Morning briefing Thursday 26th June

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1:08Backbenchers say the PM's Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, has alienated them. Some want him removed from Number 10, along with other advisers branded as overexcitable boys. More than 120 Labour MPs have signalled they're ready to vote against legislation that could see disability benefits cut. Neil Duncan Jordan is the Labour MP for Paul and among the Labour rebels. The government's own assessment says that over three million disabled people will be poorer at the end of the five years of this parliament because of these proposals. And that's why you've got so many Labour MPs speaking out. The director of the CIA says a body of credible intelligence suggests Iran's nuclear programme was severely damaged by U.S.

1:55strikes last weekend, and key facilities would take several years to rebuild. Reports on Tuesday claimed the damage was more limited. John Erreth is Senior Policy Director for the Center of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Whatever is the time frame, the facilities can be rebuilt. So that means that there will be a choice at some point by the leadership in Iran and the leadership in Israel and the leadership in the United States. can we want to do this again? Is this going to mean a further round of violence? Or are we going to use the intervening time for negotiations and possibly coming up with some kind of new agreement?

2:35A ceasefire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding. President Trump has declared NATO is no longer a rip-off as member states agreed to boost defence spending. Leaders at the Netherlands summit committed to raise spending on defence and security to 5 % of GDP by 2035. Sakir Starmer says the UK will up its spending to 4.1 % by 2027 before eventually reaching the agreed target in the next decade. Ambassador Ivor Dahler is former US ambassador to NATO. He told Times Radio there's a reason NATO leaders agreed to this now. It is true that Donald Trump may be the first president to have gotten Europe to really push the pedal to the metal when it comes to spending on defence.

3:22But one major reason is because Donald Trump has conveyed to Europeans that the United States is no longer a trustworthy ally. That's not exactly what other presidents had wanted. They wanted burden sharing. What President Trump wants is burden shifting. He wants to shift responsibility for the defence of Europe onto European shoulders. Sir Keir Starmer is confident an assisted dying law can work, despite the health secretary saying there's no budget for it. The Prime Minister insisted the correct preparations had been done to ensure the bill is workable in all its aspects. Patients will be told to consult an AIGP as their first port of call for health problems under Labour's new NHS 10-year plan.

4:04The NHS app will be upgraded and use artificial intelligence to provide a doctor in your pocket to guide you through your care. The app will help patients choose their own GP, allowing them to shop around between different doctors and hospitals for where they want to be treated. The European Union is planning to ban airlines from charging extra to take both a personal item, the small under-seat bag, and a one small carry-on wheelie bag. The aim is to simplify the booking process, remove so-called drip pricing and save consumers money. And you can hear detailed analysis of the biggest developments in global security on our World in 10 podcast.

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