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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President Trump’s Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, has held lengthy talks with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but there appears to have been no breakthrough in the search for peace in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu’s office has, however, described the discussions as deep and constructive.

Also in this edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service:

07:16 Chinese leader Xi Jinping has praised the clamp down on protests in Tiananmen in 1989

12:15 Actress Hayden Panettiere, of “Heroes” and “Nashville” has died at age 36

15:46 The Tupac Shakur murder trial is getting underway

18:42 UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanged messaged with someone pretending to be President Trump’s Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles

22:01 After Zambia’s presidential election, security forces have arrested 11 people in connection with an alleged insurrection p lot

25:49 The first Ferrari electric car sells for $40 million

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Newsnight previously uncovered deep concerns about what was going on inside the University Hospitals Birmingham Trust, from …

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