Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson are joined by Alex Thomson for today's news programme, including:
START Crown employees required to lie in court by Investigatory Powers Act
08:20 Political prisoner Melanie Shaw describes her treatment in prison ...
13:20 ... but the Justice Select Committee doesn't want to know
26:10 As Aleppo is liberated, the attention moves to Deir Ezzor and Idlib
28:30 Turkey threatens to export 3000 refugees to Greece every day
37:00 NATO foreign ministers meeting moves the focus to Ukraine while Baltic states and Poland begin to question involvement with NATO
43:10 Sergeant Blackman to be released on bail
45:15 Alcoholic euthanised in the Netherlands
48:40 A study of corruption in Britain, France and Italy
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