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Podcast: The News Meeting
Episode: Why is the government giving the police more power to stop protesters?
Description: Do new oil projects in the Gulf of Mexico signal the end of an international consensus on climate change? Will the Home Office’s new plans to curb protests backfire? Six months on from the Supreme Court ruling, why are the public expected to police each other’s gender?Rebecca Moore is joined by The Observer’s Jeevan Vasagar, Ada Barumé and Evan Moffitt as they pitch their top stories of the day. Find the team’s Must Reads here:One Battle After AnotherRivalsInfinite WibblePre-orde...