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International lawyer Ted Meron tells @BBCNickRobinson 'daydreaming' helped him survive the Holocaust.
He says dreaming of going to school and biking in a park saved him when he was taken to a Nazi labour camp.
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āIs Donald Trumpās support an asset or liability to your campaign?ā
@AmolRajan asks @SteveHiltonx in his first UK interview since making it to the final two in the race to be California Governor.
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āWe want to make sure that money will be spent wisely.ā
Business secretary Peter Kyle defends the prime ministerās approach to military spending, after a damaging row thatās seen the defence secretary and armed forces minister resign.
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"We are fighting amongst each other to get more money to protect this nation."
Al Carns, who resigned last night as Armed Forces Minister over military funding, tells @amolrajan the government 'cannot bluff the taxpayer' over how money is spent on defence.
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āIt certainly looks like time is running out for the prime minister.ā
Lord Simon Case, the former cabinet secretary who worked closely with John Healey, says āsometimes the best way of saving a premiership is to be boldā.
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Jun 11
Hilary Benn, Northern Ireland Secretary, responds to reports suggesting Hadi Alodid, the suspect in the violent knife attack in Belfast on Monday, would not have been interviewed before being granted asylum in a scheme set up by the previous government.
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"If you're burning someone out of their home, shouting 'foreigners out', what other word would you use to describe what has been going on?"
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn responds to whether the protests in Belfast following a violent knife attack are 'racist attacks'.
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Is public disorder, fuelled by social media, getting worse?
Following nights of violence in Belfast, Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the issue is 'right at the centre' of the challenges the police now face.
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The Metropolitan Police has asked the home secretary for further measures to tackle phone theft, including ensuring that phone companies renderĀ handsets unusable once they're stolen.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the move will 'take the profit out of criminal business'.
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What's the mood one week out from the Makerfield by-election?
@hzeffman says the upcoming poll has an 'unparalleled' national significance, and talks about the Labour leadership contest that could follow it.
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Reports suggest Hadi Alodid, the Sudanese man accused of the violent knife attack in Belfast on Monday, was in the UK under the terms of a fast-track asylum system introduced by the Conservative government in 2023.
Chief political correspondent @HZeffman explains more.
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"It's absolutely legitimate to talk about migration in the context of national security."
Jonathan Hall KC, the UK's independent reviewer of terrorism laws, says that immigration and disorder are 'destabilising the nation' following the violence in Belfast.
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Cabinet Office minister Anna Turley is pressed on whether the Common Travel Area system between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is working, after reports the Belfast knife attack suspect entered the UK via that route and was then granted leave to remain.
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"Unless the government step up, I fear we will continue to see significant unrest."
DUP MP Carla Lockhart condemns the violence overnight in Belfast, and calls for the UK government to look at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Six months on, is Australia's ban on social media for under 16s working?
Communications minister Anika Wells, who has led the ban, says the government is aware some children have found ways around the ban, but the 'onus here is on big tech'.
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The boss of Boohoo and PrettyLittleThing calls for tax changes on fast-fashion parcels from abroad to be sped up.
Debenhams Group CEO Dan Finley says a tax exemption, which sees low-value parcels imported without fees, needs to change 'quicker than 2029' to help them compete.
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Houses and vehicles were set on fire in Belfast last night amid disorder sparked by a knife attack. A Sudanese man is due in court today charged with attempted murder following the attack on Monday night.
Chief political correspondent @HZeffman explains the political reaction.
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"People assume that racism is something that only happens to minority groups. I want that to be gone."
Kemi Badenoch disagrees with the idea certain groups need to be treated differently for fairness, as the Conservatives say they will scrap equality rules for public bodies.
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