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Today, what does recognising a Palestinian state actually mean?

More countries are preparing to join the UK, Canada and Australia in recognising Palestine as a state as world leaders meet in New York for the United Nations.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said recognition gives "a huge reward to terrorism" - he also says a Palestinian state "will not happen". Adam is joined by the BBC’s chief presenter in Washington Caitriona Perry and diplomatic correspondent James Landale.

Plus, in a press conference the Reform party have announce they would abolish the rights of migrants to qualify for permanent settlement in the UK after 5 years, if they win the next election. But do their numbers add up?

Adam speaks to Vicki Young host of Politics Live, and Ben Chu from BBC Verify.

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A British couple released by the Taliban in Afghanistan last week said they were detained in 10 different prisons and at one point thought they would be executed.

Peter, 80, and wife Barbie Reynolds, 76, said it was never explained to them why they were being held, nor why they were released.

The couple, who have run a charity programme in Afghanistan for almost two decades, arrived back in the UK on Saturday after seven and a half months in detention.

Both suffered health problems while in prison, including severe anaemia. Taliban officials maintained they received adequate medical care during their detention and that their human rights were respected.

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In the run up to Moldova’s crucial election on Sunday 28 September, BBC Eye Investigations has been undercover in a fake news network hoping to swing the result.

The BBC has established that posts from this one network - designed to erode confidence in the ruling government - have been seen over 20 million times on social media.

Moldovan authorities say millions in Russian cash has flooded into the country with the aim of convincing citizens to vote out the current pro-EU government. Russia denies it is interfering with Moldova's electoral process.

You can watch the full BBC Eye documentary "Rigged: Undercover in a fake news network" on BBC World Service YouTube or on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

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The Duchess of York has been removed as patron of a children's charity, in the wake of an email emerging in which she called sex offender Jeffrey Epstein her "supreme friend".

Julia's House, a UK children's hospice charity, has removed Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, from her role as a patron.

"Following the information shared this weekend on the Duchess of York's correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein, Julia's House has taken the decision that it would be inappropriate for her to continue as a patron of the charity," said a charity spokesperson.

A spokesperson for the duchess said she was not commenting on the charity's decision.

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from the city of Shenzhen in China, as super typhoon Ragasa continues on its path across south east Asia.

Packing 230km/h (143mph) wind gusts, Ragasa made landfall in the Philippines' northern Cagayan province on Monday, and brings with it a "high risk of life-threatening storm surge”, the Philippine weather bureau said. Schools and government offices in large parts of the country, including in the capital Manila, have been shut.

Authorities in China's Guangdong province have advised residents to prepare for a "catastrophic" and "large-scale disaster"

In Hong Kong, airline Cathay Pacific said it would cancel 500 flights departing the city from 18:00 local time tomorrow, while Hong Kong Airlines said it would stop all departures from the city.

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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank in retaliation for the UK’s recognition of Palestinian statehood.

It comes as France is expected to join the UK, Canada, Australia and Portugal in recognising a Palestinian state.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it gives “a huge reward to terrorism”, and also said that a Palestinian state “will not happen”.

World leaders are also set to gather at the UN General Assembly in New York later, where a meeting is planned to discuss the path to a two-state solution to end the war in Gaza.

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Donald Trump has finished his state visit to the UK and it ended with a joint press conference with the British PM Keir Starmer. What did the two leaders say about Gaza and Ukraine, why was Epstein not really mentioned, and what does it tell us about the relationship between the two countries? Sarah - who was in the room with Trump and Starmer at Chequers - also reveals what Susie Wiles, the US president’s chief of staff, told her about Trump.

The other big topic discussed - and the story dominating US headlines - is the broadcaster ABC’s decision to take Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after his comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk. Justin, Marianna and Sarah unpack what that means for late night talk shows and free speech in America.

HOSTS:

• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter

• Sarah Smith, North America Editor

• Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung would accept a deal between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in which North Korea agreed to freeze production of its nuclear weapons, rather than get rid of them.

Speaking to the BBC’s Jean Mackenzie, he said he would agree to the freeze as an emergency interim measure, so long as denuclearisation remained the ultimate goal.

Since taking office in June, he has been vocal about wanting President Trump to resume nuclear talks with Kim, which broke down in 2019 during Trump’s first term.

But Trump is proving to be an unpredictable ally for South Korea, after hundreds of Korean workers were detained for days in the US earlier this month, after immigration authorities raided an electric vehicle battery factory in Georgia.

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US President Donald Trump hailed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a "great American hero" and "martyr" during a speech to tens of thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Arizona.

Trump was the headline speaker at the packed event on Sunday, which saw top officials from his administration, including Vice-President JD Vance, praise Kirk's political legacy after he was shot dead on 10 September.

Kirk's wife, Erika, also delivered a tearful speech in which she said she had forgiven her husband's alleged killer.

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British fighter jets have conducted a Nato air defence mission over Poland as part of an allied response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace, the Ministry of Defence said.

The RAF Typhoon jets were deployed over Poland on Friday night as part of the military alliance's mission to bolster its eastern flank.

Tensions have escalated following repeated Russian violations of Nato members' airspace this month - with a drone detected over Romania and then warplanes in Estonia's airspace following the incursions into Poland. Russia has denied or downplayed the violations.

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