The World Tonight

News outlets blocked from White House sue Trump

CNN, Politico and MS NOW are taking legal action against the Trump administration after their journalists' credentials were revoked. We hear from one journalist, once described as Mr Trump's antagonist-in-chief, who has personal experience of being shut out of the White House. The head of an independent review into young…

21 Sep 5PM 39 min

French President warns of escalating Russian hybrid attacks

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the threat of hybrid attacks by Russia against Europe and France has intensified. In a news conference at the Elysee Palace, Macron said he had ordered a plan to protect critical infrastructure and defence industry sites in the face of this threat. We…

18 Sep 6PM 38 min

King Charles warns of 'existential danger' from AI in wrong hands

King Charles has warned AI executives of the "existential dangers" posed by the technology falling into the wrong hands at a summit he convened Dumfries House. Amid calls for a slow-down in development, we ask whether Chinese AI companies would agree to cooperate on restrictions, as the chair of Huawei…

17 Sep 6PM 39 min

Trump denounces Fed's decision to raise interest rate

US President Trump has lashed out at a decision by new chair of the Federal Reserve Kevin Warsh to raise interest rates for the first time in three years. Warsh said he was taking the decision to combat inflation, as fuel prices spike around the world. We get reaction and…

16 Sep 6PM 37 min

Britain reportedly considers military assistance for Saudi Arabia

There are reports that Britain is considering sending military support to Saudi Arabia after advances by the Iran-aligned Houthi group further disrupted Saudi oil supplies. We get the view from Riyadh and ask a member of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee what the UK can actually do to…

15 Sep 6PM 39 min

‘Litany of failures’ in case of patient killed on NHS mental health ward

An inquest has heard that staff falsified records, slept and were on their phones on the night that Hugo Flint-Cahan was killed by another patient. Hugo’s brother, who is an NHS doctor, said there had been a “litany of failures” and blamed “incompetence and dishonesty” on the part of staff…

14 Sep 5PM 38 min

Parliament votes against a fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying

MPs voted 286 to 270 against proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. We speak to supporters and opponents of attempts to change the law and ask if there's a different way to address the end of life debate. Also in the programme: As the United States marks…

11 Sep 6PM 38 min

Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms

The race is on to woo voters ahead of elections that will decide who controls Congress. President Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon tells us that he’s "not a supporter" of the proposal to give $5,000 payments to Americans. Also in the programme: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he’ll sue…

10 Sep 6PM 38 min

AI 'could kill all humans' within 10 years: says Anthropic researcher

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton tells us the warning is plausible and urgent action to regulate artificial intelligence is needed. Also in the programme: Calls for answers in Westminster after a failure of the UK's air traffic control system causes more than 2,000 flights to be cancelled over two days…

9 Sep 5PM 39 min

Israel retaliates for British sanctions on occupied West Bank imports

Israel has accused Britain of "consistently operating" against Israel, after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband introduced sanctions on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The UK government says the measures are vital to keep the two-state solution alive in the Middle East. We'll have reaction from the Palestinian ambassador to…

8 Sep 5PM 47 min