while handling conflicts abroad? the prime minister s right hand man oliver dowden is here to answer that question. from salford, labour s lisa nandyjoins us too. he s been caught in the headlines for the wrong reasons of late in charge during the post office scandal. but how does ed davey, the lib dem leader, want to change the script in this year of a general election? and, a week on from the death of alexei navalvny we ask the estonian prime minister what s it like to be one of putin s most wanted. good morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes halima begum, the boss of the charity action aid, andy burnham, the labour mayor of greater manchester, now author, and therese coffey, who was deputy prime minister herself in liz truss cabinet. she is now a conservative backbench mp. a warm welcome to all three. and welcome to you, too. so let s first of all catch up with what s making the news. keir starmer accuses rishi sunak of harbouring extremists in his party
north korea has stepped up its war of words with the united states, warning there will be all out war if the us uses military force against it, and that it would be willing to use a pre emptive nuclear strike. would be willing to use in north korea is all about shows of strength. the first day came in this demonstration. the next in the square, close to the centre of power, by way of a rare interview. translation: if the us is reckless enough to use military means, it would mean from that date all out war. our nuclear weapons protect us from threats and we will be conducting more tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. today the us vice president mike pence was in south korea, visiting the demilitarised zone that separates the two halves of this divided peninsula. he was also talking tough. there was an era of strategic patience, but that you are of strategic patience is over. the president has made it clear that the patient has run out. despite the posturing on both s