Up to 750 Ukrainians living in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have been given the opportunity to evacuate as part of a …

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Remarkable footage has been released showing the defection of a North Korea soldier across the border at the Panmunjom truce …

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Chancellor John Healey has just announced the Budget: setting out the government’s tax and spending plans for the coming years.
So what does and doesn’t the Budget include, how could it impact you and are you eligible for the one-off energy bills payment of £100?
BBC economics editor Faisal Islam has everything you need to know.

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Londoners can now travel in autonomous cars for the first time, after Uber was granted a licence to operate a test fleet of self-driving vehicles. Each vehicle must have a safety driver behind the wheel, but the UK government says fully self-driving cars will be available in late 2027.

Driverless cars are the latest threat facing London’s iconic black cabs, over a decade after the introduction of ride-sharing apps revolutionised transport in the city.
Tristan Redman meets Tom Scullion, who has been a cabbie for over 30 years, and asks whether one of the world’s hardest memory tests – the Knowledge – can compete with AI.

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0:00 – Introduction to episode
0:40 – We meet Black cab driver Tom
2:25 – What’s a typical day in the life of a taxi driver?
3:58 – How do you become a black cab driver?
7:16 – How did Uber affect black cab drivers?
8:49 – Tom’s thoughts on driverless cars
10:11 Are driverless cars safer?
12:10 – Why does Tom think they won’t work in London

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Arab-led parties could be the deciding factor in Israel’s election. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, have enough support to form a government. And while Mr Netanyahu’s bloc has the lead, Mr Eisenkot could partner with the Arab parties to reach a parliamentary majority, after a record-high turnout amongst Arab Israeli voters.

We’ll ask what it would take to see a joint-Arab and Jewish coalition take power, who the Arab parties are, and how Arab Israelis became such a powerful voting force.

00:00 Introduction
01:16 Demonstrators call for joint-Jewish and Arab government
03:09 Could Arab parties help Eisenkot oust Netanyahu?
05:21 Who are the Arab-Israelis?
06:14 Why was Arab turnout so high in the Israeli election?

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