# Starmer makes formal apology over Forced Adoption, Russia launches brutal strikes on Ukraine, Silverstone prepares for the British Grand Prix Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/starmer-makes-formal-apology-over-forced-adoption-russia-launches-brutal-strikes-on-ukraine-silverstone-prepares-for-the-british-grand-prix Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/starmer-makes-formal-apology-over-forced-adoption-russia-launches-brutal-strikes-on-ukraine-silverstone-prepares-for-the-british-grand-prix.md Podcast: [The Smart 7](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360) Published: 2026-07-03T05:17:14+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thesmart7/episodes/starmer-makes-formal-apology-over-forced-adoption-russia-lau Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thesmart7/e/6a4745dc2d7a15a9796b5474/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smart-7-1227360/episodes/starmer-makes-formal-apology-over-forced-adoption-russia-launches-brutal-strikes-on-ukraine-silverstone-prepares-for-the-british-grand-prix Duration seconds: 444 ## Resource The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 20 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following: https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2072643539008197109/video/1   https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2072665516116771117/video/1   https://x.com/BBCPolitics/status/2072678220676080047/video/1   https://x.com/Channel4News/status/2072653838968901758/video/1   https://x.com/BBCr4today/status/2072594508651409432/video/1   https://x.com/i/status/2072698385446949343   https://x.com/i/status/2072706806950887488    https://x.com/i/status/2072711510023917948 https://youtu.be/FqDj1g4yn6s     Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com   or find out more at www.metro.co.uk   Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson , researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smart-7-1227360/episodes/starmer-makes-formal-apology-over-forced-adoption-russia-launches-brutal-strikes-on-ukraine-silverstone-prepares-for-the-british-grand-prix/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smart-7-1227360/starmer-makes-formal-apology-over-forced-adoption-russia-launches-brutal-strikes-on-ukraine-silverstone-prepares-for-the-british-grand-prix.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.