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US President Donald Trump has urged lawmakers in his own party to vote to release files relating to the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The president wrote on Sunday night that Republicans in the House of Representatives should do so "because we have nothing to hide".

The reversal of his recent position follows a slow drip feed of documents concerning the disgraced financier by House Democrats, some of which reference Trump, who has always denied any link to Epstein's sex abuse and trafficking.

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Today, UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks to Laura about the government’s new immigration plans.

Under the plans, people who are granted asylum will need to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently. Plus, refugee status will be cut from five year to two-and-a-half years and then regularly reviewed thereafter.

Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss the new proposals, plus the ongoing rumours about the Labour leadership.

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With inconsistent sizing costing the global fashion industry billions annually in returns, retailers are desperately searching for a solution.

New AI technology, pioneered by a former Savile Row tailor, is trying to target the sizing issue at its source: the production line.

In womenswear the rate of returns can be about 50%, leaving both the brands and the customer unsatisfied.

At Fit Collective, the AI tool surveys analyses lots of aspects of the garments from returns data to customer feedback, then serves up an actionable insight to help the brand improve fit.

Shiona McCallum reports for TechNow.

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People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday.

The major shake-up to asylum policy comes as the government seeks to reduce small boat crossings and asylum claims.

Under the plans, people who are granted asylum will only be allowed to stay in the UK temporarily, with their refugee status regularly reviewed and those whose home countries are then deemed safe told to return.

Currently refugee status lasts for five years, after which people can apply for indefinite leave to remain.

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Laura and Paddy discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to continue with legal action.

The BBC apologised to the president, saying it had unintentionally given "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action" and said it would not be broadcast again. However, they would not pay financial compensation.

Chief North America correspondent Gary O'Donoghue joins us to talk about where we are with the legal proceedings, how much Americans care about this issue, and the political impacts after Trump said that Sir Keir Starmer was “embarrassed”.

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There has been an increasing number of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages and farms in the occupied West Bank.

The United Nations has recorded the largest number of monthly incidents, since it began monitoring, twenty years ago.

There were more than 260 attacks in October, and this year's olive harvest has been particularly marred by extreme violence.

Human rights groups say that settler aggression towards Palestinians has risen since the Gaza War began in 2023 after the 7 October Hamas attacks. UN figures suggest that more than 3,200 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by settler violence and restrictions since then.

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People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in a major change of policy to be announced by the home secretary on Monday.

Shabana Mahmood is expected to declare that the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, as she seeks to reduce asylum claims and small boat crossings.

Under the plans, those granted asylum will be returned to their home country when it is deemed safe and their status will be regularly reviewed.

Currently, refugee status in the UK lasts for five years, after which they can apply for indefinite leave to remain and have a route to citizenship.

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The United Nations Human Rights Council has unanimously approved an independent fact-finding mission into the alleged massacre in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher.

The civil war has killed more than 150,000 people and about 12 million have had to flee their homes.

We speak to the BBC's global affairs reporter in Nairobi, Richard Kagoe.

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Fifty year mortgages, recent aid for Argentina, high food prices, a focus on foreign affairs, and Trump telling Fox News that the U.S. needs foreign workers because it doesn’t have enough “talented people”… Americast looks at why some Republicans within the MAGA movement are questioning Trump’s commitment to his campaign promise of “America first”.

Justin, Anthony and Marianna look at how and where Trump is under pressure from within the Republican party, and how serious these ‘cracks’ are within the MAGA movement. Plus, how might Trump satisfy critics who want him to shift his focus back to the economy and domestic policy?

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As companies, governments and organisations race to harness artificial intelligence they are increasingly adopting a new generation of tools - the AI agents.

Software systems can be trained to carry out tasks on our behalf, often autonomously, and could transform how we work, how we search, what we create - even how we defend ourselves. But with every technological leap forward comes new challenges.

In this episode, AI Decoded speaks to ethical-hacker and agentic AI security expert Max Corbridge and AI safety guru Connor Leahy. They discuss how these powerful tools could become weapons in the hands of hackers and what measures we can take to defend ourselves and our businesses.

Joining presenter Christian Fraser is AI Decoded co-host Priya Lakhani, CEO of Century Tech.

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