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Adam is joined by Henry Zeffman and home affairs commentator Danny Shaw to discuss the findings of a report that stopped Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a Europa league match last November.

The UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the report shows there was a "failure of leadership" at the top of West Midlands Police.

We also discuss why UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer decided to change his plans to implement a mandatory digital ID and how Labour MPs are reacting to mounting government U-turns.

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What does the future hold for Greenland and the Arctic?

The US administration is hosting the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers in the White House.

President Donald Trump has continued his pledge to take control of the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark - threatening to take it "the easy way or the hard way", claiming the US needed Greenland for national security.

Greenland's prime minister has said his people would choose Denmark over the US if they were asked to make such a choice "here and now".

Our Europe editor, Katya Adler, has been taking the temperature in the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk.

00:47 - What are Greenlanders saying about President Trump's comments?

02:34 - Greenland's future

06:02 - Is this just about security? What about rare earth minerals?

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Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from the European Copernicus climate service and the Met Office shows.

But the last three years were the world's warmest ever recorded, bringing the planet closer to breaching international climate targets.

Despite natural cooling from La Niña, 2025 was still much warmer than temperatures even a decade ago, as humanity's carbon emissions continue to heat the planet, scientists have warned.

That will inevitably lead to further temperature records – and worsening weather extremes – unless emissions are sharply reduced, scientists warn have warned.

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President Donald Trump has renewed his claim that the US needs Greenland for National Security, ahead of a White House meeting between US Vice President JD Vance and Denmark and Greenland’s foreign ministers.

In a post on the Truth Social platform, the US president said “it is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building”.

The purpose of today’s talks is the future of the island, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark in the Arctic.

Denmark insists Greenland is its sovereign territory, a position supported by major European powers.

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The government has dropped plans requiring workers to sign up to its digital ID scheme in order to prove their right to work in the UK.

By 2029, right to work checks will be done digitally – for example by using biometric passports – but registering with the new digital ID programme will be optional.

When the government first announced the policy plan, it argued that mandatory digital ID for workers would make it easier to clamp down on immigrants working illegally.

The change of policy is the latest in a series of U-turns the government has made since it came to power – including climbdowns on welfare reforms, reducing winter fuel payments and inheritance tax for farmers.

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At least 28 people have been killed after a construction crane fell on top of a moving train carriage at around 09:00 local time (02:00 GMT).

Official records show the train, which was carrying at least 195 people, had been travelling from Bangkok to a province in northeastern Thailand.

The crane had been working on a high-speed rail project linking Thailand and China.

The impact caused one train carriage to derail and another to catch fire.

The governor of the State Railway of Thailand has been ordered to “thoroughly and comprehensively” investigate the cause of the accident

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President Donald Trump has said the US will take “very strong action” against Iran if it executes protesters.

It comes as relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, told BBC Persian he is due to be executed today.

More than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities, according to a US-based rights group.

Trump has been weighing military and other options in response, while Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned his country will defend itself against “evil and foreign interference”.

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The family of A 26-year-old protester in Iran have been told he will be executed tomorrow, after he was arrested and sentenced to death for joining anti-regime demonstrations.

Erfan Soltani, a resident of Fardis, west of Tehran, was arrested at home and handed a death sentence three days later, as the regime steps up its brutal crackdown on dissent.

More than 2,000 people are now reported to been killed during the violent crackdown by security forces on protesters. Thousands of people have taken to the streets demanding an end to Iran's fundamentalist regime.

The United States has issued an urgent warning to its citizens to leave Iran immediately, as President Trump weighs up military and other options. He has warned Iran’s leaders and security forces that they will “pay a big price” for the bloodshed and has urged Iran’s citizens to “keep protesting”.

The protests, which have reportedly spread to 180 cities and towns in all 31 provinces, were sparked by anger over the collapse of the Iranian currency and soaring cost of living. They quickly widened into demands for political change and have become one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s clerical establishment since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

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US President Donald Trump has urged Iranian anti-government protesters to "keep protesting", saying "help is on its way".

Thousands of people are feared dead after a crackdown on weeks of anti-government protests in Iran. Iranians describe terrible levels of death and destruction in their first calls to family abroad in days.

An Iranian security official told news agency Reuters that the death toll could be around 2,000 people, including security personnel.

While some people in Iran are now able to call people outside the country, an ongoing internet blackout is making it difficult to verify information from inside.

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Today, US President Trump has urged Iranians to keep protesting, saying that “help is on its way”.

News agencies and BBC journalists are reporting that the death toll after anti-government protests is now in its thousands, as the state-imposed internet blackout continues.

But what does President Trump mean and what’s next for Iran? Adam is joined by BBC World and BBC Persian senior reporter, Siavash Ardalan and BBC News Chief Presenter, Caitríona Perry.

Plus, Caitríona and Adam also look ahead to tomorrow’s meeting between Denmark, Greenland and the US as Greenland’s Prime Minister says the island is not for sale.

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