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In the United States the Democratic Party is facing a crucial test over its future direction in the key battleground state of Michigan. Voters in the party’s primary election are deciding who to pick as the Senate candidate, in a contest between a left wing ‘progressive’ and a moderate centrist. The race between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens has exposed the sharp rifts among Democrats from Gaza and Israel to universal healthcare.  

It’s been hailed as the world’s fastest growing sport, and this week an international Padel competition is taking place in London for the first time, pitting top players head to head. Padel, a sort of mixture of squash and tennis, has soared in popularity, and our exclusive data shows a huge surge in planning applications to build new courts in England and Wales. But it’s so expensive to take part that the sport is beyond many peoples’ reach.

BP has more than doubled its profits in the second quarter of the year, as oil prices have jumped and trading has become more volatile. It’s the latest energy giant that has seen its profits boosted by the US-Iran war. Donald Trump, usually a fan and supporter of Big Oil, said today that they were making far too much money.

We spoke to Marco Springmann, professor in Climate Change, Food Systems and Health at University College London’s Institute for Global Health.

The long hot, dry summer across swathes of the country is having a severe impact on farmers, who say yields of staple crops like wheat and oats have plummeted, and they’re being forced into an early harvest to salvage what they can. Some livestock farmers have also been forced to use their winter feed supplies because they can’t grow any fresh grass.

A mass funeral has been held in Gaza for 112 people whose bodies were recovered from a block of flats destroyed by Israeli airstrikes almost three years ago. Gazan authorities have only recently been able to begin the painstaking task of trying to retrieve remains from under the rubble. It’s believed more than 300 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza City attack in November 2023.

Letting out violent or abusive offenders mid-way through their jail sentence happens frequently and can cause substantial alarm. We spoke to the mother of a woman who took her own life after she bumped into her abuser not far from her home. He had been released after serving half of his sentence. A warning, this report contains distressing details.

We spoke to Alex Davies-Jones, the minister for victims and tackling violence against women and girls.

We spoke to Mollie Cousins, a survivor of domestic abuse, whose former partner was jailed for five years for a list of violent crimes, including strangulation and suffocation. She’s been campaigning against early prison release for domestic abusers since learning that her attacker may be eligible. We asked her how she felt about today’s announcement by the Prime Minister, which leaves her former partner eligible for early release.

Around a thousand prisoners in England and Wales won’t be eligible for early release after the Prime Minister said he was tightening the rules, and suspending the provisions until October. But despite concerns from the victims of serious crimes like manslaughter and domestic abuse, the Government said it would have to continue with the plans in order to tackle severe prison overcrowding.

From late-night Truth Social posts and all-caps rants to rally speeches packed with humour, anger and spectacle, Donald Trump has built a style that has dominated the American, and perhaps world, political landscape for the past decade. But is he a one-off, or has he changed politics forever? And, with the rise of left wing populists like Zohran Mamdani, do the Democrats think they have found an answer to Trump’s dominance? On this episode of TrumpWorld, Matt Frei is joined by Daniel Kreiss, pro

Channel 4 News has appointed Louis Degenhardt as its new Head of Platforms. Louis joins from Global Media where he was executive producer on the hit political podcast, The News Agents. He has also held senior editorial roles at Sky News and BBC Newsnight. At Channel 4, Louis takes on the newly-created role, Head of Platforms – a senior strategic position within the newsroom, leading on integration of platform strategy across broadcast and digital content. Channel 4 News Editor, Esme Wren said: “

We spoke to Dougie Brown, festival producer for the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, and John Rostron, chief executive of the Association of Independent Festivals. We began by asking Dougie how tough this year has been compared with previous years.

In the early part of this century, the UK saw an explosion in the number of music festivals it hosted. By 2019, there were hundreds of events taking place. But then came Covid, the cost-of-living crisis and soaring costs, and the sector struggled to recover. This year, dozens were scrapped before the busy summer season. Now there are calls for the government to step in to cut VAT on ticket sales to keep them afloat.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the worst the country has ever experienced. The World Health Organisation gave their stark assessment of the situation as the death toll reached a grim milestone of over 1,500.

It’s a mashup of fantasy and romantic fiction – and this week the UK’s first bookshop devoted entirely to ‘romantasy’ works opened its doors in Oxford, with long queues of eager readers outside. It’s become a highly lucrative genre – with leading titles selling tens of millions of copies worldwide.

We spoke to the Victims Commissioner for London, Andrea Simon. She was previously the director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition and was on the Sentencing Review panel that led to plans to release prisoners early. Jackie Long began by asking her about the new National Audit Office report, which revealed that up to 9,000 offenders who were supposed to be fitted with electronic tags were not being monitored.

Almost 9,000 people in England and Wales who are supposed to be fitted with an electronic tag are not wearing one – according to the National Audit Office (NAO). The tags are used to monitor whether offenders are complying with curfews or court orders. The NAO called it “inefficient” – although the Ministry of Justice claimed the number of those without tags was far lower. The report comes at a critical time, as the government prepares to begin releasing a raft of prisone

The White House has accused the leaders of the National Museum of American History of “thinly veiled anti-Americanism” in a lengthy report. It declared that the museum should focus less on the negative aspects of American history and more on what they called the “victory of freedom and genius”. The Smithsonian Institution has hit back – citing its long record of nonpartisan and independent scholarship.

Four Britons are feared to be among at least 12 people killed in severe wildfires that have been sweeping through southern Spain. Another 23 people were missing on Friday. Hundreds of firefighters and military personnel have been drafted in to tackle the flames.