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The war in Ukraine is firmly back on the agenda of Western leaders. Keir Starmer was at a hastily organised European summit in Paris on Monday, as Russian and American negotiators prepare to hold talks in Saudi Arabia.Meanwhile the PM has announced he would be willing to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine as peacekeepers.But with military recruitment at historically low levels and defence spending languishing, is our diminished Army up to the job? Kamal and Gordon ask Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army, who says it is “outrageous” that Ukraine has been excluded from planned peace talks and suggests military spending should be boosted to 3.5% of GDP.Later, the Telegraph’s film critic Tim Robey reflects on a night of bad jokes and surprise results at the Baftas - and reveals which films are worth seeing.Read: Potentially putting Britons in harm’s way is a huge responsibility – but we must be ready to do our bit for Europe, Keir StarmerMunich shows time has run out. The UK must expand its armed forces, Lord DannattProducer: Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel WelshVideo Editor: Andy MackenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angela Rayner is planning to set up a council on Islamophobia, tasked with drawing up an official definition for anti-Muslim discrimination.But some senior political figures are worried that the Government could adopt the same definition as the Labour Party, which has been described as so widely drawn is curbs free speech.One of the people sounding the alarm is Dr Taj Hargey, a moderate Imam and scholar who is “deeply concerned” about the definition. He tells Kamal and Camilla it will close down open discussion of Islam and give extremists “a get out of jail free card”.Dr Hargey also explains why he says Islam has been “captured” by extremism and what liberal Muslim leaders can do about it.Read: Angela Rayner to set rules on Islam and free speechMuslim Labour politician warns against Angela Rayner’s redefining of ‘Islamophobia’Producer: Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeVideo Editor: Andy MackenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, he promised it and now he seems to be well on the way to delivering. Donald Trump held a phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin and agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to meet with the US Defence Secretary and Vice President this week.But is Moscow the real winner here? Trump has said it wouldn't be 'practical' for Ukraine to join NATO, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Ukraine won't return to its pre-2014 borders.Kamal and Camilla speak to former Conservative MP, Armed Forces Minister and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran James Heappey, who raises concerns that Ukrainians "will not be an equal partner" in the negotiations.Elsewhere, as the government agrees to a public inquiry into the Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane after a meeting with the victims' families, we're in Downing Street to speak to the brothers of two those who were tragically killed - Grace O’Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber.Read:Ben Wallace: Trump’s Ukraine peace talks have echoes of Nazi appeasementProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeVideo Editor: Andy MackenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Telegraph has revealed that a family of six Palestinians seeking to flee Gaza has been granted the right to live in the UK using a scheme meant for Ukrainian refugees. The Home Office initially rejected their application, but a judge overruled the decision as it breached their rights under the ECHR.It is an immigration tribunal decision which comes hot on the heels of the Albanian criminal whose deportation was halted in part because of his son’s distaste for foreign chicken nuggets.Kamal and Camilla ask whether this ruling will open the floodgates for mass migration, and pose the question - who is really in control of our borders, Parliament or the judiciary?They also reflect on Kemi Badenoch’s performance at Prime Minister’s Questions this lunchtime, as the Tory leader took the chance to grill Keir Starmer on the decision to allow the Gazan family to settle here.Read: Court gives Gazans right to settle in UKThe best (and worst) Home Counties, ranked and ratedProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyVideo Editor: Valerie BrowneStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keir Starmer and his mates were only too happy to play the role of the moral arbiters in opposition.But after constant accusations of cronyism last year, and now health minister Andrew Gwynne’s sacking for a string of racist, sexist and ageist messages posted in an MPs' WhatsApp group, are Labour at risk of drowning in a sea of hypocrisy? Are they now The Nasty Party, a label historically reserved for the Tories?Kamal and Camilla also reflect on yesterday’s interview with Kemi Badenoch after The Daily T inbox filled up with your feedback, and mark fifty years since Margaret Thatcher became Conservative leader...twin-set and pearls at the ready!We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyVideo Editor: Valerie BrowneStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kemi Badenoch has ruled out signing a pact with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, saying the party’s manifesto promises “didn’t add up”.Speaking exclusively to the Daily T to mark 100 days as Leader of the Opposition, Badenoch said, “I am the custodian of an institution that has existed for nigh on 200 years...I can’t just treat it like it’s a toy and have pacts and mergers.”Badenoch also called for a UK version of DOGE, Elon Musk’s government efficiency drive in the United States, and said the Conservatives risk losing all their remaining council seats in the this year’s local elections.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyVideo Editor: James EnglandStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They've overtaken Labour in the polls for the first time, and now they have their sights set firmly on Number 10.Despite Labour cancelling local elections for millions of voters, Reform aren't going anywhere, and in this episode we hear from one of the lynchpins of their success - Rupert Lowe MP. He's sat down with our own Gordon Rayner to reveal how the party plans to win at the next election, why Labour are ruining the country, and what he thinks of Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson.Read: Rupert Lowe: ‘The young are turning to Reform because baby boomers have had it so good’ - Gordon RaynerVote here in our poll on whether Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job at Conservative leaderWe want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettProducer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeVideo Editor: Andy MackenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katharine Birbalsingh, who has become known as Britain’s strictest headteacher, has accused Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson of being a “Marxist” who “hates academies”.The head of Michaela Community School in Wembley, she wrote an open letter to Phillipson after they met this week to discuss Labour’s plans to reform the academy system. And it clearly didn’t go well.Kamal and Camilla speak to a clearly angry Ms Birbalsingh about what happened at the meeting, why the government wants to centralise control of education and why standards will be ‘hit badly’ under Labour’s planned reforms.Plus, the Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4.75 to 4.5% - Kamal explains why this is good for our mortgages, but bad for Rachel Reeves...Vote here in our poll on whether Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job at Conservative leaderProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeVideo Editor: Andy MackenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even by Donald Trump’s standards, it’s pretty out there.During a visit by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, the President declared that he wanted the US to “take over” the Gaza Strip, resettling the almost two million Palestinians who live there to build what he called the “Riviera of the Middle East”.Kamal and Camilla ask Middle East analyst Sanam Vakil whether Trump’s desire to add Gaza to his property development portfolio is even possible, and what it could mean for regional politics.Plus, Kamal was at the press conference held by the families of the Nottingham attack victims. It came on the day NHS England released a report into the myriad of failings by a myriad of authorities during the treatment of Valdo Calocane in the years leading up to his sickening attack.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyVideo Editor: Valerie BrowneStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘We did not find any murders’. Those are the damning words of world-renowned neonatologist Dr Shoo Lee, one of a panel of experts questioning the evidence used against convicted child-killer Lucy Letby.The seven babies were not murdered, they concluded from extensive new evidence, but died either from natural causes or poor medical care.Camilla and Kamal were at the press conference with David Davis, the MP leading the charge for Letby’s case to be reviewed, and the Telegraph’s science editor Sarah Knapton.They ask: is this one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British history? And is medical negligence at the Counter of Chester Hospital really to blame for those infants’ deaths?The Daily T on Lucy Letby:David Davis details his concerns about the trial of Lucy Letby: https://youtu.be/e-AWvza_KmEIs it “crass” to question Lucy Letby’s guilt?: https://youtu.be/5_B7ivaaiucLetby Lawyers seek fresh appeal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXvhMc_wg7QProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyCamera Operator/Video Editor: Andy MackenzieVideo Editor: Valerie BrowneEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.