Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter

We report on how Bollywood is using songs, romance and comedy – to tackle one of India’s most serious development issues, the lack of proper toilets. It’s a problem that’s also had a serious impact on women’s safety across India.

Conservative MP Sir David Amess says he will be raising the potential conflict of interest revealed by Channel 4 News with appropriate ministers “as a matter of urgency”. The joint Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue said without transparency, there’s a danger the public will lose confidence in the whole thing. Channel…

Rotherham MP Sarah Champion, who’s the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, says the law is clear that children cannot consent to sex and that guidelines denying them compensation must be updated.    

The author and journalist Rania Abouzeid says Islamic State is the latest incarnation of previous Islamist groups, and while it has suffered territorial losses, it will revert back to being “vintage Islamic State of Iraq”.

We’ve just returned from Syria, where we’ve been spending time with an elite unit of the Syrian army called the Tiger Forces.

If Mosul and the battle for Raqqa are dominating the headlines, the Syrian army has its eye on another battlefield. The key to that is the desert east of Homs that stretches all the way to the Iraqi border. The Syrian army has been focusing its efforts with tank units who are making some astonishing…

The US and Russia have reached a ceasefire deal in south-west Syria, one they say could be replicated elsewhere in the country. But that won’t include Raqqa, where militants from the Islamic State group have been fighting back against advancing US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces, as they move closer to the centre. Tens of thousands…

Aleppo MP Fares Shehabi says Syrians have the right to choose their own president and other nations should “stop meddling”.

Aleppo MP Fares Shehabi says Syrians have the right to choose their own president and other nations should “stop meddling”.  

Fighting is intensifying around the city of Raqqa as government forces attempt to retake it from the so-called Islamic State.  It’s the group’s last stronghold in Syria and the city it proclaimed the capital of its caliphate three years ago.

In a separate development on Northern Ireland’s strict abortion rules – an appeal court has ruled that it should be left to the Stormont Assembly to decide – not judges.

I’m joined by the deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson who played a significant role in bringing the News International phone hacking scandal out into the open.

Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis says EU nationals given “settled status” after Brexit will have the same rights as British citizens.

It’s a stark and passionate cry from the heart. Ben Okri’s latest poem is entitled simply “Grenfell Tower, June 2017”, but it explores issues of grief, pain, waste and inequality.

Portuguese Socialist Party MEP Ana Gomes says she welcomes Theresa May’s public offer to EU nationals living in Britain, but adds that any watering down of their rights will not be accepted.