is back in the studio and is joined by home affairs editor Mark Easton, as well as BBC Solent journalist Sophie Cridland to discuss when people might start to board the great big boat called Bibby Stockholm.

Rishi Sunak has said Nadine Dorries's constituents are not being properly represented. Alex Forsyth is on to talk about why, and why she’s not yet stood down like she said she would.

And Americast host and North America editor Sarah Smith takes us through the US legal system, to help us understand what Trump’s indictment means.

You can hear more of Sarah’s interview with the former FBI director James Comey here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g485nc

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Collins and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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