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Syria revolution, farmers’ protest, Tube fare rises & Marie Antoinette’s £24m ‘smartwatch’: our weekly news round-up

Welcome to The Standard podcast’s round-up special edition.  In this episode:<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>?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 murderSilvertown &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<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’<a href="https://pod.fo/e/28f539" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fabric </a>25th anniversary: new book on east London superclub<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 Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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