Extra police are brought into Belfast and public transport is closing early, after a night of violence.

The violence erupted after a knife attack in the city on Monday. The suspect has appeared in court charged with attempted murder, threatening to kill an NHS radiographer, and possession of a knife. Hadi Alodid, 30, was remanded in custody for four weeks and is due to re-appear in court via video-link in July.

The family of Stephen Ogilvy, the victim in Monday night’s knife attack in Belfast, say “unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward”. Meanwhile the Chief Constable of the PSNI has sworn to prosecute those involved in spreading misinformation online.

Adam and Chris are joined Ciarán Dunbar, BelTel podcast presenter, to discuss.

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The World Cup has officially kicked off this week – but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, climate impact and travel restrictions.

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a look at the challenges facing this year’s tournament.

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US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to leave Nato, the world’s largest military alliance encompassing 32 member nations across North America and Europe.

This week The Security Brief looks at the ramifications of that scenario – what the alliance would lose, and crucially what the US would be giving up in power projection, nuclear defence and crucial military intelligence.

Analysis from Christian Fraser and former Senior Officer in the British Military, Mikey Kay.

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People in Makerfield made up 0.1% of the vote at the last general election. Now – they’re potentially choosing the next prime minister.

In the most consequential by-election in decades, 14 candidates are standing to become an MP for the north-west England seat.

The two main front-runners are Labour’s Andy Burnham and Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon.

Burnham has said that if elected, he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer in Downing Street.

BBC Journalist Kirsty Grant headed to Makerfield to explain how we got here.

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0:00 – Background to Makerfield
00:36 – What’s a by-election?
01:02 – What do locals think?
01:22 – Pressure on Starmer
01:41 – Labour’s Burnham plan
02:01 – About Kenyon and Burnham
02:22 – Locals: ‘It’s been chaos’
03:10 – Global media attention
03:29 – The threat of Reform
04:33 – Awkward for Starmer

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