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You were Ed Miliband's chief of staff when he did his interview with Russell Brand before the 2015 election - was that a bad decision? @BBCkatyaadler asks Education Secretary Lucy Powell.

"I wanted to write a book which really satirised the present-day barrage of information that we all suffer." Author M John Harrison talks about winning the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel, The End of Everything.

Could US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth be impeached? As Republican congressman Thomas Massie plans to force a vote, former Trump defence minister Robert Wilkie says Hegseth 'has a great deal to answer for'.

Jemima Goldsmith has accused Russell Brand of 'violence, coercive control and abuse' while the two were in a relationship. The Times' investigations correspondent Charlotte Wace, who worked on the Brand story, says his conviction does 'empower women' to 'speak out'.

Is the entertainment industry heading for another Me Too moment? Ahead of Russell Brand's sentencing after being convicted of rape and sexual assault, Jen Smith from the standards authority Ciisa, says 'we need a dynamically different approach' to reporting abuse.

“Jittery people are getting… ‘jitterier’” As Nvidia opens an independent investigation into claims its CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a Chinese spy, our business presenter @WillBain31 explains why it matters.

"Developing countries are saying: 'It's all very well to make these promises, where's the cash?'" Our Climate Editor @BBCJustinR outlines why 'implementation' is a key theme at COP31 in Turkey.

"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.