Today, the Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned.

In his resignation letter to the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Healey set out his reasons for leaving, telling the PM the defence investment plan “falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time”.

The sixth minister to resign for Starmer’s cabinet in a month, and one of its most loyal, the question will now turn to what lies ahead for the PM.

Adam and Chris are joined by Shashank Joshi Defence Editor of the Economist

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00:00 How John Healey’s resignation unfolded
04:30 What the defence investment plan is
11:00 Budget pressures and competing priorities
13:00 The Prime Minister’s response
15:30 The spending gap and long-term defence targets
18:30 NATO commitments and credibility questions
21:00 Procurement, reform, and defence spending efficiency
24:00 Political fallout and leadership pressure
27:00 What happens next?

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Protests held across Northern Ireland on Thursday night passed off without major incident following a “robust” police response.

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James Bond has returned to cinemas, but how do real MI6 intelligence officers do their jobs, and what is it like to spend your career leading a double life? Frank Gardner managed to secure a rare interview with two serving intelligence officers. The agents’ identities have been concealed.

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A “final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached” between the US and Iran, according to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pakistan has been playing a leading role in negotiations between the two countries.

Sharif made the statement in a post on social media. It came as officials in the US and Iran warned against trusting reports setting out the details of a possible agreement.

Iran’s foreign minister said that Abbas Araghchi earlier stated that a deal had “never been closer” , while all warning that the “media should refrain from speculation about its content”.

US President Donald Trump reposted Araghchi’s statement, which also asked the media not to speculate about the content of the deal.

Iranian media have published details of the alleged deal, prompting Trump to say they had “nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to” and “bears no relation to the truth”.

Trump accused Tehran of leaking the details and added that they were “very dishonourable people to deal with”.

Speculation has centred on the terms of any deal regarding control over the strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran has insisted that it will retain control over the key shipping lane and has rejected US demands to abandon it nuclear enrichment programme. The US says Iran’s nuclear material will be destroyed and removed from the country.

A day earlier the US president said he had cancelled “scheduled attacks” against Iran, because negotiators had “just made a great settlement” – a deal that was likely be to signed imminently.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington.

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A deal to end fighting between the US and Iran is “scheduled to get signed” on Sunday, US President Donald Trump has said – but Iran has cast doubt on the timing.

In a post on social media, Trump also said the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route, would be “open to all” following the deal.

Pakistan, a key mediator, also said finalisation of the deal was expected within 24 hours and they were “preparing for the electronic signing”.

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