Sir Olly Robbins to face committee | Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England? | Nike faces backlash from walkers

About this episode

The episode discusses Sir Olly Robbins' upcoming testimony, mobile phone bans in schools, and Nike's advertising controversy.

Sir Keir Starmer told MPs yesterday in the House of Commons that officials in the Foreign Office deliberately and repeatedly withheld the fact Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. But his version of events could be challenged today by Sir Olly Robbins, the top civil servant at the Foreign Office who left his post last week, who will face the Foreign Affairs Select Committee at 9am. US vice president JD Vance is expected to travel to Pakistan for a second round of talks with Iran today, but it is unclear if Iran will attend. The government has made another U-turn, this time on banning mobile phones in schools in England. Apple has a new CEO after Tim Cook announced he would be stepping down, to be replaced by John Ternus. Nike has been accused of shaming walkers in adverts that have appeared at different locations for parkruns across south London. Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sophy, Wilf

Guest: Sir Olly Robbins

Topics covered

• politics
• education
• corporate news
• international relations
• advertising

Keywords

• Sir Olly Robbins
• mobile phones
• schools
• Nike
• advertising
• politics
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foreign Office, Apple, Nike

Places: Pakistan, Iran, south London

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