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Today, we discuss whether the EU and UK are about to do a deal on a youth visa scheme. Labour has previously said it has "no plans" for such a scheme, which would make it easier for young people to study and work abroad. But today, the government is no longer ruling it out ahead of a bit summit next month. Adam and Chris discuss the possible “reset”And, tensions are rising between India and Pakistan following an attack that killed 26 people in Kashmir. Adam speaks to Shruti Menon, Senior Journalist at BBC Verify and Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC South Asia Region Editor for BBC News.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to accuse Zelensky of harming Ukraine peace negotiations following the Ukrainian president telling a news conference he would not recognise Crimea as Russian.Adam is joined by James Landale, diplomatic correspondent, and Sumi Somaskanda, BBC News Chief Presenter in Washington, to pick over what we know - and what we don’t - about Donald Trump’s proposed deal. Plus, why peace talks in London have fallen flat after US officials pulled out. And the International Monetary Fund is holding its spring gathering in Washington, where Chancellor Rachel Reeves is pursuing a UK-US trade deal. Faisal Islam, economics editor, has the latest from the frontline of the Trade Wars, and what he’s learned from sitting down with the Chancellor.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade, Shiler Mahmoudi and Kris Jalowiecki. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, we look at the world leaders descending on the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis, and which cardinal might replace him in the upcoming conclave?Adam is joined by Catherine Pepinster who is the former editor of the Tablet magazine and Sister Dr Gemma Simmonds, a theologian at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology.And, for the first time, Chris and Adam took listeners calls and political questions on Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Julia Webster and Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.