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Today, after another two prisoners were mistakenly released from prison - why is the justice system failing and who is to blame?

Justice Secretary David Lammy is under increasing pressure after details have emerged that two more prisoners have been wrongly released. Why didn’t Mr Lammy explain the situation when he was speaking during PMQs? And what has gone wrong?

Plus, after a week where it has become increasingly clear more tax rises are expected at the budget - what is the chancellor’s plan?

Adam and Chris are joined by the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Helen Miller and Luke Tryl from More in Common.

Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders.

The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the audience at the firm's annual general meeting on Thursday.

Musk, who is already the world's richest man, must drastically raise the electric car firm's market value over 10 years.

If he does this and meets various targets, he will be rewarded with hundreds of millions of new shares.

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A US judge has dismissed a criminal case against Boeing over two crashes which killed 346 people.

The move came following a request from the US Department of Justice, but the judge harshly criticised the decision, saying the government had failed to secure the necessary accountability to ensure the safety of the flying public.

Both crashes were blamed on the flawed design of one of its flight control systems.

The Justice Department originally agreed a deal with Boeing to avoid prosecution in 2021 over allegations they had hid the problem - but said in May 2024 it had violated that agreement.

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Adam is joined by the BBC’s climate editor Justin Rowlatt, and Daniela Relph royal correspondent, to discuss Keir Starmer and Prince William’s speeches at COP30.

The Prince and the Prime Minister gave speeches that were slightly at odds with each other as Prince William called upon “the power of urgent optimism” whilst the PM warned that the “consensus is gone” on climate change.

Plus Adam is joined by Alex who’s been deep diving into Reform led local UK councils and what their first six months of governance can tell us about what a Reform led UK government could look like.

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Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the most powerful figures in US politics.

In a video message on Thursday, Pelosi said she will not be seeking re-election to Congress at the end of her term in January 2027.

It marks the end of a storied political career: Pelosi, 85, became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House and led her party in the lower chamber of Congress from 2003 until 2023.

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World leaders are gathering in Belém, Brazil, ahead of the UN climate conference next week.

It takes place a decade after the Paris Climate Agreement in which countries pledged to try and restrict the rising global temperatures to 1.5 degrees.

A recent UN report warned that governments are falling short of the promises made.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that this year's meetings must end with a 'credible plan'.

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A Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts on High Streets the length of Britain, a BBC investigation has revealed.

The fake company directors are paid to put their names to official paperwork, and have dozens of businesses listed on Companies House, but are not involved in running them.

Two undercover reporters, themselves Kurdish, posed as asylum seekers and were told how easy it would be for them to take over and run a shop and make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.

The BBC has linked more than 100 mini-marts, barbershops and car washes, operating from Dundee to south Devon, to the crime network.

But a financial crime investigator told the BBC he believes it goes much wider.

The Home Office said it will investigate the BBC's findings.

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A man at the centre of an organised crime network has been secretly filmed telling BBC undercover reporters how he can help to erase fines of up to £60,000 for employing illegal workers.

The self-described "accountant" is among a group of Kurdish men, first exposed in a BBC investigation on Tuesday, who enable migrants to work illegally in mini-marts, by registering the businesses in their own name.

The man, who goes by the name of Shaxawan, told the two journalists that he and his associates could help migrants - including asylum seekers - to set up businesses illegally and "confuse" immigration enforcement.

Operating from a solicitor's office in Huddersfield, he said he had "customers in every city".

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William "Billy" Smith has handed himself into police after a manhunt for him and another man who were recently released by accident from Wandsworth Prison in London.

Police are still searching for Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, who was mistakenly released on 29 October.

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Typhoon Kalmaegi is heading for central Vietnam after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines.

The storm, which has killed at least 114 people and submerged entire towns in the Philippines, has strengthened in intensity.

Vietnam - already battling record rains and floods - is now bracing for one of Asia's strongest typhoons this year.

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