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'National Emergency' for Violence Against Women

Newscast

BBC

News, Daily News, Politics

4.36.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today, Laura, Paddy and Henry speak about the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s plans to set up specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams in every police force in England and Wales by 2029.

We also discuss her ambitions as conversations about Keir Starmer’s future continue.

And as it’s the last time Laura, Paddy and Henry get together in 2025, the team have a look forward to 2026 to predict what they think the biggest stories of next year might be.

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New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray. The weekend series producer is Chris Flynn. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Ricardo McCarthy. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So, Paddy, this has been one of those mornings where a dark event suddenly emerges and will dominate the news probably for the rest of today, probably for the rest of tomorrow.

0:16.1

And it was one of those days we were about to go on air.

0:18.7

We started getting reports in of a multiple shooting

0:21.7

on Bondi Beach in Australia, one of those famous places in the world. By complete coincidence,

0:26.5

one of our guests was Layla Cunningham, who's a reform politician. We told her what was happening.

0:32.6

She then said her nephew lived there. She got him on the phone and he told her and she then told us live on air

0:40.9

within a few minutes there was an active situation. There were shots ringing out. He was a doctor

0:47.4

who was on his way from a neighbouring beach 10 minutes away to go to try to help and since then some of

0:52.4

the videos, some of the eyewitnesses accounts

0:54.3

that have been coming out are absolutely horrific. As we talk at 10 to 11 on Sunday morning,

1:00.4

a lot of things are still evolving and we don't have the full story. But it very much appears

1:05.6

as if this was an attack on a Jewish holiday, a Hanukkah event. Yes, it was a pre-advertised

1:10.7

Hanukkah event for people of it was a pre-advertised Hanukkah event

1:12.0

for people of all ages to have entertainment and activities.

1:15.9

The Israeli president has said this is an attack on Jews,

1:20.5

and the Australian Prime Minister has said his thoughts are with those who died,

1:25.3

but people listening to our podcast in the future

1:27.6

will know more than we do at the moment but to clarify what we do know is there's

1:31.9

been a terror attack on Bondi beach targeting a Hanukkah festival and at the

1:38.3

moment the world's reacting and learning more so we start with our podcast by

1:44.0

saying that's the news and our feelings are with all those who are affected.

1:47.9

But that will be uncovering, developing throughout the day.

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