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Two emergencies are unfolding in China and Iceland.At least 126 people were reportedly killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a freezing, mountainous region of north-western China, on the Tibetan Plateau.Search and rescue operations are under way in the country’s Gansu and neighbouring Qinghai provinces, as rescuers work in sub-zero temperatures.Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, the long-grumbling volcano erupted on south-west Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula after weeks of intense earthquake activity - but without casualties.The eruption shot lava and smoke more than 330ft into the air. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Baroness Mone has admitted that she stands to profit from a contract between the Government and PPE firm Medpro, but insisted that she and her husband Doug Barrowman have “no case to answer”.The Conservative peer confessed to lying to the press after she repeatedly denied her links to a company that made million of pounds during the Covid pandemic.The discuss the scandal, the investigation and what’s next for Baroness Mone, The Standard podcast’s joined by Evening Standard health reporter Daniel Keane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga sit down with our Deputy Culture Editor, Nick Clark backstage at the Gielgud Theatre. The West End and Broadway legends are currently starring in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. This is taken from The Standard Theatre Podcast, click here to find out more.For all the latest news visit standard.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Alex Batty was found after six years. The British boy went missing in October 2017 when he was 11 years old. This week, the now teenager was picked up by a lorry driver after 'walking in the French mountains for days'. Our crime reporter John Dunne explains the details behind this incredible story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After six seasons, 60 episodes and three incarnations of the Queen, Netflix’s The Crown is abdicating its throne. But, will fans be satisfied with its ending? Columnist Melanie McDonagh gives her verdict.In part two, our senior feature writer & editor, Katie Strick, discusses the newest episode of London Love Stories with Katie Strick featuring none other than the much-loved filmmaker Richard Curtis.For details on the Evening Standard’s Winter Survival Appeal visit comicrelief.com/wintersurvival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A ‘historic deal’ has been reached at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai. For the first time, the agreement calls on all countries to ‘move away’ from using fossil fuels, but is it enough?Sustainability expert and presenter of our Sustainable Travel podcast series, Juliet Kinsman, shares her insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Storm clouds gathered over 10 Downing Street as Rishi Sunak tried desperately to quell mutiny among Conservative party rebels ahead of a make-or-break immigration vote on his flagship Rwanda asylum bill.It came as the Prime Minister saw his public ratings on managing immigration hit a new low in an Ipsos UK survey for the Standard.Analysis with Standard political editor Nicolas Cecil.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rishi Sunak won’t like Mondays like this oneThe Prime Minister will have woken up at Number 10 battling two fronts, as his decision-making is probed at the Covid-19 Inquiry in Paddington before facing a crunch vote on Tuesday over his highly divisive Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.The next two days are arguably the most critical of Sunak’s barely year-long premiership.Insight with the Standard’s courts correspondent Tristan Kirk and chief political correspondent Rachael Burford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a special cut down episode from our latest podcast London Love Stories with Katie Strick.A real-life Sliding Doors meet-cute. Host Katie Strick meets Londoners Aaron and Rachel, who fell in love and moved in together just five weeks after a chance encounter on the Tube.Make sure you're following London Love Stories with Katie Strick wherever you get your podcasts to hear more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was a 25-year-old ‘bodge job’ to blame? Passengers left without lighting, heating or toilets. Rachel Riley & James Blunt among those stuck. Our Editor-in-chief Dylan Jones describes his experience stranded on the Elizabeth line, and our travel editor Ross Lydall reveals what may have caused the travel chaos. Follow us on X or on Threads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.