Newscast

Today, Laura and Paddy ask who in charge of the country as the Prime Minister’s authority is again in question.

From backbenchers, to ministers to the markets - who is actually driving this government? Laura and Paddy look to find the answers.

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Today, the Environment Agency reported a 60% rise in serious pollution incidents by water companies within a year.

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Today, the voting age at the next general election will be lowered across the UK to 16 for the first time.

Labour's election manifesto last year pledged to lower the voting age to 16 - in line with Scottish and Welsh elections. The Prime Minister has said 16 and 17-year-olds are "old enough to go out to work, they are old enough to pay taxes". The policy has been criticised by the Conservatives and Reform. Adam and Chris are joined by Professor Jane Green - Director of Nuffield Politics Research Centre and President of the British Polling Council.

And, MP Diane Abbott has been suspended by the Labour Party pending an investigation into comments she made about racism, the BBC understands. Labour said it would not be commenting "while this investigation is ongoing".

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Today, Keir Starmer told the House of Commons the previous government had ‘serious questions’ to answer about a major data breach from the Ministry of Defence.

On Tuesday, a major data breach which led to thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK became public knowledge for the first time. Chris joins Adam to discuss the former government’s account of events, as well as what could happen next.

And, Adam speaks to Larisa Brown, Defence Editor at The Times, about how she broke the story.

Meanwhile in the US, Donald Trump is being pushed by fellow Republicans to follow through on promises he made during the election to release records relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Caitriona Perry calls in from Washington to explain why Trump is facing a growing backlash from MAGA supporters, and examines how the president’s rhetoric has changed.

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Today, President Trump gives an exclusive interview to the BBC

Adam speaks to BBC chief North America correspondent Gary O’Donoghue about his call with President Trump, a year on from the Trump shooting that Gary witnessed.

Gary was woken up by a call from President Trump on Monday, where he spoke candidly about whether he trusts Russia’s President Putin.

President Trump also spoke about Brexit, his upcoming UK visit and whether he still thinks about the attempt on his life.

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Today, we discuss the findings of a BBC report which found that the documentary Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone had breached editorial guidelines.

The BBC previously pulled the documentary from iPlayer after it was uncovered that the 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official. The report says the production company Hoyo Films bears most of the responsibility for the failures. Hoyo Films said it took the reviews findings "extremely seriously" and said it "apologises for the mistake that resulted in a breach of the editorial guidelines".

Another report looking into BBC show MasterChef has found that 45 allegations against presenter Gregg Wallace have been upheld. Wallace said in response that some of his humour and language "missed the mark", but added: "I never set out to harm or humiliate. I always tried to bring warmth and support to MasterChef, on screen and off." Adam is joined by BBC News Culture and Media editor Katie Razzall and Culture reporter Noor Nanji.

And, President Trump has threatened “very severe” tariffs against Russia if there is no Ukraine deal within 50 days. Adam speaks to Caitriona Perry, Chief Presenter for BBC News.

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Today, the chief executive of Ofcom, Dame Melanie Henrietta Dawes sat down with Laura to discuss the Online Safety Act.

In just under two weeks time, specific child safety measures, including changes to algorithms to filter out harmful content, will be enforced for a number of different tech platforms and companies.

And we find out about the latest development in the upcoming strikes from resident doctors in the NHS.

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Today, the leader of the Unite union says Labour is not defending working people and they are turning away from the party "in droves".

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was yesterday suspended by the union - and Unite’s General Secretary Sharon Graham says Labour should be ‘seriously concerned’ after the union voted to potentially rethink its relationship with the party, which could result in it formally cutting ties and funding.

And Paddy and Laura give an update on what we know what happened to the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in June.

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Today, as the UK faces the third heatwave already of the summer - is this the kind of summer we should expect in future?

Adam is joined by Jordan Dunbar, one of the hosts of the Climate Question podcast and Sarah Keith-Lucas lead weather presenter for the BBC. They discuss when hot weather becomes a heatwave, how prepared the UK is and whether travel habits will change as a result.

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Today, the UK and France have unveiled a new “one in, one out” plan to reduce small boat Channel crossings.

Announcing the deal at the end of Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK, Keir Starmer said migrants arriving on small boats will be returned to France, in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.

Adam and Chris unpack what’s in the deal, and ask whether this latest plan will work.

Plus, host of Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire joins Adam to talk about her experiences speaking to migrants in France who are hoping to make small boat crossings to the UK.

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