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  1. Humza Yousaf looking off camera. He has dark hair and a dark beard with grey hairs in it. He is wearing a dark suit over a light shirt with a multi-coloured tie.

  2. Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Keir Starmer and Victoria Starmer standing outside Chequers

  3. Image shows Trump and Starmer

  4. Jeremy Corbyn (left) and Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South

  5. The outside and front entrance of St Andrews Hall on a sunny day. It is a medieval building, but there is some fencing and a works van outside of it.

  6. Split picture showing the faces of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry.

  7. A headshot of James McMurdock. He has short dark hair and is smiling. He is wearing a navy suit jacket, white shirt and light blue tie.

  8. Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth visiting a shop on Ystrad Mynach high street

  9. A head and shoulders photograph image of Eluned Morgan looking out of shot. The background is blurred.

  10. US President Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a joint press conference

  11. Two women stand outside Kent County Council's offices in Maidstone holding placards. One says "if you say you are sceptical of man-made climate change you are either a liar or a fool and certainly a coward", the other says "Reform UK funded by fossil fuel billionaires."

  12. Chris Mason and Sarah Smith at Chequers

  13. Douglas Ross, who has short greying hair, in the Scottish Parliament. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie.

  14. A photo from the Falls Road Belfast in the 1969s. It shows a street with British soldiers. A boy in a blue top and shorts are walking past them. A man in the left hand corner is looking outside an open door. There are also boxes of produce outside the door.

  15. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (C) and Lady Victoria Starmer (L) welcome US President Donald Trump (R) to Chequers, near Aylesbury, on 18 September 2025. Lady Starmer wears a long-sleeved green dress, patterned with flowers as she shakes hands with the president. Sir Keir wears a black suit, white shirt and blue patterned tie. Trump wears a blue suit, white shirt and red tie.

  16. John Swinney, who is bald with glasses, and Keir Starmer, who has grey hair and glasses, speak to each other while wearing formal dinner wear.

  17. A woman with blonde hair and a quizzical look sits alone in a lecture hall with green chairs.

  18. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham wearing a white t-shirt and blue suit jacket and glasses.

  19. County Hall in Maidstone, Kent. It is a large stone building in a neoclassical style and bears Kent County Council's insignia - a prancing horse in a red shield.

  20. Edwin Poots has short grey hair and is wearing a grey suit and white shirt. The background is blurred.

  21. Jeremy Miles, who has grey/light brown hair and a beard wearing a black suit with a thin red lie tie over a white shirt, speaking into two small black microphones in front of a red background

  22. Sir Ed Davey wearing a blue tie, white shirt and a black blazer.

  23. A drone camera with three red anti-collision lights flying in the air. The sky is blue with no clouds.

  24. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood walks outside Downing Street, holding a large red folder. She wears a pink dress, a navy blue blazer, and black shoes. Behind her is a well-kept garden with vibrant flowers and green shrubs.