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Iran's foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" to commercial ships for the remainder of the ceasefire.

But US President Donald Trump said the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue until a peace deal is agreed.

Meanwhile, oil prices have dropped after Iran's announcement.

Elsewhere, a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon began, with celebrations and fireworks in Beirut.

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The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says it's "staggering" he was not told Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting for his appointment as US ambassador

Speaking from a summit in France, the prime minister says he's "absolutely furious" and will update MPs in Parliament on Monday

Opposition leaders are calling for Starmer to resign, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch saying the PM's position is "untenable"

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Paul Quinn has been found guilty of rape, strangulation and grievous bodily harm, decades after an innocent man was wrongly convicted of the attack in 2004.

 

Following the launch of an investigation into the rape of a young woman in July 2003, Andrew Malkinson was sent to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. 

 

Having spent 17 years in jail, Malkinson’s wrongful conviction is now considered one of the worst miscarriages of justice in the UK. 

 

The BBC’s Home and Legal Correspondent, Dominic Casciani, explores how Paul Quinn managed to evade justice for so long and how the crucial evidence proving Malkinson’s innocence was ignored. 

 

Produced by Claire Ellison and Alex Dackevych.

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Join the AI Decoded team as we examine Sam Altman’s vision for an era of artificial superintelligence. The Open AI CEO is calling for a new kind of social contract — an “AI New Deal” — arguing that unprecedented technological power will require rethinking how the benefits are shared, including ideas such as wealth redistribution and even taxes on robots.

Also in the programme, presenter Christian Fraser is joined by leading AI thinker Gary Marcus and Oxford University robotics expert Professor Sara Bernardini to explore what a future shaped by autonomous machines could mean for work, safety and society.

Plus, tech reporter Lara Lewington meets 19‑year‑old student Maeve O’Neil, whose smart ring detected a life‑threatening health issue before it was too late.

AI Decoded — helping you make sense of the AI shaping your world.

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Why is Nasa spending so much money sending people back to the Moon?

As the dust settles on the Artemis II mission around the Moon, we ask whether it was all worth it and why going to the Moon is so important.

Nasa estimates that the mission cost $93 million dollars and scientists have questioned how much scientific value was gained from it.

Nasa is facing major economic challenges. President Trump's recent budget proposals, in particular, introduced deep cuts, reducing the agency's science programs by nearly 50%.

We speak to the BBC's Science and Climate Correspondent, Georgina Rannard, about the challenges facing Nasa and why the Moon is so valuable to major powers across the globe.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:30 How much did Artemis II cost?

02:41 What does a science journalist think about Artemis II?

05:31 What happened during the Artemis II mission?

08:00 Was Artemis II a PR exercise?

12:33 Why is Nasa in trouble financially?

14:33 Why is space travel so political?

18:00 Why the Moon is so important to the US

22:40 Why we should be exploring the oceans

Tehran has sought to restrict traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israel war with Iran, but some vessels continued to attempt to transit the waterway. The US also introduced its own blockade on ships entering and leaving Iranian ports.

On April 17, Iran said the strait would reopen to commercial vessels, though the US blockade of Iran’s ports would remain in place.

BBC Verify has been monitoring the situation closely but often has to rely on partial vessel data and expert insights to understand developments in the region. The strait is one of the most scrutinised waterways in the world, with around a fifth of global oil supply passing through it.

Before the April 17 announcement, Ben Chu spoke with Michelle Weise Bockmann, a maritime intelligence analyst at Windward, about how tankers are trying to break through the US blockade in the strait.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Cardiff, the first of Question Time’s special election programmes in Wales, Scotland and England.

Watch how the Wales Election Special panel answered the audience question: ‘Are politicians being honest about promises on tax and spending?’.

Featuring Welsh Labour's Huw Irranca-Davies, Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth, Reform UK Wales' Dan Thomas, Welsh Conservative Darren Millar, Welsh Liberal Democrat Jane Dodds, and Anthony Slaughter of the Wales Green Party.

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In an exclusive interview, Wafiq Safa, a senior figure on Hezbollah’s political council, sat down with the BBC's Senior International Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi.

US President Donald Trump has announced that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, which took effect overnight.

The US State Department says that Lebanon must take "meaningful steps" to prevent Hezbollah and all other "rogue non-state armed groups" from carrying out attacks against Israeli targets.

We asked Safa about the deal, and whether Hezbollah will abide by it.

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A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has begun, with celebrations and fireworks in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

More than 2,000 people in Lebanon have been killed in the six-week conflict, with one in five people displaced; Israel said two of its civilians and 13 soldiers have been killed.

In Lebanon, our reporter said people are desperate for respite, while Israeli media report some residents close to the border in northern Israel feel betrayed.

The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet is reporting from Tehran on condition that none of her material is used on the BBC's Persian Service. These restrictions apply to all international media organisations operating in Iran.

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President Trump has announced that a 10 day ceasefire has begun in Lebanon. It was welcomed by Lebanon's president, while Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it presented an "historic" opportunity for peace.

Trump said that the militia group Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran, is included in the deal. However Hezbollah has contradicted that claim, saying that it would not agree to any ceasefire unless Israeli troops withdraw from Lebanon. Israel says its troops will remain in a 10km-deep "security zone" in the south of the country.

Israel’s assault on southern Lebanon is jeopardising the prospects of a wider peace deal between the US and Iran, with the current ceasefire between them due to end in less than a week.

Trump has held out the prospect of further imminent negotiations with Iran, insisting that the Islamic republic is prepared to make significant concessions, something which Tehran has denied.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Nawal Al-Maghafi and Hugo Bachega.

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