Anneliese Dodds has shared Labour's new plans to "modernise, simplify, and reform" the 'Gender Recognition Act'. Writing in The Guardian, the shadow women and equalities secretary added Labour's reform would keep "medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria", officially confirming the party no longer supports self-ID.

Labour's new reforms have received a mix reception from both sides of the debate, with criticisms from LGBTQ+ activists and the public for Labour's ever changing stance on the issue.

Anneliese Dodds was not available to discuss the reforms with the Today programme.

Today's Nick Robinson speaks to Rosie Duffield, Labour MP for Canterbury and gender critical feminist, and Helen Belcher, a Lib Dem councillor, trans woman, and the chair of TransActual UK.

We'll talk about a different theme each week....and this week we are taking a look at history books.

Today's Chris Mason is joined by special guest Greg Jenner, a historian and historical consultant to CBBC show Horrible Histories, and is the author of four books, including ‘You Are History: From the Alarm Clock to the Toilet, the Amazing History of the Things You Use Every Day’.

We will be joined every week of the school summer holidays by the author Frank Cottrell Boyce and librarian Jennifer Horan.

Join us next week for books about nature and climate.

You can find all of our recommendations on our Twitter @bbcR4Today and Instagram and Threads - both @bbctodayprogramme.

The Conservatives have suffered two heavy defeats by Labour and the Lib Dems, but have narrowly held on to former PM Boris Johnson's old Uxbridge seat, after a night of three dramatic by-election results.

Today's Nick Robinson speaks to Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, Conservative Chairman Greg Hands and Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper.

There's also analysis from polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice and the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason.

Parts of the world are currently experiencing record-breaking temperatures - this weekend, Death Valley in California reached 53.9 degrees centigrade, and Xinjiang in China recorded the country's hottest ever temperature at 52.2 degrees.

But how much of the recent heat can be attributed to climate change? What can and should we do about it? And where does it leave the target of limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees, agreed in Paris in 2015 at the climate change summit Cop 21.

Professor Sir Robert Watson, Director of Strategic Development for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, and former Chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tells Today's Amol Rajan that current pledges from global governments aren't going far enough and suggests 'we're on a pathway of at least 2.5 degrees'.

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, is launching an 'open-source' AI to rival ChatGPT. Llama 2, is described as the next generation of their open source large language model which can mimic human creativity and expertise.

Today's Nick Robinson speaks to Baroness Kidron, Crossbench Peer in the UK House of Lords and Chair of the 5Rights Foundation, which works to put children’s needs and rights at the heart of digital design.

He also speaks to former Deputy Prime Minister and Meta's president of global affairs Sir Nick Clegg.

(Photo By Kenzo Tribouillard/afp Via Getty Images)

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has been speaking to Today’s Martha Kearney about efforts to transform the Met's culture, including the removal of more officers.

It follows a review earlier this year by Baroness Louise Casey on the force’s culture and standards after the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer Wayne Couzens, in 2021. During the course of her review, another Met officer, David Carrick, was convicted of a series of rapes, sexual offences and torture of women. Baroness Casey found the force was institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic.

The Met Commissioner also revealed the force is in talks regarding a pay-out to the family of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan. Mr Morgan was found with an axe in his head in the car park of a pub in Sydenham, south-east London, in 1987. No-one has been convicted over the father of two's killing, since which there have been five inquiries and an inquest, at an estimated cost of more than £40m.The Met has previously admitted corruption hampered the original murder investigation and apologised to Mr Morgan's family. A panel found in 2021 that the Met repeatedly covered up its failings.

Photo Credit: Carl De Souza/Pool via REUTERS

US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly will unveil the full results of its trials of the drug 'donanemab' - which is the second shown to slow progression of dementia.

The results of the donanemab trial will be revealed at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam, and the drug could be licenced as safe in the UK in as little as a year to 18 months.

The NHS would then have to weigh up the cost effectiveness when it comes to who it can give the drug to.

Today's Mishal Husain speaks to Hilary Evans, Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Research UK and Co-Chair of UK Government Dementia Mission, and Professor Sir John Hardy, Professor of Neurodegenerative Disease at UCL - who advised the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly during the development of donanemab.

Photo credit: Denis Balibouse, Reuters

In recent years, Germany has twice opened its doors to a significant influx of individuals escaping war, establishing itself as the top destination for refugees in Europe.

However, the politics of migration remains divisive, with the far-right AFD gaining ground.

Today’s Nick Robinson reports from the city in Bavaria where many migrants first set foot on German soil and he examines the debate over the UK Government’s migration policies with Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and Labour shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper.

Credit: EPA/ARMIN WEIGEL

The Today programme has been looking at the debate about how to handle the mass movement of people around the world.

Sicily is the region where the majority of African migrants to Italy arrive. Migrants make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean in crowded boats that often sink or capsize.

Search and rescue ships crewed by volunteers make it their mission to save the lives of migrants who make the crossing looking for new lives.

However the Italian government's approach to the boats has got much tougher since the election of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Today’s Nick Robinson spoke to Enrico Trantino, the Mayor of Catania – the port city of Catania in Sicily, where many migrants to Italy first land – and Laurence Hart, Director for Italy at the UN’s International Organisation for Migration. First Nick reports from the streets of Catania.

(Image, Enrico Trantino, Mayor of Catania, Credit, BBC)

G7 members are expected to ratify a wide-ranging security pact with Ukraine at the Nato summit in Vilnius on Wednesday.

However there is frustration in Kyiv about the perceived slow progress to full membership of NATO.

US President Joe Biden earlier suggested a model for Ukraine similar to his country's agreement with Israel. Under that deal, Washington has committed to providing $3.8bn (£2.9bn) in military aid per year over a decade.

But unlike Nato membership this does not include a clause to come to the target nation's aid during a time of attack.

Today’s Justin Webb spoke to Lord Peter Ricketts former UK permanent representative to Nato and Radek Sikorski, former Polish foreign minister. The BBC’s Europe editor, Katya Adler, reports from Vilnius.

(Image, Nato Ukraine flag, Credit, Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)