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Also in the programme; the family of Sara Sharif arrive back in the UK to arrest on suspicion of her murder; and a US newspaper group is appointing a Taylor Swift correspondent.

Thousands may have died after storm waters swept through parts of north eastern Libya. We hear from those caught up in the deluge.

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The Government is reportedly poised to ban single-use vapes. We hear about their impact on one family - from the father of two teenage daughters who've become addicted to e-cigarettes.

And the man who identified a stolen Van Gogh painting when it resufaced in an IKEA bag.

It’s been three days since the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco. We hear more about the response to the disaster from a former Moroccan Tourism Minister.

Also on the programme: the arrest of a researcher in Parliament accused of spying for the Chinese Communist Party reignites the debate about how the UK handles relations with Beijing; and we remember Professor Sir Ian Wilmut – one of the leaders of the team that created the world’s first cloned mammal – Dolly the sheep.

Also in the programme; an Italian scientist tells us how the suspension of Horizon in the UK helped persuade him to move to Spain; and the Ezra Collective win the Mercury Prize.

The Prime Minister is set to announce that Britain will re-join the EU's flagship science research scheme, Horizon. We get reaction from Britain's leading scientists.

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A nationwide manhunt is on for a terror suspect who's escaped from MP Wandsworth. We get reaction from a former head of the UK's Counter Terrorism Security Office.

And Margaret Betts - one of the last surviving female codebreakers of Bletchley Park - has died. Her son pays tribute to his mother.

China's economic strengths and weaknesses

The UK government to designate the Wagner group as a terrorist organisation

Police Scotland to pilot not investigating some crimes

MPs seek amendments to the Economic Crime Bill

Did Rishi Sunak cut capital spending on England's schools when chancellor?

Google's place in the AI race

School safety worries: we hear from a school governor, a parent, and a structural engineer.

Also on the programme: Johannesburg fire, spinal cancer hope, Long Covid, and a classical music bust-up.

(Photo: An empty classroom in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, 2021. Credit: Reuters/Carl Recine)

Analysing the evolving use of drones in the Russia-Ukraine war

The proposed closure of railway ticket offices in England

Should we be rethinking how we define cancer?

Two days of flight chaos has left thousands of passengers stranded. We ask the head of the UK's National Air Traffic Service what went wrong

The leader of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in St Petersburg - days after he was killed in a plane crash. We're live in the Russian city - and have a rare interview with a former Wagner fighter.

And as the rapper Eminem tells US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop performing his song - we look at the long battle between pop stars and politicians.