Newscast – Starmer-Burnham defense handover

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Today, the focus is on new details expected in the long-term defense investment plan to be announced next week. Victoria Derbyshire re-enters Laura. She, Paddy, and Henry Zeffman discuss moving toward new weapons like drones and away from battleships. You’ll also see how involved Andy Burnham is in his plans and preparation on defense. And, last week we discussed whether Kier Starmer should be PM at the World Cup finals. Today we have an answer. Now you can listen to Newscast on smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenters were Victoria Derbyshire and Paddy O’Connell. Produced by Chris Flynn with Chloe Scannapieco. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was David Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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