"On what basis would France refuse a humanitarian operation to save lives?!" Reform's Laila Cunningham responds to France's suggestion that her party's plan to stop Channel crossings would violate its sovereignty and breach international law. #Newsnight

"It feels like we're letting Andrew down again... I just feel really let down." Debbie Adlam, mother of PC Andrew Harper who was killed in the line of duty, gives #Newsnight her reaction to the news that two of her son's killers will be released early.

“Human extinction is a possibility, a possible outcome of this… race." Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo, on the ‘race’ between AI companies to create an AI ‘superintelligence’ - including by putting AI itself in charge of the research. #Newsnight

"The president saying very clearly that the new prime minister told him he is going to open up North Sea Oil." As Donald Trump speaks on PM Andy Burnham for the first time, Nick Watt says the president is "very much putting his gloss on the call" between the two. #Newsnight

"Well, I am quitting... I'm tired, Paddy.” Economist Gary Stevenson says he is resigning from public debate, saying “I've been doing this for years” and “it’s tiring” #Newsnight

"Burnham has started well... because communication is the first rule of a Prime Minister who can appeal." Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby, who hosted 10 BBC General Election specials, gives his initial verdict on the UK's new leader. #Newsnight

"We think there's many [Epstein survivors in the UK]" Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips urges UK survivors to come forward and "get the support they've always wanted." #Newsnight

“Does Andy Burnham know he’s got to find £4.7bn in his first budget?” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social presses Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis MP on reports that £4.7 billion is still to be found for the Defence Investment Plan to be fully costed.

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"We spend billions on housing benefit...How about instead of giving our money to private landlords, we invest in building some council houses?" New Statesman executive editor Oli Dugmore on Andy Burnham's offer to young people, including a focus on housing. #Newsnight

"Mayors have a much closer relationship with people... it's not just blah, blah, blah." Mariana Mazzucato, economist and former adviser to Andy Burnham, reflects on Burnham's 'Manchesterism' philosophy. #Newsnight

"You're spending something like £65 billion on defence and £360 billion on welfare. Lucky you, you must not feel any danger..." Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on Britain's defence spending. #Newsnight

"My hope against all hope is, if and when he becomes Prime Minister... he will stand up at the lectern and say this government owes an absolutely humongous apology to all these... personnel." Nuclear veteran Brian Unthank on Andy Burnham’s support for their campaign. #Newsnight

Kiran Stacey: "Keir Starmer wouldn't have done it, he wouldn't have been able to pull that off..." @vicderbyshire.bsky.social: "So what?" After Kemi Badenoch described Andy Burnham as "a pair of eyelashes and a black T-shirt", the panel discuss Burnham's online response. #Newsnight

"Are you seriously considering running?" "I think I'm pretty serious about this. This is not about me, this is about the seriousness of this country." Victoria Derbyshire asks ex defence minister, Al Carns MP, about a potential challenge for the Labour leadership #Newsnight

"I was hearing things like, 'In terms of removing Rachel Reeves as Chancellor, it's your starter for ten. You can't get the project off the ground unless you do that'." Nick Watt hears from supporters of Andy Burnham about plans to replace the Chancellor. #Newsnight

"Someone who can control borrowing... get a grip of the cost of living." "I want to see a person who is less in hock to Treasury orthodoxy." Labour MP Yuan Yang and Peter Hain, ex-DWP Secretary, discuss who could be Chancellor if Andy Burnham becomes PM. #Newsnight

“Darren Jones’s team are saying yes they’ve had a lot of support, they’re not knocking it down...” Nick Watt hears how Keir Starmer’s Chief Secretary could enter the Labour leadership contest, though it is seen as unlikely. #Newsnight

“He’s not very good at describing what the point of the Labour Party is, what’s the purpose, why are we here?” Phillip Collins, ex-Tony Blair speechwriter and Prospect magazine editor, says Keir Starmer required better political communication skills as PM. #Newsnight

“We are ready to go, it’s real - we have to be ready” Nick Watt hears from an ally of Keir Starmer who says the PM is putting in place the necessary preparations to fight a prospective leadership challenge, with one source adding: “Keir Starmer is fired up”. #Newsnight

“We were definitely not on a collision course.” “We were going to miss them.” British couple Jane and Alan Kelvey detail their experience when their yacht had warning shots fired near it by a Russian warship in the English Channel. #Newsnight

“I’d be prepared to do that…” Wes Streeting is asked by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social whether he would trigger a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer after the Makerfield by-election result. #Newsnight

"This is an indefensible thing to attack us for, but it's also completely undemocratic. It's Elon Musk trying to tell us how to run our own country..." Baroness Thangam Debbonaire on the Labour government's decision to ban social media for under-16s. #Newsnight

"He has no idea about what the law is here... the government is not censoring anything." Online Safety minister Kanishka Narayan MP responds to Elon Musk's claim of the social media ban for under-16s: "the real goal is to enable the government to track everyone". #Newsnight

"I think it is terminal and it has been for some time." Nick Watt hears from a serving minister about the Prime Minister's future, following the resignation of John Healey MP and Al Carns MP from the Ministry of Defence. #Newsnight

"There's no point me having a glamorous, comfortable retirement if the country that I bequeath to my children is at great military risk" General Sir Richard Barrons says he would "release the triple lock in order to put more money back into things like defence." #Newsnight

"Do you believe in this fundamental principle that social housing and benefits should be for British people?" "You believe in isolating people" Ex RMT general secretary Mick Lynch and Reform UK's Laila Cunningham clash over immigration #Newsnight

"If there is a contest then I'm going to fight it. I'm not going to walk away. I am going to fight to win." Nick Watt reveals that Keir Starmer told a meeting of government ministers that he will be "in it to win it" if a leadership contest is triggered. #Newsnight

"It's the family we are not listening to, that's what's making me so angry... This was a reasonable family who have just lost their son." Labour MP Jo White calls for the conversation around Henry Nowak's murder to proceed respectfully. #Newsnight

"When Nigel was talking about rage he wasn't talking about rage against anyone... he was talking about rage at a system." Reform UK's Laila Cunningham defends Nigel Farage's "pure cold rage" comments in response to the treatment of Henry Nowak by police. #Newsnight

“We will end up seeing more division” Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she is disappointed by Nigel Farage "wading in" with his "pure cold rage" comments in response to the treatment of Henry Nowak. #Newsnight