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Radio 4,28 May 2024,45 mins

Diane Abbott has Labour whip restored

The World Tonight

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The BBC has been told that Diane Abbot, the UK's first black female MP, has been allowed back into the Parliamentary Labour party after race row probe, but will she stand in the election? Also in the programme: As Israeli tanks reach the centre of the southern Gazan city of Rafah, there are reports of an attack on a camp for displaced Palestinians in the west of the city. We hear from a British doctor in the area about the worsening conditions there. And, how AI is helping to find a female partner for a lonely male tree?

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