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"There's a very long litany of people not being held to account." Double MOBO award winning musician Soweto Kinch explains why he thinks the UK should engage in 'reparative justice' for its involvement in the slave trade.

European airlines and airports have been hit by waves of hoax bomb threats. Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley explains how and why we must prevent overreacting 'to every message we get online'.

“It’s getting very close to victim blaming.” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley addresses 'rape myths' and misconceptions, after concerns are raised by the Victims’ Commissioner over the tactics used by Russell Brand’s defence team.

“I was assaulted in a room full of people.” Former Channel 4 Head of News Dorothy Byrne speaks to @annaefoster about her own experience, as questions are once again raised about powerful men acting with impunity following Russell Brand's conviction.

The Governor of the Bank of England tells @annaefoster that there is a 'reasonably high' chance it will raise interest rates again if energy prices remain high. Andrew Bailey also explains that he would be 'more optimistic' if the conflict ended.

The government wants to make employers publish salaries on job adverts - will it narrow pay inequality or are some employees doing the same job worth more money? @BBCSimonJack asks James Murray, Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

“I can’t overcome MND but I can learn to live with it in a way that’s meaningful” Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody tells @BBCNickRobinson how the mindset behind his success on the pitch is helping him navigate life with motor neurone disease.

“Our living standards have been plummeting for the last few years" Ahead of a new round of protests, Agathe Le Berder, Deputy Secretary of the CGT, tells @JonnyDymond that rising living costs and low wages are driving people onto the streets.

“Water companies in the past… have never asked anyone how water should be planned.” Environment Minister Angela Eagle tells @JonnyDymond that establishing eight regional water councils will mean local users can hold water companies to account.

“They are hoping this means an end to the war in Iran.” Our political correspondent Harry Farley tells @JonnyDymond how UK ministers are viewing the US midterm elections, after the Prime Minister pointed to 'division between nations'.

What do the US Midterm election results mean for a post-Trump Republican Party? The Economist's John Prideaux and Kathryn Jean Lopez, from conservative publication National Review Online, talk about the future of the GOP.

"It's a total repudiation of President Trump and the Republican Party that has provided him with the support." Pollster David Binder, who has worked with Kamala Harris and President Obama, talks about the success of the Democrats in the US Midterm elections.

"This is a thing he has brought on himself and on you isn't it?" @JustinOnWeb asks Texas Republican Party chair D'Rinda Randall about whether the party's losses in the US Midterms are because of President Donald Trump.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said previous government's apologies for the UK's role in the transatlantic slave trade was a 'sorry not sorry situation'. Political correspondent @hzeffman explains more.

"We have a moment, not a mandate." Newly re-elected Democrat Delaware Senator Chris Coons warns the party is 'still deeply unpopular' following major wins in the US midterms.

A battle for Congress. A big moment in Donald Trump's presidency. And a test for the Democrats.   @JustinOnWeb is in Washington DC for the US Midterms. Listen live for all his analysis on BBC Sounds.

"I think the package that I've announced strikes the right balance." Shabana Mahmood defends her work as Home Secretary after watering down plans to make foreign care workers already in the UK wait 15 years to qualify for permanent settlement.

Will Shabana Mahmood's watered-down settlement plans for migrant care workers mean the staff we need will chose to go elsewhere? To Canada or Europe? @bbcnickrobinson asks the Home Secretary.

" I care more about what are you gonna do for me as a lobsterman in Maine." Lobster boat captain and Republican voter Matt says he will vote for the party’s longstanding senator, Susan Collins, in the Midterms, because he sees it more as a local race than a referendum on Donald Trump.