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The prime minister has announced a total ban on social media for under 16's. Our Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman says there are still questions about how the ban will be implemented.

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"We need to police age now and not content."

The Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott supports the government's ban of social media for under 16's and believes previous methods to protect children online have failed.

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As Sir Keir Starmer announces a social media ban for under-16s, he says the government has learned from countries like Australia, where a similar ban has already been introduced.

Mumsnet's Justine Roberts and Labour MP Emily Darlington share their opposing views on the ban.

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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce that under-16s will be banned from major social media platforms, including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, later this morning.

Chief Political Correspondent @hzeffman explains why this decision is coming now.

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International lawyer Ted Meron tells @BBCNickRobinson 'daydreaming' helped him survive the Holocaust.

He says dreaming of going to school and biking in a park saved him when he was taken to a Nazi labour camp.

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“Is Donald Trump’s support an asset or liability to your campaign?”

@AmolRajan asks @SteveHiltonx in his first UK interview since making it to the final two in the race to be California Governor.

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“We want to make sure that money will be spent wisely.”

Business secretary Peter Kyle defends the prime minister’s approach to military spending, after a damaging row that’s seen the defence secretary and armed forces minister resign.

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"We are fighting amongst each other to get more money to protect this nation."

Al Carns, who resigned last night as Armed Forces Minister over military funding, tells @amolrajan the government 'cannot bluff the taxpayer' over how money is spent on defence.

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“It certainly looks like time is running out for the prime minister.”

Lord Simon Case, the former cabinet secretary who worked closely with John Healey, says ‘sometimes the best way of saving a premiership is to be bold’.

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Hilary Benn, Northern Ireland Secretary, responds to reports suggesting Hadi Alodid, the suspect in the violent knife attack in Belfast on Monday, would not have been interviewed before being granted asylum in a scheme set up by the previous government.

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"If you're burning someone out of their home, shouting 'foreigners out', what other word would you use to describe what has been going on?"

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn responds to whether the protests in Belfast following a violent knife attack are 'racist attacks'.

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Is public disorder, fuelled by social media, getting worse?

Following nights of violence in Belfast, Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the issue is 'right at the centre' of the challenges the police now face.

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The Metropolitan Police has asked the home secretary for further measures to tackle phone theft, including ensuring that phone companies render handsets unusable once they're stolen.

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the move will 'take the profit out of criminal business'.

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What's the mood one week out from the Makerfield by-election?

@hzeffman says the upcoming poll has an 'unparalleled' national significance, and talks about the Labour leadership contest that could follow it.

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Reports suggest Hadi Alodid, the Sudanese man accused of the violent knife attack in Belfast on Monday, was in the UK under the terms of a fast-track asylum system introduced by the Conservative government in 2023.

Chief political correspondent @HZeffman explains more.

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"It's absolutely legitimate to talk about migration in the context of national security."

Jonathan Hall KC, the UK's independent reviewer of terrorism laws, says that immigration and disorder are 'destabilising the nation' following the violence in Belfast.

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Cabinet Office minister Anna Turley is pressed on whether the Common Travel Area system between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is working, after reports the Belfast knife attack suspect entered the UK via that route and was then granted leave to remain.

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"Unless the government step up, I fear we will continue to see significant unrest."

DUP MP Carla Lockhart condemns the violence overnight in Belfast, and calls for the UK government to look at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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Six months on, is Australia's ban on social media for under 16s working?

Communications minister Anika Wells, who has led the ban, says the government is aware some children have found ways around the ban, but the 'onus here is on big tech'.