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The former SNP chief executive has admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party between August 2010 and October 2022, using the money to buy jewellery, cosmetics and a motorhome.

Adam Fleming and Alex Forsyth chat it all through with Patrick Maguire from The Times, in front of an audience at Hay Festival.

00:00 Intro

00:27 What has Peter Murrell admitted to?

04:16 Nicola Sturgeon’s reaction

07:08 Why does the SNP keep winning elections in Scotland?

09:04 What’s next for the SNP?

11:00 The Makerfield by-election campaign trail

12:01 Is Restore Britain splitting the right-wing vote?

17:09 What is the Green Party’s plan in Makerfield?

21:24 Is Nigel Farage changing Reform UK’s strategy?

25:00 Is Andy Burnham offering a new Labour model?

27:03 Will Labour have a policy reset?

29:33 Outro

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The US said it launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines.

The strikes were taken in "self-defense" and were designed "to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces", US Central Command said in a statement.

Iran is yet to respond to the US attack. However, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai earlier said that while some progress had been made in talks to end the war, a deal "is not imminent".

It is unclear what impact the strikes will have on any potential peace agreement between the US and Iran.

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President Trump has attacked critics of his potential deal with Iran as 'losers,' while Iranian officials have played down the prospect of an imminent agreement. Mr Trump insists any deal will either be 'great and meaningful' or it wouldn't happen. He's also linked the deal to a wider, regional peace, encompassing Israel.

Oil prices have fallen on hopes of a deal that could bring an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.

And the annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, has begun in Saudi Arabia, against the background of the Iran war. To reassure pilgrims, the Saudi defence ministry posted a video showing air defence batteries on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.

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Oil prices have fallen sharply and Asian stock markets have risen on hopes of a deal that could bring an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a visit to India that negotiators had a "pretty solid thing on the table" and an agreement to end the conflict might be reached on Monday.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said at the weekend the two sides were both "very close and very far" from reaching an agreement.

According to US media, the mooted deal is not a final settlement and instead leaves some of the thorniest issues to be negotiated later, including the scope and timing of Iranian sanctions relief, the release of frozen Iranian funds, and Washington's demands for Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions.

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Today, Baroness Casey tells Newscast that the judge in the case of three boys who were spared jail after being found guilty of rape was "wrong". The boys were not given custodial sentences following their convictions for raping two girls in separate attacks in 2025 and 2024.

Speaking to Adam and Alex at the Hay Festival, Louise Casey also discusses her career at the helm of some the UK’s biggest inquiries and reviews, including the ongoing adult social care commission and last year’s grooming gangs report.

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The reality for millions of women in Afghanistan is that they have been erased from public life.

There is a ban on women working as doctors, nurses and in other professions. Mothers even are forbidden from taking their children to public parks.

A spokesman for the ruling Taliban regime has told the BBC that women are being granted their rights according to Islamic law.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye.

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Donald Trump says negotiations towards a deal with Iran are ‘constructive’ but both sides must take their time to get it right.

Writing on Truth Social, the US president says Tehran must understand they cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said significant progress had been made, but there was still work to do.

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The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to climb, with concerns over the spread of the virus to other nations.

Health officials say more than 200 people have died and there are more than 850 suspected cases in the country.

Three Red Cross volunteers died in the DR Congo from suspected Ebola likely caught while managing dead bodies, the organisation has said.

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Musician Phil Collins has said he's feeling the best he has for a while after overcoming a number of health issues in recent years.

Speaking to the BBC's Charlotte Gallagher, Phil opened up about how "everything health wise caught up with me at the same time" and that "whatever could go wrong, did go wrong".

Phil also reflected on his career and what he made of his songs being given a new lease of life on social media.

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Two people have been wounded in a shooting near the White House, including a suspect and possible bystander, law enforcement sources tell the BBC's US partner CBS News.

It appears a person shot at Secret Service agents unsuccessfully, and the agents returned fire, the sources say.

FBI director Kash Patel says the Secret Service is currently responding to the incident.

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