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Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.

    Lord Cameron defends UK involvement in Israel-Iran

    Lord Cameron defends UK involvement in Israel-Iran

    RAF typhoons flew over the skies of the Middle East to help protect Israel on Saturday night after Iran launched a direct attack on the country for the first time since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The UK was one of several countries, including the US, which helped counter Iran's attack.
    Today's Nick Robinson speaks to Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron.

    • 14 min
    How a Prime Minister’s affair was kept secret for so long

    How a Prime Minister’s affair was kept secret for so long

    Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson's close adviser Bernard Donoughue tells Today about the PM's affair kept secret for half a century and why he's revealing it now.
    (Photo: Harold Wilson. Credit: Getty Images)

    • 8 min
    Alec Stewart on a lifetime at the Oval

    Alec Stewart on a lifetime at the Oval

    County cricket is back, and Surrey are looking to win the championship for the third year in succession. It would be a fitting send off for their director of cricket, Alec Stewart, who's retiring at the end of the season after 11 years.
    Today sports presenter Garry Richardson has been to the Oval -- the home of Surrey cricket -- to meet the former England captain and reflect on his long career.

    • 6 min
    Andrew Scott on playing the fascinating Talented Mr Ripley

    Andrew Scott on playing the fascinating Talented Mr Ripley

    The award-winning actor Andrew Scott talks to Today about playing the character of Tom Ripley.
    There have been many screen adaptations of The Talented Mr Ripley over the years - the most famous with Matt Damon and Jude Law.
    The new Netflix drama Ripley, based on the novels of Patricia Highsmith, starts this week.

    • 6 min
    The Today Debate: Is justice delayed, justice denied?

    The Today Debate: Is justice delayed, justice denied?

    The Today Debate is about taking a subject and pulling it apart with more time than we have in the morning.
    Amid a significant backlog in crown courts in England and Wales and related problems in the system in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Today presenter Mishal Husain asks if justice delayed is justice denied?
    Joining Mishal on the Today debate panel are Claire Waxman, the Independent Victims' Commissioner for London; Charlie Taylor; His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales; Joanna Hardy-Susskind, a barrister at Red Lion Chambers; Lord Falconer, Labour Peer and former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Sir Max Hill, who was the director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales until October last year.

    • 36 min
    Theresa May: 'During PMQs my blood sugar went up'

    Theresa May: 'During PMQs my blood sugar went up'

    When Theresa May was diagnosed with type 1 in her 50s, she told the consultant: "I'm too old. I can't be”. Lady May says she would also eat Jelly Babies when her blood sugar dropped during meetings.
    The former Prime Minister has now chaired a parliamentary inquiry into the life-threatening consequences of having both type 1 diabetes and an eating disorder.
    She speaks to Today's Justin Webb why a joined-up approach by the NHS is needed so that healthcare professionals are aware of the 'conflicting pressures' on people with type 1 and an eating disorder. She also discusses her experience while in government of managing her blood sugar levels.

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