4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Today, we look at whether Russia is deliberately testing Nato, after three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonia’s airspace.
Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse joins Laura and Paddy from Kyiv to discuss the how Europe is responding.
Laura and Paddy also discuss an early rift in the leadership of Your Party, the new political party set up by former Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
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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. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn and Grace Reeve. The social producer was Grace Braddock. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The weekend series producer is Chris Flynn. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | We're talking about what Russia's up to on this episode after planes violated Estonia's airspace. |
| 0:10.4 | But first, Laura is not in the BBC. |
| 0:13.5 | She's out there in another location. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm not. I am in Dorset, where I've been speaking to Sir Ed Davy, the Lib Dem leader, |
| 0:19.6 | who marched into his conference, more of that later. And that interview will be on the broadcast round tomorrow. But today we've got lots of things to talk about. And I've got a question for you, Paday. I'm ready. Which is a strange question to ask you. Have you ever wondered what Chris might sound like if he was on Country File? I think it'd sound like a hand in a glove. By the way, the other thing we could just see, whilst I was listening to the conversation there, was a huge bird of prey flying over checkers. Metaphor alert. There's a kite. We were just, well, we were thinking, is it a buzzard or is it a kite? Anyway, I'll leave sort of ornithology. Is that the right word? Yes. To others. Yeah, on that, that optimism thing, I think. I love that. I love that very much. And I've learned never to identify a bird ever. We had emails about this from newscast. Mory said, the large birds noted at the Trump departure from Chequers are red kites, |
| 1:11.4 | for which the children's are well known. |
| 1:13.9 | I always enjoy listening to your newscasts as I walk in the area. |
| 1:16.8 | Thank you very much, Maurice. |
| 1:17.8 | That's good to know. |
| 1:18.8 | And Angela Ashwin in Nottingham, she says thank you for your insightful reporting on the ins and outs of President Trump's visit about the question of which bird of prey was flying over checkers. |
| 1:31.2 | A buzzard has a round edge to its tail feathers, whereas a kite has a distinctive V-shaped tail. |
| 1:37.6 | Come for the news. Stay for the ornithology. |
| 1:40.8 | With that bird news sorted, let's get underway with Saturday's newscast. |
| 1:45.7 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:48.0 | Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. |
| 1:50.9 | I was the tattle tail in the class. |
| 1:52.2 | Can I have an apology, please? |
| 1:53.6 | I trust almost nobody. |
| 1:55.2 | That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. |
| 1:57.7 | Next time in Moscow. |
| 1:59.3 | I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. |
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