Morning briefing Monday 14th September

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0:51It's due to new rules on overseas donations that will be backdated to March. Nigel Farage's party says it's very confident both donations are legal. Peter Gagan is an investigative journalist and author of Democracy for Sale. It's pretty clear, actually, that this kind of cap on donors overseas and Britons abroad of£100 ,000 and that people would have to be resident in Britain for at least 12 months before they could give more. A 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity after wearing a burka at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth on Saturday. He's due in court later this morning.

1:31Boris Johnson and senior European security officials have been caught up in a security scare in Ukraine. The former Prime Minister says he was traveling on a train near the border with Poland when another service was attacked by Russian drones. Michael Borserky is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and he's told Times Radio about the broader security implications of the incident. This is a pattern now and it's getting worse and worse and in a strange way this has done Ukraine a favour because the publicity over this is huge. But let us not forget, this is not about Boris Johnson. This is a pattern that happens day after day after day.

2:09The First Ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are meeting later to sign a declaration on independence. The Memorandum of Understanding is expected to push Downing Street for referendums in their respective nations. Andy Burnham will call for a culture shift when he gathers business leaders in Downing Street today to pledge to back entrepreneurs. The Prime Minister is expected to host a series of events in Number 10 aimed at pitching his government as a partner for growth, which can offer a stable platform for investment in the UK. The government is being urged to do more on AI regulation after warnings from tech companies that the systems are racing beyond human control.

2:49The Times understands ministers are wary that tough regulations could jeopardise Britain's access to the most advanced closed models, which are considered important to national security. Jake Moore is a global security advisor and AI expert, and he's told Times Radio that it's a difficult balance to strike. We're trying to regulate something that is already far, far ahead in the technological race, but we don't want to stifle that regulation. It's reported that a former Royal Protection Officer told the FBI that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor breached security rules to secretly take young women into Buckingham Palace.

3:26Paul Page contacted the US authorities investigating the former prince's links with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He says the British police ignored his offer to provide information. There's more on all these stories and others throughout the day on Times Radio.

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