Introduction

The BBC Radio 1 Breakfast duo takeover Newscast. They chat to Laura Kuenssberg about strikes, Sunak’s seatbelt, and unpopular opinions.

The BBC’s chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, speaks from Kabul after interviewing Amina Mohammed, who's leading the United Nations visit to Afghanistan.

And Newscast adopts "Animal News" from Radio 1 , with reports of a giant toads, shouting dolphins, and busy beavers.

Today’s episode was presented by Greg James and Roisin Hastie and was made by Chris Flynn with Daniel Wittenberg, Adam Chowdhury, Cordelia Hemming, and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.