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A little-known chapter of D-Day history has now become a major film.

Three days before the Allied landings, the weather looked perfect. But meteorologist James Stagg believed a storm was coming, and his forecast helped change the date of the invasion.

BAFTA-winning actor Andrew Scott, known for Fleabag, Ripley and Sherlock, tells David Sillito what drew him to the remarkable real-life figure he plays in Pressure – and why Stagg’s story still resonates today.

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Germany's far-right AfD is heading for a big victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, far ahead of its mainstream rivals, according to voting projections.

No far-right party has won control of a German state since World War Two, and governing at state level would mean powers over policing, local education and culture.

It is not yet clear if the AfD vote will be enough to take power in the state but the party says it has won a mandate to govern.

The far-right Alternative for Germany is forecast to win a record 44% of the vote, well ahead of the conservative CDU on 17.8%.

The AfD's charismatic leader in the state, Ulrich Siegmund, said it was "sensational" and they wanted to start governing as soon as possible.

Saxony-Anhalt has a small population of 2.1 million and the AfD in the state is assessed by domestic intelligence as "right-wing extremist", a classification rejected by Siegmund.

The AfD's projected result is higher than earlier opinion polls suggested, and Siegmund along with joint national leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla were overjoyed as the news emerged.

"This isn't just about Saxony-Anhalt," Siegmund told supporters. "It's a signal for the whole of Germany - a self-confident signal."

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jessica Parker.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has consistently talked about what he sees as the wrong direction the country has been taken over the last 40 years.

So as the new Chancellor John Healey prepares a speech for tomorrow setting out his plans for growth, we look at whether this government will be as different as it is being presented as.

The new Conservative shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith is also trying to distance himself from the past. We compare the two approaches.

And after more difficult questions for Reform UK and Nigel Farage over money, we ask where he goes from here and whether can recover from the damage they’ve caused.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Will the new government actually be different?

09:28 Who is Kemi Badenoch’s new shadow chancellor?

13:30 Will Labour bail out Jaguar Land Rover?

16:55 Does Nigel Farage’s donations defence help him?

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Thousands of job cuts are expected at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a year after a cyber attack brought car production to a halt for more than a month.

The company did not confirm the numbers but the Times reported as many as 4,000 jobs may be lost due to the impact of tariffs and a drop in sales.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that when he meets the bosses of JLR and the Unite union to discuss the impact of the job losses early next week, they would focus on ways to "mitigate" the cuts.

JLR employs around 30,000 people in its UK operations and said in July that fewer than 300 people would leave the firm under cost savings plans announced at the time.

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Two US envoys are hoping for "equally productive meetings" in Ukraine after holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on ending the war, US officials say.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to land in Kyiv on Sunday, the first trip by US President Donald Trump's top negotiators to Ukraine's capital.

They discussed "substantive plans for next steps" with Putin on Saturday according to the White House, and an announcement is expected in the coming weeks, as efforts to end the war in Ukraine gather pace.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready for "a substantive conversation" as Witkoff and Kushner were negotiating at the Kremlin, with talks lasting three hours in Putin's official residence on Saturday.

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When CD Projekt Red announced it was making a new expansion for the hugely popular action-role playing game The Witcher 3, it came as a shock.

The original, after all, came out 11 years ago.

BBC Tech Now's Laura Cress spoke to the team behind the Songs of the Past expansion, as well as finding out why it's happening now.

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Nigel Farage has said he "frankly wasn't listening" during a conversation with his former chief of staff and an undercover reporter discussing what appears to have been a scheme to funnel foreign money to Reform UK.

The row has overshadowed the party’s conference in Birmingham, where Laura Kuenssberg, Chris Mason, and Joe Pike got together to discuss Farage’s response and the policies coming from the event.

00:00 The mood at Reform party conference

03:30 How damaging is Reform’s donation row?

08:00 Nigel Farage claims he “wasn’t listening” during donation conversations

12:40 Farage's family tell him to step down

18.00 Reform’s policy announcements

20:30 Jordan Bardella’s Reform conference visit

24:15 What do the controversies mean for Reform?

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Two senior officials stood down from Reform UK after a Channel 4 News report prompted the party to investigate claims about funding.

Nigel Farage's senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform's head of policy James Orr have both stood down pending the outcome of the internal probe. The undercover filming was done by Verbatim Investigations and broadcast by Channel 4 News. Reform UK has denied wrongdoing and Nigel Farage describes the operation as entrapment.

The footage appears to show an attempt to secure funding from someone they believed to be a foreign donor. Electoral law prohibits UK political parties from receiving financial contributions from people who can't vote here. Reform denies any wrongdoing and says it has "been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign-funded climate change activists". Adam and Chris discuss.

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There has been major disruption at the Port of Dover, the UK's biggest international ferry port.

Masked protesters who were blocking access were chanting "stop the boats".

Ferry operators said they are aware of the "traffic disruption" and would accommodate passengers on the next departure once they arrive.

The UK government said: "The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy, but we condemn the behaviour in Dover and the travel disruption it has caused."

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The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.

Backed by African Union members and sponsored by Togo, the "Correct the Map" resolution passed with support from 164 nations, including France and the UK. The US was the only country to vote against it - while six nations abstained.

Although non-binding, the UN vote is expected to influence maps used by institutions around the world.

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