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After the US threatens Israel with witholding arms shipments, Conservative MP James Sunderland tells the UK needs to review what it's suppling Israel, and 'if there are offensive capabilities in there, then a similar threat should be made'.

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The Crown Prince of Iran is asked by Sarah Montague if he would go to Israel now, following Iran's missile attack on the country.

Reza Pahlavi tells he would to go all the countries 'in line with the demand and aspiration of the Iranian people'.

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President Biden has warned Israel against launching a major offensive in Rafah, saying the US would restrict weapon shipments.

Justin Crump, from defence firm Sibylline, tells 'the US is almost making it look like Israel is firing blanks' and it could 'empower Hamas'.

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Does the party welcome the MP for Dover and Deal from the Conservatives with open arms?

Sarah Montague asks Labour's chair Anneliese Dodds on .

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Some prisoners in England and Wales will be freed up to 70 days early, after a scheme to tackle overcrowding was extended.

Former prison governor Vanessa Frake tells the scheme is unfair to victims of crimes, and that the Probation Service is already 'overburdened'.

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'They used to have an MP who sat with the Conservatives, fighting to tackle the issue of illegal immigration head on.'

Tory Deputy Chair Angela Richardson tells Dover and Deal constituents will be' disappointed' in their MP, Natalie Elphicke, who has defected to Labour.

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After a callout on last week, Dr Sanjav Nichani, a senior consultant paediatrician at Leicester Children's Hospital, got in touch to describe how toddlers left in front of screens all day are presenting to his clinic unable to speak.

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Is the government's proposed WorkWell programme, which aims to help people get back into the workforce, 'cruel to be kind'?

Sarah Montague asks Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride.

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'I'm an optimist by nature... I've seen many situations which have turned around very fast.'

Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell tells 'there is everything to play for' in the upcoming general election, after Conservatives lose more than 100 council seats.

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After a successful night of gains in the local elections, are Labour measuring up the curtains in Downing St?

Jonny Dymond asks Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones.

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'If that swing was replicated in all the seats in the North East of England at a general election, that would wipe out the Conservative party.'

Chief Political Correspondent @HZeffman discusses the win of Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen in Tees Valley.

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'Doing nothing, isn't the answer. We now have to respond to the concerns that have been raised.'

As Labour loses seats to pro-Gaza independent candidates, Labour MP Clive Betts tells he thinks the party needs to change its policy on the matter.

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'My appeal to Kate Forbes would be, 'be a part of that John Swinney government'.'

Sarah Montague asks SNP MP Ian Blackford whether John Swinney urged would-be rival Kate Forbes not to stand.

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Labour says they would scrap the Rwanda policy, but what happens to migrants already detained for deportation?

Sarah Montague asks Labour's deputy campaign coordinator Ellie Reeves, who says the Conservative policy is 'unworkable'.

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Following a recent spate of knife-related incidents in recent weeks, former children's commissioner Anne Longfield says parents are being told there is 'not help there unless crisis happens.'

Chair of the Commission on Young Lives tells earlier intervention is needed.

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Kemi Badenoch tells 'it's not as if there's a perfect option that's sitting there which the government isn't taking.'

The Business Secretary says the Rwanda policy is the best approach as a failed asylum seeker chooses to go to Rwanda voluntarily.

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Spectator Chairman Andrew Neil tells he's 'very pleased' that legislation to stop foreign governments from owning UK newspapers was introduced, as an Abu Dhabi-backed bid to take over the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers falls through.

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Sadler's Wells has launched the Rose International Dance Prize, an award for choreography they hope will become as well-known as the Turner Prize for art.

Choreographer Akram Khan tells the audience the competition attracts is as important as the works.

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Alba leader Alex Salmond tells that the outgoing Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf was still trying to do a deal with his party at 0730 this morning - well after rumours of his resignation were circulating.

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As Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf resigns, Sarah Montague asks SNP MSP Fergus Ewing if his party is willing to do deals, including with Alex Salmond's Alba Party.

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