President-elect Donald Trump has handed Elon Musk the job of running a new 'Department of Government Efficiency' as part of his new cabinet. The London Standard’s deputy political editor Jitendra Joshi joins us for the latest.

Plus, we head to Lisbon to speak to Web Summit co-founder, Paddy Cosgrave.

Also in this episode:

• Amazon pulls the plug on Freevee
• Could LED lights reduce chances of a great white shark attack?
• Australian scientists find cannabis might actually improve sleep
• £500m skills drive for new generation of engineers and scientists
• Oysters make a triumphant return after 100 years of local extinction

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A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill is calling for terminally ill people, who are expected to die within six months, to be given the right to choose to end their life.

Cop29: Starmer not ‘telling people how to live’ to reach new emissions goal.

NHS pill to help people stop smoking with The London Standard’s health reporter, Dan Keane.

Also in this episode:

Web Summit ’24 is here: we speak to Claire Darley, senior vice president of strategic initiatives, at software giant Adobe

Stephen Fry signs letter protesting 5G advertising on the Tube

Birdwatchers assemble: scarlet tanager spotted on UK washing line

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World leaders meet as Cop29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. We speak to Dr Simon Lewis, of climate change science at UCL.

The UK’s 'anticyclonic gloom' lifts, we speak to the Met Office’s Alex Deakin.

Also in this episode:

Could red wine prevent bowel cancer?

NHS doctors could ‘spend more time with patients’ thanks to AI helper

Welcome Strawberry Claws… a newly discovered crimson hermit crab

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