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    1. A man in a boxing gym wearing black boxing gloves and a grey hoodie takes aim at a punching bag as another man to the side claps in encouragement.

    • Steve Morphew is wearing a grey hoody with a yellow horizontal stripe across the chest. Beneath the top he is wearing a checked shirt.

    • Michael Kratsios, a White House director and advisor on technology, speaking into a microphone at a podium, wearing a black suit jacket, white dress shirt and blue patterned neck tie. An American flag is positioned upright behind him.

    • People holding signs saying 'kill the bill not the ill' and 'give me choice over my death' stand protesting outdoors in Parliament Square in early June 2025.

    • A BBC Verify graphic in the signature blue of the brand, with the Scottish Parliament building on the right of frame and a Scottish five pound banknote underneath a couple of pound coins on the left.

    • A black and white ship with red funnels

    • Party representatives - The Conservatives - Paul Davies Reform UK - Helen Jenner Labor - Eluned Morgan The Green Party - Tessa Marshall Plaid Cymru - Rhun ap Iorwerth Liberal Democrats - Jane Dodds

    • Welsh flags and people in the centre of Cardiff's St Mary Street

    • Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister's former chief of staff, walking down Downing Street. He has a serious expression and wears a dark grey coat with the collar turned up over a white shirt with a black tie. He has short hair and a very short beard.

    • A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, looking off camera. She is wearing a black and white polka dot top.

    • A head and shoulders shot from the side of Starmer wearing glasses and wearing a suit

    • The exterior of the Coventry City Council headquarters is pictured. A sign in the foreground has a black background with gold writing which reads "The Council House". There are stone steps and the building has a sandstone structure with large ornate lead-lined windows. A singular Union Flag flies from one of several flagpoles protruding from the front of the building.

    • Eluned Morgan, a middle aged woman with brown hair, gestures as she speaks to the camera.

    • Campaigners from both sides of the debate protest outside Parliament in June 2025, while MPs debate the bill in the House of Commons. One woman holds a pink placard reading: "Let us choose. Legalise assisted dying". Three people wearing white masks and medical gowns holds placards reading: "Don't make doctors killers" and "Protect our NHS from becoming the national suicide service".

    • Zack Polanski, Leader of the Green Party, and Hannah Spencer, Green Party MP for Gorton & Denton, attend a local election campaign event in Levenshulme on April 23, 2026 in Manchester, England.

    • A split screen with Sarah Smith on the left and Donald Trump on the right.

    • Keir Starmer is gesticulating with both hands held up in front of him while responding to a question. He is wearing a dark navy shirt and suit jacket. The sky is bright blue behind him.

    • A stock image shows a Reform Party logo on a rosette on someone's chest. It is light blue, and the logo is of a white arrow with test that reads: "Reform UK"

    • Rhun ap Iorwerth being interviewed in a Radio Wales studio, behind a microphone with an orange foam cover displaying the BBC Radio Wales logo. He is gesturing with his hand and wearing a pair of headphones over one ear.

    • A man in a black blazer and white shirt looks towards a camera while standing in front of a dark green painted wall.

    • Hillsborough Law NOW campaign banner

    • Cabinet Office permanent secretary Cat Little speaks to camera while sitting in the hearing giving evidence with others sitting behind her.

    • Michelle O'Neill, with shoulder length blonde hair, wearing a white top and a red suit jacket. She has one hand raised.

    • Woman puts up a polling station sign.