{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/675c70d1d8cc4b92595ae1c9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Syria revolution, farmers’ protest, Tube fare rises & Marie Antoinette’s £24m ‘smartwatch’: our weekly news round-up","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1734111414191-4be18c7c-3c41-4dcb-9a08-028d5012af60.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to The Standard podcast’s round-up special edition.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/what-next-syria-bashar-al-assad-flees-to-russia-b1198821.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Assad flees Syria</a>: what now for Middle East after <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/syria-bashar-al-assad-fall-refugee-chemical-weapons-b1198916.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rebels topple regime</a>?</li><li>Ivy League graduate <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/luigi-mangione-charged-new-york-police-unitedhealthcare-shooting-brian-thompson-b1199001.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Luigi Mangione</a> charged with UnitedHealthcare boss NYC murder</li><li>Silvertown &amp; Blackwall <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/belmarsh-prison-sadiq-khan-blackwall-silvertown-tunnel-tolls-b1198354.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tunnel tolls</a>: future cost of <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/silvertown-blackwall-tunnel-tolls-drivers-tfl-profit-b1198047.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">London driving</a> revealed</li><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/whitehall-keir-starmer-parliament-budget-government-b1199419.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Farmers’ new London protest</a> against Labour ‘tractor tax’</li><li><a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/28f539\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fabric </a>25th anniversary: new book on east London superclub</li><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/versailles-science-and-splendour-at-the-science-museum-review-b1199578.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marie Antoinette’s</a> £24 million ‘smartwatch’ &amp; first moon map</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}