Fighting resumes in southern Syria as ceasefire breaks down
Sectarian fighting has resumed in southern Syria, prompting the government to redeploy forces to the region, which had pulled out after a ceasefire was brokered. Bedouin tribesmen and other militias have clashed with the Druze minority and hundreds are reported dead. The UN says it has credible evidence of summary executions and killings. We heard from a Druze woman who described how her family was killed.US President Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal after the newspaper reported allegations that Trump's name appeared on a "bawdy" 2003 birthday card to Epstein, who died by suicide in jail in 2019.And as a Russian conductor who is close to Vladimir Putin is invited to a music festival in Italy, we discuss whether culture can be separated from those who promote it.
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Child dies in Somerset bus crash
Child dies in Somerset bush crashDiane Abbott has been suspended by the Labour party for a second time President Trump says he wants Coca-cola to replace high fructose corn syrup with cane sugar
and we speak to two teenagers about the government's plans to lower the voting age to 16
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Secret relocation scheme for Afghans in the UK revealed
The former Conservative leader, Sir Iain Duncan-Smith has described a leak by the Ministry of Defence - which made public the personal data of thousands of Afghans who worked with British Forces - as "a complete screw up". We also speak to an Afghan man, now in the UK, whose name was on the leaked list. Also: Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers Mansion House speech; and the two men who cut down the Sycamore Gap tree are sentenced.
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Major shift by Trump on Ukraine war
Major shift by Trump on Ukraine war. Russia and trading partners threatened with "very severe" tariffsEd Miliband's plays the patriotism card in his fight for net zero and is Prince Harry offering an olive branch to the King?
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How serious is Labour's rift with top union?
Labour's biggest union backer Unite has suspended Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner as a member, and threatened to pull the plug on party funding over the Birmingham bin strike. We get reaction from a local Labour MP.Also on the programme:The preliminary report into the Air India plane crash last month has just been released. We find out what's in it.A new book recreates the day Joe Biden lost his temper and Donald Trump nearly lost his life. One year on from that failed assassination attempt, we hear from one of the authors of a new insider account of the campaign.And it's 40 years since two billion people tuned in for Live Aid. We discuss the complex legacy of the "concert of the century".
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