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The UK government is considering accelerating planned increases to defence spending.

The news comes after the PM dropped some heavy hints that he was ready to spend more on defence during his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Katya Adler and James Landale drop by to explain how America is trying to rewrite the global order… and get Europe to sign on and Joe Pike explains why spending more on defence is never politically straightforward.

Plus, Joe and Adam discuss the government’s decision to scrap it’s plans to postpone elections for 30 councils after recieving “legal advice”. They also review the government’s latest proposals to crack down on online safety for children and Starmer’s response to claims that a Labour Think Tank paid a private investigator to look into journalists.

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00:00 How reliant is Europe on the US?

04:20 The UK Prime Minister commits to more defence spending

09:00 Will European countries spend more on defence?

13:10 Countries ‘want a slice’ of nuclear weapons

15:01 Breaking: Plans to postone some UK local elections cancelled

17:21 UK PM announces investigation into Labour Together

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Today, we look at what the failure to reach an agreement between the US and Iran means for the war in the Middle East and the world.

We also look at what stopped an agreement between the two sides, after differing accounts emerge.

Victoria Derbyshire and Nick Watt are joined by political correspondent Joe Pike, who has the latest on the UK-US row over the Chagos Islands.

And could an election in Hungary reshape political power in Europe?

0:00 – Why did the US–Iran talks collapse so quickly?
1:38 – Were expectations for a deal unrealistic?
2:32 – What were the main sticking points in negotiations?
4:22 – What happens next?
8:42 – Whats happening with Lebanon?
10:29 – Can diplomacy still succeed from here?
11:44 – What role is the UK playing?
15:47 – Why does the Chagos Islands deal matter now?
19:09 – What does this mean for the UK–US relationship?
23:16 – Why could Hungary’s election be significant?
24:30 – What should we be watching next?

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has apologised to a court for forgetting about biography briefing notes she gave to an aide, in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday’s publishers.

The Appeal Court heard she had asked an aide to pass on information to the authors of a biography – despite having earlier said she “did not contribute” to the work.

Meghan said she had forgotten the events and had not intended to mislead.

Associated Newspapers is trying to overturn a ruling after it published a letter from the duchess to her father.

Meghan, 40, won her privacy case against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday earlier this year, when the High Court found its publication of the letter was unlawful.

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Iran-US peace talks fail to reach deal as Washington issues ‘final offer’ | BBC News

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Vice-President JD Vance has said that the US and Iran failed to reach an agreement following lengthy peace talks in Pakistan.

The delegations met in Islamabad during a temporary ceasefire.

Vance said the US “could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms”. Halting Iran’s nuclear capabilities had been a “core goal” that wasn’t reached.

Iran’s foreign ministry says the talks were “intensive”, and called on Washington to refrain from “excessive demands and unlawful requests”.

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