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Will insurgent parties Reform UK and the Green Party upturn the electoral picture after the May 7th England elections?

Watch what the Question Time panel said on this audience question on the Question Time England Election Special, live from Maidenhead, featuring Labour’s Emma Reynolds, Conservative Victoria Atkins, Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper, The Green Party’s Rachel Millward, and Reform UK's Zia Yusuf.

Catch up with the whole of the debate with BBC Question Time on iPlayer and Sounds now.

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Today, after a week of warning’s from the government over the financial impact of the war in Iran - is the reality starting to hit home?

Adam, Chris and Faisal are joined by Ailbhe Rea, Political Editor of the New Statesman, to discuss how the financial effects could be felt all over the country? It comes after the Bank of England warns interest rates could rise this year following a “significant energy price shock”.

And, with economic uncertainty looking set to continue - could this put off Labour MPs from launching a challenge to Keir Starmer?

00:40 – Golders Green Attacks

04:31 – Starmer vs Political Gossip

05:39 – Iran War & its Economic Impact

06:21 – Inflation & Economic Warning Signs

07:24 – Gulf Shipping Crisis

08:19 – Supply Chains & Oil Prices

10:07 – Duration of the Economic Shock

11:45 – Government Messaging Shift

12:50 – Inflation & Interest Rate Risks

20:03 – Labour Leadership Tensions

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Two of the world's most powerful tech billionaires are locked in a legal battle over OpenAI - the company behind ChatGPT and a leading force in artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk is suing the firm and its boss, Sam Altman - with whom he founded OpenAI in 2015 - alleging that they misled him by shifting the organisation away from its non-profit roots towards a for-profit model.

OpenAI says Mr Musk is motivated by jealousy and regret for walking away from the company in 2018. It has also accused Mr Musk - who now owns a separate AI firm - of trying to derail one of his key rivals.

This court battle takes place as a handful of tech giants are competing to reach the next stage of AI development: artificial general intelligence or AGI. That is loosely defined as AI that surpasses human intelligence.

We speak to the BBC's AI correspondent Marc Cieslak about the case, its possible ramifications, and the future of AI.

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Oil prices have jumped to their highest level since 2022 after a report that the US military is set to brief US President Donald Trump on new plans for the Iran war.

The Strait of Hormuz waterway is still effectively closed and peace talks appear to have stalled, causing energy prices to increase with brent crude rising by almost 7% to more than $126 (£94) a barrel at one point.

News site Axios reported that the US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran to try to break the US-Iran deadlock.

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Why aren’t Democrats more popular, given the president’s low approval ratings in significant areas such as the economy? And what do Americans really think of Donald Trump?

In this special episode of Americast, recorded live at Maida Vale studios in London for Castfest (celebrating some of the BBC’s best loved news podcasts) we look at recent polling for both Donald Trump, and the Democrats. Why has the president lost support, and how worried should the Republican party be, given the possibility of losing control of Congress in November’s midterm elections?

Justin, Sarah, Anthony and Marianna also hear why former Trump loyalist Tucker Carlson who is now apologising for helping to get Donald Trump elected, and the wider impact this may have on Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) base.

We also take a closer look at polling for the Democrats and why the party is not more popular. What should Democrats be doing ahead of the presidential election in 2028 to increase their support?

00:00:00 Trump is unpopular in the US

00:01:10 What’s driven Trump’s polling collapse?

00:03:00 Trump’s MAGA backlash online

00:05:11 Tucker Carlson’s apology

00:08:04 How social media changes the presidency race

00:12:43 Is Trump losing his base?

00:15:29 Are the Democrats unpopular?

00:18:31 Is there a leader of the Democrats?

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With peace talks between the US and Iran at an impasse, the Pentagon says it is planning a short, sharp campaign to force Iran's hand in negotiations.

Could the focus be a seizure of Iran's enriched uranium, and how would it be carried out? 

The Security Brief takes you back to 1994, when Project Sapphire saw the US conduct a covert operation in Kazakhstan to seize 600kg of enriched uranium, before smuggling it back to the United States. 

Christian Fraser and Mikey Kay explain what can be learned from that operation, and why a mission in Iran would be far more difficult. 

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The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe", meaning an attack is "highly likely" in the next six months.

Two Jewish men - Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76 - were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, on Wednesday, in an attack police have declared as a terrorist incident.

The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre said the increase follows yesterday's stabbings, but "is not solely a result of that attack".

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The stabbing attack in Golders Green, London, has left Britain’s Jewish community “scared, intimidated, wondering if they belong”, the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.

Two Jewish men - 34-year-old Shloime Rand and 76-year-old Moshe Shine - were attacked on Wednesday. Police are treating it as a terrorist incident.

Starmer, delivering an address from Downing Street on the attack, called on people to “open their eyes to Jewish pain”.

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For the first time in history a country has apparently won a battle using only robots, without a soldier on the ground put at risk.

Ukraine claims to have recently taken over a Russian position – forcing Russian soldiers to surrender – using robotic systems alone.

President Zelensky has been asking the world for help to fight Russia since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.

But in the years since, Ukraine has revolutionised the technology of warfare with battlefield robots and drones, and now other countries are turning to it for its technology and expertise.

We speak to the journalist and defence expert Mark Urban about how Ukraine went from needy to needed.

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00:00 Introduction

01:30 Ukraine's robot war revolution

03:02 How has the Ukraine war evolved technologically?

07:50 Can the Russian's keep up with Ukraine's innovation?

15:08 What happens if drones get more powerful?

19:08 Is Ukraine leading America with its war technology?

21:08 Could future battles be fought by robots only?

Footage of smash‑and‑grab robberies across London have been going viral on social media, while at the same time the price of gold sky-rocketed at the start of 2026.

So, are these two things connected?

In this video...

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Here’s what we know

01:05 - Meet the experts

01:20 - The rise in jewellery robberies

02:37 - What actually is gold?

03:12 - Prices explained

04:56 - Why gold is so attractive to criminals

05:56 - Keeping gold safe

07:23 - The effect of social media

08:34 - Are robberies and gold prices connected?

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