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Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics for the day,

from the latest on the Gaza peace deal to Stalmers' trip to India, and where Kemi Badenok's sense of humour has gone.

And joining me are two times journalists, always in full possession of a sense of fun.

And one of them is the host of the story podcast, Manvina, as you might suspect from the way you can kind of hear the bits of cake in my teeth. Hello, Manvind. Hello, Mani. Good to have you with us. And the other is Times columnist Matthew Paris. Hello, Matthew. Hello, good morning. How are you? Pretty good. Which of Mandarine's cakes did you have? It was a sort of strawberry one.

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