Tannoyed
The US and Russia have held high-level talks over the tension in Ukraine, aimed at lowering the chances of war. The BBC\u2019s Diplomatic Correspondent, James Landale, and Steve Rosenberg, our Moscow Correspondent, join Adam to try and figure out what both sides are thinking.
Armando Iannucci, creator of satires like \u2018The Thick of It\u2019 and \u2018The Death of Stalin\u2019, gives us his take on the political turbulence, at Westminster in particular, as well as his reasons for campaigning to protect the BBC\u2019s long-term funding.\n\xa0\nThere were two big music stories today too: Adele\u2019s Las Vegas postponement and the death of the rocker Meat Loaf. Entertainment reporter Sin\xe9ad Garvan drops by to tell us more.
First stop: we hear from a pretty recognisable voice on the government\u2019s plan to limit the number of \u201cspam\u201d tannoy announcements on English trains.\n\xa0\nToday\u2019s Newscast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Ben Cooper and Georgia Coan. The studio director was Emma Crowe and the assistant editor was Sam Bonham.