A Russian warship carried out live-fire drills off the UK coast this week, in the latest instance of Moscow running military excercises near Nato territory. Last week, Poland scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft was spotted over the Baltic Sea. And the British government has said Russian submarines were seen near undersea cables and pipelines north of the UK earlier this year.

We ask Vitaly Shevchenko, chief analyst for BBC Monitoring, why the Kremlin is flexing its muscles so close to Nato countries, and how Europe views the threat of Russian aggression, more than four years after Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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00:00 Introduction
00:19 Fears of a Russian invasion
01:30 Why was a Russian warship so close to the UK?
03:00 Russian operations near Nato territory
04:40 Does everyone conduct exercises near foreign powers?
06:10 Russia and undersea pipelines and cables
07:26 What this says about relations between Russia and Nato

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A police officer who took his own life in May was a violent rapist who carried out a spate of sexual attacks and attempted murders of women over at least 14 years, the BBC can reveal.

PC Alan Greer’s first known victim was a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012 after she had called the police to report being the victim of a crime.

The woman reported the sex attack by Greer late last year, sparking one of Police Scotland’s biggest ever anti-corruption inquiries.

Detectives have so far uncovered a further eight victims, five of whom were sex workers, attacked while Greer was off duty.

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Today, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced ‘no prisoners will be let out’ under early release scheme until he has conducted an ‘urgent review’.

The announcement comes after the widow of PC Andrew Harper described the possible early release of prisoners as ‘deplorable’, following reports that two of his killers could be freed early. Adam is joined by Dominic Casciani, home and legal correspondent, to discuss what this means for the prison system.

Plus, in his third policy announcement in as many days, Andy Burnham announced a 20% cut to business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues in England from April. Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Helen Miller and BBC Business Editor Simon Jack join Adam to discuss how the government plans to fund this cut and how ever-changing taxes affect business owners.

00:00 Intro
00:00:22 Why the prisoner release scheme has been paused
00:01:11 How the early release plan was meant to work
00:07:12 What happens next
00:11:22 Could the plans be changed instead of scrapped?
00:13:59 Is this Andy Burnham’s first real governing decision?
00:15:18 Tax cut announced for pubs and music venues
00:17:58 Why business rates are under scrutiny
00:32:19 The wider cost of living conversation

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Camels – known for their resilience in the hottest and driest places on Earth- are falling victim to the climate crisis.

North Africa and the Horn of Africa are home to around 80% of the world’s largest population of camels with one hump. But, rising temperatures are fuelling disease and death.

Herders are reporting camels with blisters on their hooves and skin burned by the hot sand. They are also facing stress, fatigue, and dehydration.

While extreme heat is the primary culprit, its impacts become severe when other factors like loss of vegetation and water, lack of shaded areas and inadequate veterinary services add up, experts say.

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OpenAI has revealed some of its most advanced AI models went rogue and hacked a start-up after it lost control of them during a …

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