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Detectives investigating the shooting of 25-year-old Auguste-Marie Bile-aka Amoa in Clapham on 10 August have released CCTV footage of a moped leaving the scene. No arrests have been made, and police do not believe Bile-aka was the intended target. A £20,000 reward is offered for information.

An American pilot, Wayne Sigler, is in custody after being arrested at Heathrow Airport on 1 November for possessing cocaine. The 64-year-old admitted to the charges at Uxbridge Magistrates Court and faces further proceedings at Isleworth Crown Court on 7 December. His employment details remain unconfirmed.

Talking Europe hosts the newly appointed EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra. The EU has put the Green Deal at the heart of its policy making, and Hoekstra was confirmed in the key job after somewhat fractious hearings in the European Parliament, where some MEPs drew attention to his past work for oil and gas giant Shell. We discuss his plans for implementing the green transition, and the upcoming COP28 summit in Dubai.

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