About this episode

The episode covers Donald Trump's views on Israel and Iran, a top African referee's World Cup ban, and Ben Stokes' cricket captaincy uncertainty.

Donald Trump has told Sky News he doesn’t think Israel will go back to war with Iran. The president made the comments to US Correspondent James Matthews in a phone call. Africa's top referee, Omar Artan, will not be allowed to officiate at the World Cup after he was refused entry to the USA, FIFA has confirmed. Several women have come forward to say that they were victims of sexually exploitative behaviour by West Ham owner David Sullivan. He “categorically” denies the claims. The White House has warned the UK government against banning social media for under-16s. OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up led by Sam Altman, has submitted paperwork to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. England cricket captain Ben Stokes’ future is in doubt after he was reportedly involved in an incident with a Saracens academy rugby player. Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sophy, Wilf

Guest: James Matthews

Topics covered

• US politics
• sports news
• international relations
• social media policy
• cricket
• refereeing controversies

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• Iran
• Israel
• World Cup
• Omar Artan
• David Sullivan
• OpenAI
• Ben Stokes
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, OpenAI, Saracens

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