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Radio 4,20 Jun 2024,45 mins

Party leaders face Question Time audience

The World Tonight

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The leaders of the four biggest political parties: Sir Ed Davey of the Liberal Democrats, John Swinney of the SNP, Sir Keir Starmer of Labour, and the Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, faced a half hour grilling each from a live Question Time audience in York. Sunak told the audience he was "incredibly angry" to learn of allegations that Tory insiders placed bets on the election. Senior IDF commander, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, told Israeli media that it is wrong to say Hamas can be eliminated. That's despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Hamas's destruction is the objective of the military operation in Gaza. And after a six-decade acting career, Donald Sutherland passed away at the age of 88.

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