Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | May 9th – Morning Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 09/05/2024
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Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | May 8th – Morning Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 08/05/2024
Now playing Next Gaza Israel launches ‘limited’ military operation on Rafah The US stressed that this isn’t the full-scale ground assault that Israel has threatened to launch for weeks but instead aims to choke off arms and funds to Hamas. 08/05/2024
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Now playing Next People How Iceland’s ‘no-frills’ Play Airlines is reinventing budget travel Play Airlines’ new CEO is determined to see the low-cost Icelandic carrier grow while maintaining its no-frills - but great service - ethos. 07/05/2024
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Now playing Next Green News How a Shell plant registered millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits Canadian taxpayers covered 93 per cent of the costs of the Quest carbon capture project, a Greenpeace report reveals. 07/05/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Why are Cannes film festival workers calling for a strike? A collective representing freelance film festival workers are calling for a strike during the Cannes Film Festival next week, to protest precarious working conditions. 07/05/2024