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It’s GCSE results day! Branwen Jeffreys is reporting on the picture across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while headteachers Sir Anthony Seldon and Educating Yorkshire’s Jonny Mitchell tell Adam how their schools got on.

And documentary-maker Louis Theroux has made a speech about the future of TV in which he said the BBC has been ‘playing it safe’. Former creative director of BBC Alan Yentob and documentarian Molly Dineen discuss how documentaries are commissioned.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tom Smithard with Hayley Clarke, Madeleine Drury and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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The boss of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow killed all on board.

Ukrainecast’s Vitaly Shevchenko and security correspondent, Frank Gardner, join Adam to go through what we know.

Lou Osborn from the monitoring group All Eyes on Wagner also shares her expertise.

And, India has made history by landing a spacecraft near the south pole of the Moon for the first time.

Journalist and author of the book The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World Tim Marshall explains where it puts them in the 21st century space race.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

01:18 - Prigozhin presumed dead in plane crash

Drugs deaths are falling in Scotland, but it continues to have the worst drug death rate in Europe.

Scotland editor James Cook has been to Portugal, where they’ve decriminalised drugs for personal use. He’s on to talk about whether its working, and what the UK could learn, with Professor Fiona Measham, chair in criminology at the University of Liverpool.

And could we be on the verge of a national screening programme for prostate cancer? Health editor Fergus Walsh is in the studio to talk about the disease, which 1 in 8 men suffer from.

Plus the funniest gag at Edinburgh fringe this year.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Clare Williamson and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

00:00 - The Edinburgh Fringe’s funniest gag

Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison with no chance of parole. She refused to appear in court to hear her sentence or the statements of grief and loss from the families of the babies she murdered. Shaun Lintern, health editor at The Sunday Times, has spent years investigating the case and is in the studio.

And 5 Live commentator Vicki Sparks is back on, as well as former England player Karen Bardsley, talk us through what it was like commentating on the first World Cup final for England since 1966, and what’s next for the women’s game.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Hayley Clarke and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

00:00 - A Newscaster’s message from Stadium Australia

TV anchor and Newscaster Gabby Logan chats with Adam about who the Lionesses are up against, how Australia embraced the Beautiful Game, and her disappointment at Prince William’s no-show on Sunday.

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Today's Newscast was hosted by Adam Fleming. It was made by Fiona Leach with Josh Jenkin. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

Nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six. She deliberately injected babies in her care with air, force fed others milk and poisoned two with insulin. Her crimes make her the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times.

We hear from two journalists covering the case and the ten month long trial, the BBC’s Judith Mortiz and Caroline Cheetham, host of The Trial of Lucy Letby podcast.

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Today's Newscast was hosted by Adam Fleming. It was made by Fiona Leach with Clare Williamson and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Sam Bonham.

How did Michael Parkinson change British television? To mark his death at the age of 88, Adam assembles his own panel of legends for a chat on the imaginary sofas of the Newscast studio.

Parkinson producer Bea Ballard, former BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey and presenter Dame Esther Rantzen lift the lid on behind-the-scenes moments and delve into the enduring power of Parky.

We also catch up with the BBC’s education editor Branwen Jeffries at the end of a busy day taking questions from our Discord community on today’s A-Level, T-Level and BTEC results.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tom Smithard with Joe Wilkinson and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

BBC Sounds topics:

England reached the Women's World Cup final for the first time. The BBC's Vicki Sparks speaks to Adam from Sydney, straight after commentating on the match.

And the BBC's Dominic Casciani talks us through DNA evidence and updates in Andrew Malkinson’s case after he had a wrongful conviction for rape overturned by the Court of Appeal last month.

We also hear from Neal Keeling, chief reporter at the Manchester Evening News, who covered the original court case, who reflects on his reporting at the time of Andrew’s conviction.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Joe Wilkinson and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

00:00 - Discord 4000

Three people have been arrested and are suspected of spying for Russia in the UK. It’s BBC correspondent Daniel De Simone’s exclusive, and he’s in the studio to give the background.

This podcast has been edited since it was first published to delete a section in which a contributor said police suspect the Real Ira of the shooting of an officer and the killing of journalist Lyra McKee. In fact police believe the New Ira are responsible.

01:04 - PSNI data leaks

At least 96 people died in wildfires in Hawaii, making them the deadliest in the US in more than a century.

CBS reporter Jessica Kartalija is on the island of Maui and tells us about why the toll is so large, and the questions being asked in its aftermath.

What can be done to mitigate against wildfires and make towns and cities more resilient? We talk to Dr Kimiko Barrett, an adviser to the Biden administration on wildfires, and analyst at Headwaters Economics.

And Americast host Justin Webb explains how the events are playing out in American politics.

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Today’s episode is hosted by James Cook. It was made by Chris Flynn with Joe Wilkinson and Clare Williamson. The technical director is Gareth Jones and the editor was Damon Rose.

00:00 - James Cook’s experience of reporting on wildfires