Jackie Long , Social Affairs Editor and Presenter

We spoke to Fouad Sayed Issa. He’s a youth activist and founder of the Syrian refugee-led humanitarian group ‘Violet Organization.’

At least 30 people have been killed and a hundred others injured – after a train derailed in southern Pakistan. 

We spoke to Sayed Zulfi Bukhari – a former special assistant to Imran Khan when he was Pakistani prime minister.

Poor conditions in England’s young offenders institutions are endemic, according to a prisons watchdog – which has issued new warnings about the way children are treated in jail.

We spoke to Damian Green, who was first secretary of state under Theresa May.

We spoke to Dr Jo Daniels, a clinical psychologist who has studied the impact of pressures on NHS staff

We spoke to Radhouane Nouicer, the UN’s designated expert on human rights in Sudan

We spoke to the American lawyer, former prosecutor, and private defence attorney, Linda Kenney Baden about the new charges against former US President Donald Trump.

Wildfires are still burning across at least nine countries around the Mediterranean – leaving dozens of people dead.

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of sexually assaulting four men. He had described the allegations against him as “madness”. We spoke to celebrity PR and brand expert Mark Borkowski and started by asking him how easy will it be for Spacey to rebuild his reputation.

Dame Louise Casey is the author of last year’s landmark review into the culture and standards of the Metropolitan Police that found institutional racism, sexism and homophobia.

An award winning Black bank manager who was wrongly accused of a string of serious crimes says promises by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to end discrimination in the force are meaningless.

As the dust settles on the by-election results, there’s one question that Labour is no doubt wrestling with: how to manage the ULEZ controversy, and more broadly, its green policy, in the face of the Uxbridge loss.

We spoke to Labour’s Deputy leader, Angela Rayner and I began by asking her how she responded to the Conservative’s claim that London mayor Sadiq Khan had lost Labour the election in Uxbridge because of his controversial plan to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone.

We spoke to the Chair of the Conservative party and MP Greg Hands – and started by asking him what he made of the poor night at the polls for the Tories.