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Today, President Trump has arrived in South Korea ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping at APEC. The two are set to discuss a possible trade deal which could bring the US and China back from the brink of a global trade war. Adam is joined by China correspondent Laura Bicker and Americast host Anthony Zurcher, both in South Korea, to discuss TikTok, tariffs and soybeans, as they analyse ho...

Today, hundreds of asylum seekers could be housed in two military sites in Inverness and East Sussex as the government seeks to end the use of hotels. Ministers are considering housing 900 men in the Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough army training camp in East Sussex. There are around 32,000 asylum seekers currently being housed in hotels. Adam and Chris discuss whether this will help...

Today, the government has announced an independent investigation into how a migrant sex offender was released from prison. Speaking in the House of Commons the Justice Secretary David Lammy told mps that the release appears to have been “human error”. The Conservatives have called the mistake a “national embarrassment”. Adam and Chris are joined by HM Inspectorate of Prisons. You can now listen to...

Today, we look at the rearrest of migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, and discuss what his mistaken release means for confidence in the government. Kebatu had been mistakenly released on Friday from HMP Chelmsford, where he was serving a 12-month sentence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping, Essex. We also discuss an apology from Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, after she sa...

As promised, this is the full length interview that Laura Kuenssberg did with the former US Vice-President Kamala Harris. Harris makes her strongest suggestion to date that she will make another presidential bid in 2028 after losing to Donald Trump last year. She also said she believed predictions she made about Donald Trump behaving as a fascist and running an authoritarian government had come tr...

Laura and Paddy reflect on Laura’s interview with Kamala Harris, in which she gives the biggest hint yet that she might run for president again. She also calls Donald Trump a “tyrant”. They discuss the White House’s response to her comments. It has said “people don’t care about her absurd lies”. Laura also shares thoughts on Harris’s memoir and the differences between political interviews in the U...

Today, Plaid Cymru have won a by-election in an area Labour haven’t lost in for 100 years. Adam and Chris discuss what it means for Welsh Labour, and for Reform who came second. Plus they are joined by Alex and Joe to round up the political week. Is the political pressure on Prince Andrew’s living situation sustainable? Is Keir Starmer re-thinking how to sell digital id? And, Newscast welcomes a m...

Today, ‘Soldier F’ a former member of the Parachute Regiment has been found not guilty of murdering two people on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland in 1972. The judge, Patrick Lynch, found that the evidence presented fell “well short” of what was needed for a conviction. However, he said that members of the Parachute Regiment had shot dead unarmed civilians and that those involved should “hang the...

Today, concerns are growing over the government’s handling of the set up of a national inquiry into grooming gangs. Two potential candidates to chair the inquiry have withdrawn their names from the process and four survivors have quit the panel assisting it. Adam and Chris are joined by special correspondent Judith Moritz to discuss why this has become such a challenge for the government. Plus, ec...

Today, details have emerged about how Prince Andrew can afford his Windsor mansion as pressure builds over whether he should be allowed to keep it. The new document reveals that instead of paying annual rent, Prince Andrew made large lump sum payments up-front, including for renovations. Adam is joined by politics and investigations correspondent Joe Pike to discuss whether political pressure is b...

Today, we discuss the allegations made in Virginia Giuffre’s memoir against Prince Andrew. Virginia Giuffre passed away in April after taking her own life, but finished writing the book before her death. The book goes into detail about the allegations she has made against Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. Prince Andrew denies all of the allegations made against him, but gave up...

Today, new allegations against Prince Andrew have appeared in the Sunday newspapers, accusing him of asking his police protection to investigate Virginia Giuffre just before the newspaper published a photo of her alleged first meeting with the prince. Prince Andrew has not commented on the reports, but consistently denies all allegations against him Victoria Derbyshire and Simon Jack stand in for...

Today, we look at Prince Andrew’s announcement that he is giving up his titles. He has recently come under increased scrutiny over his ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after new allegations about his behaviour have emerged. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing. Laura and Paddy are away, so Americast’s Marianna Spring and Justin Webb discuss the events leading up to this decision...

Today, President Trump says he will meet President Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks after “very productive” phone call. The conversation comes a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Trump in Washington DC on Friday. Adam and Chris are joined by Caitriona Perry, chief presenter for BBC News in Washington, and Jane Corbin, Panorama presenter. They also discuss the Gaza...

Today, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned the Chancellor she’s risking being stuck in ‘Groundhog Day’ when it comes to her upcoming Autumn budget. Adam is joined by Faisal, who’s been speaking to Chancellor Reeves at the IMF summit in Washington DC, and Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, who have published their Green Budget document today. They discuss why Rachel...

Today, the government has  published witness statements related to a collapsed case against two people accused of spying for China. They deny all of the allegations against them. Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister was questioned by Kemi Badenoch, who accused the government of “a cover-up”. Starmer pointed to the fact the Conservatives were in power during the period concerning the case. Adam a...

Today, serious cyber attacks are on the rise and the government is telling businesses to make pen and paper plans to help them prepare. Adam is joined by BBC cyber correspondent Joe Tidy and Emily Taylor, CEO of Oxford Information Labs and co-founder of the Global Signal Exchange, to discuss why more serious attacks are on the rise and what else can be done. Plus, Chris and Adam are reunited to ta...

Today, President Trump has said that “war is over” as the final twenty living Israeli hostages and almost 2000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The president flew to Israel and then Egypt to discuss the next stages of his plan for peace with world leaders at a Gaza summit. What’s being discussed and are things really ‘over’? Adam is joined in th...

Today, we hear more detail about the hostage release, which a Hamas official says will take place on Monday morning, and we talk through what to expect from an international peace summit in Egypt led by US President Donald Trump and Egypt. Over 20 world leaders, including Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, are expected to be in attendance at Sharm El-Sheikh. A spokesperson for Egyp...

Today, we look at the progress of the Trump peace plan for Israel and Gaza as Hamas recalls 7,000 fighters to reassert control over Gaza amid fears of renewed internal violence. The Hamas mobilisation had been widely anticipated amid growing uncertainty about who will govern Gaza once the war ends. The ceasefire appears to have held but Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are yet to be rele...

Today, the Israeli military says the ceasefire in Gaza is now in effect. Troops have positioned themselves along the lines agreed under the Trump plan, the IDF says - but will continue to "remove any immediate threat". It comes after the Israeli government approved a deal with Hamas which will also see the release of hostages. Hamas now has 72 hours to release all Israeli hostages, while Israel wi...

Today, Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have "signed off on the first phase" of the 20-point peace plan for Israel and Gaza he unveiled last week. Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent, who has been stood in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square where celebrations have been taking place. They discuss the substance of the ceasefire agreement, as well as what’s not yet clear. Plus...

Today, Kemi Badenoch gave a speech at the Conservative party conference. Adam, Chris, and Henry Zeffman were listening and give their immediate reaction. She announced a flurry of new policies, including abolishing stamp duty and introducing a fiscal “golden rule”. Did she manage to silence her critics? And is her job as party leader, at least for now, safe? She also attacked Labour for the collap...

Today, how much political danger are the Conservative party in? Adam and Chris are at Conservative party conference in Manchester where some comments from shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick have dominated the headlines. In a recording reportedly made during a dinner and published by the Guardian, Jenrick said he had not seen "another white face" in the hour-and-a-half he spent in the Handswor...

Today, negotiators from Israel and Hamas head to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt to start indirect talks over an end to the Israel-Gaza war. It appears this is the closest both sides have come to a deal since the war began two years ago. But Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan - which Israel has agreed to and Hamas has partly agreed to - is really just a framework, only a few pages long. So will the talks...