The Week: Immigration, Diplomacy and….Tolstoy?
Adam, Chris, James and Caitriona discuss a frantic week of news.
May 16, 2025
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May 16, 2025
The Week: Immigration, Diplomacy and….Tolstoy?
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<p>Today, the UK is in talks with other countries to set up overseas “return hubs” for failed asylum seekers. </p><p>Adam and Chris are joined by Caitriona Perry chief presenter for BBC News and diplomatic correspondent James Landale. They also discuss the will they, won’t they of the last 24 hours over a meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelensky. </p><p>You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9</p><p>New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren and Joe Wilkinson . The technical producer was James Piper. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.</p>
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