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The programme opened with China criticising Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei for saying China's AI capabilities pose a national security risk to the US, with a Chinese intelligence official also citing specific AI models as threats. In the UK, a cross-party committee of MPs and peers called for new legislation to protect human rights from AI, proposing a single regulator, while some AI leaders warned of extinction risks and President Trump downplayed the concerns. An interview with a professor discussed the balance of risks and benefits.

The EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said a Russian attack on a Ukrainian train near the Polish border was meant to scare off Western support for Kiev; former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had used the same route and described the attack as senseless. Later, Kallas condemned Russia's tactics, and a professor who had been on that train described the close timing of the strike. Separately, President Zelensky urged MPs to back the dismissal of Ukraine's chief prosecutor amid a corruption scandal.

Reform UK insisted that two donations totalling £72 million were entirely lawful, while the government introduced rules to cap overseas donations. Billionaire art collector Leon Black denied allegations that Jeffrey Epstein was his fixer, amid payments and a congressional hearing. The programme also reported on the search for more than a hundred missing people after a ferry disaster in Indonesia.