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Today, after speaking to Rachel Reeves in what’s likely to be her final interview as chancellor, Laura speaks to Paddy about what we might get from the new administration.

Andy Burnham has talked about “room within [the Labour] manifesto for movement on tax."

What does that mean in practice?

We’ve got some clues from Labour insiders.

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BBC Tech Now visits Sweden to see how cutting-edge technology is helping preserve a historic warship for future generations.

Built from organic materials, historic ships are constantly at risk from decay, environmental changes, and structural stress.

Conservation experts are now using advanced scanning, monitoring, and digital tools to better understand these fragile vessels and slow the effects of time.

Watch how innovation is helping keep the past alive.

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The US launched a fresh wave of strikes in response to Iranian forces hitting a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

In response to the American strikes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the waterway was closed until further notice and launched attacks on US bases and allies in the region.

The IRGC said it had hit a US base in Jordan, while the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain all responded to missiles and drones from Iran.

It comes after incidents earlier this week in which three commercial tankers were attacked, prompting an exchange of strikes between the US and Iran.

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For the first time in 6,000 years, bison are roaming wild in Cumbria.

BBC Travel Show's Roma Wells helps Donovan Wright, one of only two bison rangers in the UK, release them into the wild. And it's as extraordinary as it sounds.

On the 200th birthday of the Zoological Society of London, Roma asks the question on everyone's minds: what are zoos actually for in 2026?

The Travel Show 'Do Zoos Have a Future?' is out this weekend on BBC News worldwide and anytime on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has died following a brief and sudden illness.

His office has released a statement saying he died on Saturday evening.

Elected to the US Senate in 2002, the South Carolina politician was one of Washington's most influential voices on defence and foreign policy and a key ally of US President Donald Trump.

He had just returned from Kyiv, where he met the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.

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Today, Laura and Paddy look at what we know and don’t know about the murder of Ann Widdecombe.

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​​A murder investigation was launched after the Reform politician was found on Thursday.

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​​We also hear tributes and reaction to her death.

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​​And, Laura’s been talking to Rachel Reeves in what could be her last interview as chancellor.

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​​We discuss whether it was a pitch to keep her job, or a warning to Andy Burnham.

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The Free Republic of Liberland wants to be a truly libertarian, digital micronation that runs on the same technology as cryptocurrencies.

The unrecognised micronation is bankrolled by some of the wealthiest men in crypto and it runs on an idea they are trying to export - that government itself can be replaced with blockchain technologies.

Citizens vote on laws and referendums using digital tokens, and the voting itself is automatically tallied and enforced by code, rather than counted by officials.

However, the technology is still in an early phase, and human officials are still required to implement laws.

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Prince Harry has completed a five-day trip to the UK, to get ready for the Invictus Games and to attend charity events.

The engagements started on Tuesday in London before moving on to Birmingham.

But as always, much of the focus was on family tensions and whether there are any signs of bridges being built between the returning Sussexes and their royal relations.

The BBC’s Royal Correspondent Daniela Relph followed every twist and turn of the visit as it unfolded.

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The US wants Iran to publicly state that the Strait of Hormuz is open and to pledge to stop firing on commercial ships as part of negotiations due to be held in Oman on Saturday.

US media cited unnamed officials as saying Tehran had privately acknowledged to President Donald Trump's advisers that the shooting at ships was a mistake, though the Iranians reportedly pinned the blame on a rogue internal group.

Trump has said both sides have agreed to continue talks despite this week's fighting over the Strait of Hormuz, which the White House saw as a violation of the ceasefire.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said his country had "kept its word" on the ceasefire, saying on X the US had violated the deal.

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Hundreds of firefighters in Spain are still battling to contain pockets of flames in the south east after one of the country's worst-ever wildfires.

Emergency services have been deployed around the village of Bedar where 12 people have been killed - among them four Britons, according to Spanish authorities. Another 23 people are still missing.

Local officials in the Los Gallardos area of Almería have warned the number of dead could rise, with fears that more Britons are among those killed.

A sustained heatwave with temperatures of around 40C (104F) has caused wildfires across Southern Europe this summer, particularly in France, Portugal and Spain.

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