Six O'Clock News Episodes Episode guide
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20/04/2017
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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19/04/2017 MPs approve election on June 8
PM says Jeremy Corbyn is unfit to lead UK, but she is mocked for ruling out TV debates.
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18/04/2017 Theresa May calls early election
The Prime Minister says she wants to strengthen her position ahead of Brexit talks
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17/04/2017 Concerns about Turkish Referendum
International monitors have expressed serious concerns about the referendum in Turkey
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16/04/2017 US working with China on North Korea
US says China agrees 'threatening behaviour' by North Korea can't continue
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15/04/2017 Syria bombing kills evacuees
Aleppo bomb attack kills dozens during operation to evacuate four besieged Syrian towns
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14/04/2017 N Korea warning over US "provocation"
North Korea accuses US of putting the Korean peninsula at risk of thermo-nuclear war.
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13/04/2017 President Assad rejects blame for chemical attack.
Syria's President says his forces did not carry out a chemical attack on a rebel town.
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12/04/2017 Vladimir Putin meets US Secretary of State in Moscow
The US Secretary of State has met Vladimir Putin in Moscow as tensions grow over Syria
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No G7 backing for Boris's Russia sanctions 11/04/2017
A blow to Boris as G7 fails to back Britain's sanctions plan for Russia
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10/04/2017 G7 pressure on Russia
Britain & the US call on G7 to intensify the pressure on Russia over Syria.
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09/04/2017 The man suspected of a lorry attack in Sweden was due to be deported
A British man was one of the four people killed in Stockholm
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08/04/2017 Foreign Secretary Cancels Russia Trip
Boris Johnson cancels trip to Moscow because of Russian support for the Syrian regime.
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Russia reacts angrily to US strikes in Syria
Moscow has warned that the US came "within an inch" of military confrontation with Russia
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A man ordered to pay a fine for taking his daughter on holiday during the school term loses his legal battle.
A man fined for taking his daughter on holiday during the school term loses legal battle.
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05/04/2017 UN clashes over Syria attack
Russia is criticised for backing the Syrian regime after chemical attacks.
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04/04/2017 Nearly 60 killed in suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria
Nearly sixty people have been killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria.
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03/04/2017 At least ten people killed in a suspected bomb attack on the metro system in St Petersburg
The Russian Prime Minister has described the explosion as a terrorist act
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2/4/17 May tells Gibraltar that Brexit is no threat
Theresa May has told the leader of Gibraltar that Brexit does not threaten their future
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01/04/2017 Brexit: UK urged to stand up for Gibraltar
Brexit: UK urged to stand up for Gibraltar; Anger at prison officers pay review
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31/03/2017 EU says no to early trade talks
EU demands "sufficient progress" in Brexit talks before negotiating trade deal
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30/03/17 Brexit begins with Great Repeal Bill
Parliament hears plans for what the government is calling the Great Repeal Bill
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29/03/2017 UK triggers Article 50
The UK has formally begun the process of leaving the European Union.
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28/03/2017 Scotland's Parliament votes for second independence referendum
The Scottish Parliament has voted to hold a second independence referendum.
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27/03/2017 Westminster attacker's mother speaks of shock
Police say no evidence of link between Westminster attacker and terror groups
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26/03/17 Rudd: WhatsApp must not be "place for terrorists to hide"
Rudd: security services must have access to encrypted messaging services in terror cases
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25/03/2017 UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell quits party
UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell quits party
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24/03/17 More arrests in Westminster terror attack investigation
Police investigating the Westminster terror attack have made further arrests.
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23/03/2017 Police name the man who carried out the attack in Westminster
Khalid Masood, from the West Midlands, has a number of previous convictions
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22/03/2017 Westminster Terror Attack
An attack at the Houses of Parliament in London is being treated as a terrorist incident.