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#TroopingTheColour #RoyalFamily #UKCrowds gathered in central London on Saturday for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the King's official birthday.

The parade is one of the biggest royal and military spectacles of the year, culminating with a Red Arrows flypast watched by the royals from the Buckingham Palace balcony.

It features more than 1,400 members of the armed forces as well as 200 horses and 400 musicians.

Alongside the King and Queen were the Prince and Princess of Wales with their children.

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People in Makerfield made up 0.1% of the vote at the last general election. Now - they’re potentially choosing the next prime minister.

In the most consequential by-election in decades, 14 candidates are standing to become an MP for the north-west England seat.

The two main front-runners are Labour’s Andy Burnham and Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon.

Burnham has said that if elected, he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer in Downing Street.

BBC Journalist Kirsty Grant headed to Makerfield to explain how we got here.

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0:00 - Background to Makerfield

00:36 - What’s a by-election?

01:02 - What do locals think?

01:22 - Pressure on Starmer

01:41 - Labour’s Burnham plan

02:01 - About Kenyon and Burnham

02:22 - Locals: ‘It’s been chaos’

03:10 - Global media attention

03:29 - The threat of Reform

04:33 - Awkward for Starmer

A year ago, artificial intelligence was being sold as something close to science fiction — a technology that could transform society, cure disease, even reshape the global economy.

Today, the tone is changing. The companies leading the revolution are racing to the stock market — chasing billions in investment — while quietly confronting a much harder reality: AI is expensive, unpredictable, and far from profitable.

At the same time, some of the very people building this technology are warning we may be going too fast — even calling for a global pause.

And beyond Silicon Valley, a different story is emerging: growing public anxiety, political backlash, and the rise of what some are calling anti-AI populism.

So is AI entering its most pivotal moment yet — caught between financial pressure, technological risk, and political resistance?

AI Decoded Presenter Christian Fraser is joined by Financial Times AI Editor Madhumita Murgia, Thematic Strategist at Deutsche Bank Research Adrian Cox and Richard Coffin, Host of popular investing podcast ' The Plain Bagel'.

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More than a year ago on 12 June 2025, a London-bound Air India flight crashed just 32 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad.

260 people - 241 on the plane and 19 on the ground - were killed in one of the worst aviation accidents in India's history. One passenger miraculously survived the crash.

The BBC's Azadeh Moshiri speaks to the families still waiting for answers.

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The World Cup has officially kicked off this week - but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, climate impact and travel restrictions.

The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a look at the challenges facing this year’s tournament.

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Relatives of those who died in the Air India plane disaster have been marking the first anniversary by keeping vigil at the site in Ahmedabad.

Flight 171 crashed just 32 seconds after takeoff, killing 260 people. One man onboard survived.

Air accident investigators say a final report on the cause of the disaster will be released once all its work has been completed.

But many families of the victims have been voicing their frustration with the process, and the lack of answers they have been offered. Some have yet to receive the remains of their loved ones to hold a proper burial.

We speak to the BBC's Azadeh Moshiri who is at the site in Ahmedabad.

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00:00 Introduction

00:21 What happened on the day of the crash?

01:50 The chaos after the disaster

03:03 What have air traffic investigators said?

04:22 The interim report

06:45 What Boeing and Air India have said

09:40 The mix-up of remains from the crash

11:45 The sole survivor

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Will opposition to data centres remake the political landscape in America?

These enormous buildings are being built to house the computers that process and store the huge amounts of data that AI companies work with.

But in places such as Utah, where a 62 square mile data centre has been approved, voters are voicing their concerns. These concerns range from the environmental impact; the effect on property prices and electricity costs; the constant noise and the aesthetic impact of these enormous buildings on the landscape.

This opposition is bi-partisan - affecting both Democrat and Republican voting areas and politicians in Washington have started to take note. Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders has sponsored a bill calling for the immediate moratorium on the building of new data centres, arguing that the federal government needs time to better regulate the AI industry.

In this episode, Anthony and Justin discuss whether this issue has the potential to impact the crucial Mid Term elections in November. And we hear from energy journalist Robert Bryce who has been tracking these protests across the United States and ask, are American voters turning against Big Tech?

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Today, Adam and Chris discuss Chris’ interview with the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.

The prime minister sat down for an extended conversation with Chris following the resignation of his defence secretary John Healey yesterday over disagreements about the government’s new Defence Investment Plan.

It’s the latest blow to the prime minister following several high profile cabinet resignations last month and the possibility of a leadership contest in the near future.

Adam and Chris breakdown what it all means.

A full list of candidates and loads more information about the Makerfield by-election is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrp1z8n4w2o

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Iran has insisted that a final decision on an agreement to end the current conflict with the US has not yet been reached, despite President Donald Trump again claiming a deal was likely to be signed imminently.

President Trump had declared the US would strike Iran "very hard" again on Thursday, but later said he was cancelling the strikes because negotiators had "just made a great settlement" with Iran.

He told reporters it was "subject to finalisation of documents, which should get done, over the next few days" and that there would "probably" be a signing ceremony in Europe.

But Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said reports of an agreement were "speculative" and "nothing has been finalised".

Trump has previously claimed a deal with Iran was close without one materialising.

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The 2026 World Cup kicked off last night in Mexico, after a series of controversies in the lead up, including over visas for foreign teams, fans, media and officials hoping to go to the host countries: US, Canada and Mexico.

The latest scandal involves Fifa dropping Somali referee Omar Artan, after the US refused him entry.

Fifa‘s president Gianni Infantino said “we don't control everything”, and asked critics to "chill".

US Customs and Borders protection said in a statement that “derogatory information, including association with suspected members of terror organisations” was discovered after Omar Artan landed at Miami International Airport to attend the tournament.

Artan says he told border officials he knows nothing about the Somali militant group Al Shabab.

Today, we speak to Charles Gitonga, senior journalist and host of the BBC’s Focus on Africa podcast, about how Africans are reacting to the news, and whether the controversies will have long-term consequences for US-Africa relations.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:08 Who is referee Omar Artan?

05:34 Why was Omar Artan refused entry into the US?

08:37 Why can’t he referee in Mexico or Canada?

10:45 What was Omar Artan said since?

12:29 What has Fifa President Gianni Infantino said?

16:51 What has Donald Trump said about African countries?

20:30 What do Africans think about the World Cup in the US?

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