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Left-wing political outsider Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary.

The former public health official said "In the words of Mohammad Ali, 'We shook up the world'."

He will face Republican and Trump ally Mike Rogers, in November's midterm elections. If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the US senate.

But what do we know about him, and what does his victory mean for the Democrats?

In this video:

00:00-01:15 - Intro

01:15-02:37 - Who is Abdul El-Sayed?

02:37-04:07 - Key issues for Michigan voters

04:07-04:38 - Is Michigan a swing state?

04:38-05:20 - Who is Mike Rogers?

05:20-07:40 - The trend of progressive Democrats

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Today, are some of the world’s leading AI companies doing enough to stop their models from going rogue?

Facebook owner Meta has become the latest tech firm to say one of its AI models hacked another company. Similar breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models have raised cyber-security concerns and prompted calls for tougher safeguards and more rigorous testing. Adam discusses with Professor Gina Neff, Head of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge and Ciaran Martin - Former CEO of The National Security Centre.

And the majority of England’s rivers and lakes have failed a new environmental review. Data from the Environment Agency shows only around one in seven are classed as being in good ecological condition. Despite a record £22bn earmarked for water company environmental improvements by 2030, the overall picture has changed little since 2019. Adam is joined by Environment Correspondent Matt McGrath.

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00:00 Are AI models actually going rogue?

07:19 What are the AI agents trying to achieve?

10:16 An analogy for why this keeps happening.

13:13 What does this mean for normal people?

16:24 What does this mean for AI governance?

18:55 A new report on UK rivers and waterways.

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Israel and Lebanon have concluded a seventh round of peace talks - brokered by the US and held in Rome - without achieving a significant breakthrough.

Central to the talks is a plan for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to withdraw from certain parts of southern Lebanon, where they have been fighting the militant group Hezbollah. Lebanese government troops would then take over security duties there.

But, as we hear from BBC Arabic's Carine Torbey in Beirut, the early attempts to implement this "pilot zone" plan have hit some roadblocks. And Israel has continued to launch strikes on southern Lebanon in recent days.

A lasting ceasefire in Lebanon is considered crucial to achieving peace in the Middle East. Iran has stated that any deal it agrees with the US and Israel must also include Lebanon.

Israel's continued military campaign there has reportedly led to friction between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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00:00 Introduction

00:19 Israel-Lebanon talks

01:53 Israeli withdrawal from "pilot zones"

03:48 Hezbollah strongholds

05:35 Third-party verification of Israeli withdrawal

06:59 What Hezbollah says about the talks

08:00 Divisions in Lebanon

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It has been a week since President Trump announced that the Board of Peace had reached an "historic agreement” in Gaza for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas.

But in the days since, the situation has become more uncertain. Hamas has said that it will only disarm when Israel withdraws its forces from Gaza, but Israeli officials insist they will not withdraw until the weapons are handed over.

On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had not agreed to the plan.

To explain what comes next, we turn to the BBC’s international editor, Jeremy Bowen.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:45 What is the proposed agreement?

03:43 What is the timeline of the deal?

04:58 What weapons does Hamas have?

07:50 How did the deal come about?

10:50 How has Hamas responded?

13:35 How much of Gaza is Israel controlling?

17:00 Can peace come out of this?

Officials in Russia and Ukraine have both reported deaths and injuries following attacks.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country's military had hit two Russian oil refineries in "long-range" attacks.

Russia’s Yaroslav region has counted four injured in an attack on the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery after huge clouds of smoke were seen over the city.

Russia's regional governor in Yaroslavl called it the "largest ever attack by enemy drones", saying 93 drones had been destroyed, but oil storage tanks had been hit by falling debris.

Across Russia, the military said it had intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian drones in multiple regions, including Yaroslavl.

In Ukraine, officials said three people had been killed in a Russian drone attack on a residential area.

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Millions of people visit Cornwall every year for its beaches, coastline and pretty coastal towns.

But for many young people growing up there, life can look very different.

From long journeys to work experience and university open days, to the challenge of accessing opportunities - some students say they face difficult choices about whether to stay or leave.

And the data that often makes the headlines, about poor outcomes in the North, don’t show the full picture. BBC Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys headed to the south west of England to see why it’s falling behind.

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Tucked in south-western Ukraine, Odesa is the country’s third largest city.

It was an economic powerhouse before the war. Now that Russia occupies the majority of Ukraine's coastline, the region has become even more vital.

But residents continue to go about their daily lives.

BBC Correspondent Paul Adams travelled to Odesa as the war at sea escalates.

In this video…

0:00 - War at sea

0:41 - Sound of drones

01:14 - Why are we in Odesa?

02:54 - Trip with the Navy

04:09 - Air raid sirens

05:11 - Patrol at sea

06:57 - Living near ports

08:22 - Sirens at the beach

10:00 - Port boss

10:50 - Impact on local workers

13:28 - Man's house destroyed by strike

15:42 - Machine gun fire

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Four young women have told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed at an army training college for teenagers - with one saying she was raped by several fellow junior soldiers in an attack that lasted hours.

The women all attended the Army Foundation College (AFC) at Harrogate, North Yorkshire, over the past five years and say the incidents happened when they were aged 17.

The BBC can also reveal that North Yorkshire Police received 16 reports of sexual offences linked to the college in the year to June, according to a Freedom of Information request.

Those reported offences include allegations of exposure, voyeurism and sexual assault. No information was provided as to whether they had led to prosecutions.

"Unacceptable and criminal behaviour has absolutely no place in our Armed Forces," said the Army spokesperson.

"People join in the hope of having a fantastic career and any such reports are unacceptable and go completely against everything the Army stands for."

AFC is the largest military training establishment for under-19s in the UK and it receives all the Army's 16-year-old recruits. There are currently 70 female junior soldiers at the Harrogate site of a total of 889.

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Iran says it has agreed a shipping route with Oman in the Strait of Hormuz that could pave the way for the vital waterway to reopen.

It follows more military threats from US President Donald Trump, if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal for free passage.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, while Israel has conducted strikes in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire.

And inside Iran, the UN say 56 people have been executed since mid-March on charges relating to national security.

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President Zelensky has appealed to allies to increase supplies of air defence missiles to Ukraine, after one of the deadliest waves of Russian strikes killed 21 people, 17 of them in the capital Kyiv and surrounding areas.

Russian strikes are intensifying with the number of missiles launched increasing significantly in recent weeks.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Johnson in Kyiv.

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