The World Tonight

13/06/2025

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective

13 Jun 6PM 37 min

How Air India plane crash unfolded

Police in India say at least 260 people have been killed in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. We're live in the city of Ahmedabad where an investigation is underway tonight - and we've been meet people in the UK who've been affected. Also tonight: The prime minister of…

12 Jun 6PM 37 min

Will voters feel better off from Chancellor's spending plans?

What would you do with a trillion pounds of public money over the next four years? The Chancellor says "renewing Britain" is at the heart of her plans. So when will voters start to feel better off? We ask a Treasury Minister. Also on the programme: After the US Ambassador…

11 Jun 6PM 37 min

US condemns British government sanctions on Israeli ministers

The US has condemned a decision by the British government, alongside Canada, Norway, New Zealand and Australia, to sanction two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers. Foreign Minister David Lammy says Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both be banned from entering the UK and will have any assets in the UK…

10 Jun 6PM 39 min

Three-quarters of pensioners to get winter fuel payment after U-turn

More than three-quarters of pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this year after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a major U-turn. We look at the new policy and the politics of the decision. Who are the Palestinian gunmen shooting at those trying to collect aid parcels in Gaza? And best-selling…

9 Jun 6PM 37 min

No sign of reconciliation between Trump and Musk

US President Donald Trump is "not particularly interested" in speaking to Elon Musk after the tech billionaire and former close political ally turned on him in a bitter and public war of words. Initial reports that the pair had scheduled a phone call came to nothing. With some among the…

6 Jun 6PM 39 min

President Trump and Elon Musk's relationship implodes

We speak to Ryan Mac, a reporter for the New York Times and the co-author of 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter.'. Also: polls close in the Hamilton by-election where Reform UK's candidate was trying to win votes - just as the party's chairman quit; Robert De Niro and…

5 Jun 6PM 38 min

Trump says Putin "will have to respond" to Ukraine drone attack

Donald Trump had a "good conversation" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone, the US President said in a post on Truth Social. President Trump wrote that Putin "will have to respond" to Ukraine's drone attack on Russian bombers, and therefore the call would not "lead to immediate…

4 Jun 5PM 38 min

More killings near US-Israeli backed Gaza aid site

More Palestinians have been killed near an aid distribution site in Gaza. Israel says it will investigate. The Labour Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee says it's time to sanction Israeli government ministers. Also tonight: The government is under pressure to spend even more on defence than planned - just…

3 Jun 6PM 38 min

Will extra defence spending boost UK economy?

As the government says it will invest billions of pounds to move the UK to war-fighting readiness, we hear about the contents of the Strategic Defence Review - and ask whether there is a broader economic upside from a "defence dividend". Also on the programme: The former US Ambassador to…

2 Jun 6PM 37 min