News Meeting: Exploding pagers in Lebanon and a rape trail that is shocking France

Giles Whittell and guests debate what should lead the news. They discuss the “new phase of the war" in the Middle East, the response to Gisèle Pelicot at her husband’s trial and infighting in Keir Starmer’s top team.

Tickets to the News Meeting live on 25th September available here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/the-news-meeting-live-10/ 

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Guests:

• Louise Tickle, Tortoise reporter
• Jasper Corbett, editor at Tortoise 
• Cat Neilan, political editor at Tortoise 

Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Tortoise.

Producer: Rebecca Moore

Executive producer: Jasper Corbett 

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