Today, Iran launches missiles at a US base in Qatar in response to strikes on their nuclear sites.

Qatar has confirmed the attack on the US-run Al Udeid base, adding all the missiles were intercepted. The Pentagon has said there is no reports of any US casualties. Adam is joined by John Simpson, BBC world affairs editor

And, health secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England. Adam speaks to Suzanne White - head of the medical negligence team at Leigh Day & Michael Buchannan social affairs correspondent.

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New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Julia Webster and Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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