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Today, Chris Mason joins us from the SNP party conference, where the party mood seems, once again, very high.
Adam and Chris are joined by Baroness Ayesha Hazarika, Labour peer and former political advisor, and Times columnist Fraser Nelson to look back at this year’s conference season to see what it can tell us about where each party stands.
We also discuss whether Labour MPs might be ready to back welfare reform ahead of the review of young people and work conducted by Alan Milburn.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris with Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, Zelensky admitted he felt ‘betrayed’ by Trump in an interview with Piers Morgan - so where does that leave the US-Ukraine relationship?
Adam is joined by Sarah Smith, Americast host, and Shashank Joshi, Washington bureau chief at The Economist, to discuss what we’ve learned from Zelensky’s interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored. Plus, what is going on with intelligence sharing between the US and Ukraine? And why is Starlink so important to the Ukrainian battlefield?
And, Keith Brown, Depute Leader of the SNP, is in Aberdeen to discuss the party conference and the SNP’s focus on securing another independence referendum, plus whether Andy Burnham travelling to Scotland during conference is a distraction.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, an OpenAI employee has been charged with allegedly installing a recording device inside a boardroom.
The AI firm said it had discovered the toilet paper-wrapped device hidden in their San Francisco office and alerted the FBI. It’s claimed the device was built and hidden using chatbot prompts. Adam is joined by Tech and AI Editor Zoe Kleinman to discuss the details so far.
Also, Chris Mason has an update from Westminster on the leadership of the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, following a lengthy meeting with his MPs on Tuesday evening.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Cordelia Hemming and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Since Andy Burnham has been in office he has consistently mentioned Brexit and why he thinks it has been a bad deal for the UK. Now, he says he wants to “deepen” the UK’s relationship with the EU at a summit in Brussels next month. Adam, Chris and Faisal Islam discuss if he has Brexit strategy, what it might be, and what it could mean for the next general election.
Plus, Faisal is in Bangkok where the International Monetary Fund has upgraded its UK growth forecast for the year. He outlines the outlook for the UK and how it fits in with the global picture.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris with Cordelia Hemming. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, does the energy ceasefire President Trump announced between Russia and Ukraine actually exist? Over the weekend Trump said a truce had been reached. But whilst Ukraine’s President Zelensky said he would be willing to back one, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said Ukraine doesn't deserve the "respite" that a ceasefire would bring.
To unpack what was and was not agreed, Adam is joined by Dan Johnson in Kyiv, Asma Khalid in Washington DC and diplomatic correspondent James Landale in London.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris with Cordelia Hemming. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Johnny Baker. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.