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XL Bully Dogs Banned

XL Bully Dogs Banned

The PM vows to ban breed following spate of attacks

Newscast · BBC News

September 15, 202325m 45s

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Show Notes

Marianna Spring sits in for Adam. Rishi Sunak has pledged to ban American bully XL dogs, following a spate of attacks.

Marianna is joined by the BBC’s Navtej Johal, who’s been following the story all week and a has spoken to a young victim. Dog law specialist Trevor Cooper is also on.

And thousands of people are still missing in the city of Derna in north-east Libya, after two dams burst. The death toll could reach 20,000. We speak to Ayat Mneina, a Libyan writer and researcher whose family are from the city.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Marianna Spring. It was made by Chris Flynn with Stephanie Mitcalf. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray.

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