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Nineteen people in Indonesia have been convicted and jailed for trafficking dozens of babies, selling some of them for adoption in Singapore.

Also in the programme: Kuwait says several desalination and power plants were damaged in Iranian attacks as Tehran continues to strike its neighbours as part of its war with the US; the sixteen year-old Indian who's proud to call herself one of the cockroaches; and the spread of childhood obe...

Andy Burnham, the UK's seventh prime minister in 10 years, has begun to assemble his ministerial team. He has appointed Ed Miliband as foreign secretary and John Healey as his finance minister. What does the reshuffle - and Burnham's time as mayor of Manchester - tell us about what to expect from the new government?

Also in the programme: Ukraine's army recruitment problems; the Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia's Red Sea oil-export rou...

As Andy Burnham accepts the top job in UK politics, we hear about the process that has taken him from Mayor of Manchester to Britain's new prime minister at no.10 Downing Street.

Also on the programme: Spain wins the football World Cup - we ask, was it worth it?; and the student 'cockroach' movement marching for their education in Delhi.

(Photo: Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel walk into 10 Downing Str...

After 104 matches and 307 goals, the nail-biting World Cup final has arrived, with Spain and Argentina going head to head. President Donald Trump is attending the match, with the US leader throwing his support behind Argentina. We’ll be getting live updates on the game.

Also in the programme: A Cuban dissident released from prison goes into exile in the US; we get the latest from Guyana where a ferry carrying 133 people has ca...

Tonight, Spain meet the defending champions, Argentina, in the World Cup final. Kick-off at the New York New Jersey Stadium is at 2000 BST. We hear from fans and a former FIFA official.

Also in the programme: Russian airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, have killed one person and wounded at least fourteen others; Tate brothers arrested in US as further UK charges take total to 59; and bare nails as a fashion choice and what t...

Tehran said its strikes on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait were a response to a seventh consecutive night of US air attacks.

Also in the programme: we speak to Canada's Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience as smoke from hundreds of wildfires spreads across North America; and we ask how English and French footballers are trying to motivate themselves for the World Cup third place play-off

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Iran has fired missiles and drones towards Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain after the US attacked Iranian targets. The two countries have been exchanging blows for seven consecutive nights, despite the temporary ceasefire. We speak to experts about Iran's strategy and what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz.

Also in the programme: Ukrainian drones strike deep inside of Russia and India's private sector makes strides in space.

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Iranian drones have struck a growing list of targets in Kuwait.

Also on the programme, Britain's ruling Labour Party elects Andy Burnham as its leader. What do we know about the man who become Prime Minister on Monday? We mark the death of the legendary cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers and we also meet Krazy George, the man credited with inventing the Mexican wave.

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Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has officially become the new leader of the British Labour Party. He is expected to take over as the UK’s prime minister on Monday, when Sir Keir Starmer will step down after spending two years in the role. We hear from a Labour MP, who’s supportive of Burnham, about what the new leader’s foreign policies might be.

Also in the programme: China hits back at US President D...

Protests have been taking place in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky's surprise dismissal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. We get reaction from an opposition Ukrainian MP. Also on the programme: a court in Italy has given a 12-year sentence to the former motorway boss blamed for the fatal collapse of a bridge in Genoa in 2018; and we hear from Nasa's head of science about its new super-pow...

Ukraine's military has intensified its attacks near Russian-annexed Crimea, following up strikes on Russia's land corridor to the peninsula by targeting maritime supply routes as well, as it tries to heap pressure on the Kremlin to end the war.

Also in the programme: The United States says it's carried out another wave of strikes against Iran, aimed at degrading its ability to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz; Turkey marks 10...

The US State Department has said it's supporting efforts by Iraq and Syria to restore a crude oil pipeline between them, in an attempt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

Also in the programme: Australia has announced wide-ranging plans to regulate AI, including enhanced copyright and restrictions on data centres; and as England and Argentina prepare for their World Cup semi-final, we'll explore a fraught relationship between the two co...

President Trump has repeated his intention to re-impose a naval blockade on Iran, as the battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz continues.  Also on the programme, Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that those with a particularly close connection to the person wanting to die may have the right to contest that death wish; and one of the world's most important political cartoonists, Pat Oliphant, has died.

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Iranian state media is reporting new US attacks, as the battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz continues. Donald Trump says the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will be reinstated later, and the US will start charging a levy for shipping.

Also in the programme: President Macron of France says Europe has had a 'strategic awakening' as French military power is paraded on Bastille Day; and 'Gus' the T-Rex fossil goes up for auct...

Regulators in Britain have approved human trials of a new vaccine to tackle the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It comes as health authorities in the DRC say Ebola has spread to two new provinces, including the populous northeastern city of Kisangani. We speak to a scientist who developed the vaccine and an aid worker in the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.

Also in the programme: President Trump announces...

At least 28 people are dead after a bar in the Thai capital was gutted by fast-moving flames.

We'll hear the latest from Bangkok about the situation, as dozens remain missing and 25 people are said to be critically injured.

Also in the programme: We'll go inside the world of the Chinese man known as the "Fentanyl King"; and we have a tribute to the actor Sam Neill from his friend, the former New Zealand prime minister, Helen Clark, a...

President Trump has paid tribute to the US senator, Lindsey Graham, who's died aged 71 after a brief, sudden illness. Mr Trump said the Republican from South Carolina was one of the greatest people he'd ever known. Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton reflects on Mr Graham's political career and legacy.

Also in the programme: a campaigner against female genital mutilation tells us about efforts to prevent a ban on the pra...

The veteran United States senator, Lindsey Graham, has died at the age of seventy- one. His office said he'd suffered a brief, sudden illness. Graham was an influential voice on defence and foreign policy, and was a vocal supporter of Ukraine, and of military action against Iran. His death came s US forces launched their third round of strikes on Iran this week in response to Iranian forces hitting a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

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