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Do we really need to be prepping for disaster?28 Oct 2026 · 20mHarry Kane’s historic Ballon d’Or win27 Oct 2026 · 12mIs this the end for Benjamin Netanyahu?27 Oct 2026 · 37mHow Lula beat far-right Bolsonaro in Brazil – The Latest26 Oct 2026 · 9mHow Abu Dhabi bought Andy Burnham’s Manchester26 Oct 2026 · 31m‘Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck’ – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking25 Oct 2026 · 47mWho should be the next James Bond? – The Latest23 Oct 2026 · 12mBrazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon23 Oct 2026 · 29mPHP: Pretty Huge Problem with the internet – The Latest22 Oct 2026 · 11mAre the Tories back?22 Oct 2026 · 25mDrill, baby, drill? Jackdaw gasfield approved - The Latest21 Oct 2026 · 11mThe people of Serbia v the Trump family21 Oct 2026 · 31mAustralian MP attacked with car: what we know so far – The Latest20 Oct 2026 · 12mWhy terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK20 Oct 2026 · 25mFrance protests escalate with riots, looting and 2,400 arrests – The Latest19 Oct 2026 · 12mA spy charge, a Russian jail and a swap for an assassin: the story of Evan Gershkovich19 Oct 2026 · 25m‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty18 Oct 2026 · 57mGirls is back: Lena Dunham revives cult series a decade on – The Latest16 Oct 2026 · 12mNAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see16 Oct 2026 · 45m‘I couldn’t breathe’: Russell Brand trial hears from first alleged victim - The Latest15 Oct 2026 · 9mImran Khan’s sons on their jailed father15 Oct 2026 · 26mIndia’s cockroach protesters defy Modi’s crackdown – The Latest14 Oct 2026 · 13mThe fall of Germany’s ex-spymaster14 Oct 2026 · 22mTrump accused of ‘abuse of power’ after Ilhan Omar home raid – The Latest13 Oct 2026 · 11mThe billion-dollar shipwreck and the man who tried to find it13 Oct 2026 · 35mTrump-Putin diesel deal met with fury from Zelenskyy – The Latest12 Oct 2026 · 12mThe fight to switch off your algorithm12 Oct 2026 · 20m‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty11 Oct 2026 · 50m‘Barbaric’ firing squad livestream ordered by Pete Hegseth – The Latest9 Oct 2026 · 12mRussell T Davies on 40 years of bringing gay stories to our screens9 Oct 2026 · 27m‘Come back’: EU flirts with UK rejoining – The Latest8 Oct 2026 · 11mFrance’s teens versus the riot police8 Oct 2026 · 27m‘Jaw-dropping’: Christa Pike wakes up after botched execution – The Latest7 Oct 2026 · 12mA week inside the chaos of the Green party7 Oct 2026 · 33mPlague outbreak? Russian lab worker dies in Siberia - The Latest6 Oct 2026 · 13m“It breaks your heart everyday”: navigating England’s social care system6 Oct 2026 · 31mWhy did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? - The Latest5 Oct 2026 · 9mColonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes5 Oct 2026 · 26m‘There’s no such thing as democracy’: Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty3 Oct 2026 · 52mCelebrity Traitors: what was Richard E Grant thinking? – The Latest2 Oct 2026 · 14mThe Bolsonaros … they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls2 Oct 2026 · 25mTennessee woman survives two lethal injections - The Latest1 Oct 2026 · 12mBillionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal1 Oct 2026 · 30mMid-air panic as pilot attacked on Israel-bound flight - The Latest30 Sept 2026 · 8mAndy Burnham’s big bold leap30 Sept 2026 · 32mDiesel export ban: will Trump push global energy prices even higher? – The Latest29 Sept 2026 · 10mThe Pussy Riot activist turned Kremlin informer29 Sept 2026 · 31mRAF Fairford suspected bomb plot: five men arrested are all UK nationals – The Latest28 Sept 2026 · 9mBanished: the secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world28 Sept 2026 · 30mProtests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest25 Sept 2026 · 12mMarina Hyde on Trump, tech bros and Taylor Swift25 Sept 2026 · 25mRogue AI hacks government system for first time – The Latest25 Sept 2026 · 13mXi Jinping meets Trump: who holds the cards?25 Sept 2026 · 29mHas Burnham proved he can handle Trump? - The Latest25 Sept 2026 · 12mIs it cool to have no friends?25 Sept 2026 · 26mTrump v the media – The Latest25 Sept 2026 · 11mThe Houthis’ shock advance and what it means for the world22 Sept 2026 · 23mRise of the far right in Germany: how worried should we be? – The Latest21 Sept 2026 · 12mBeing trans in Britain in 202621 Sept 2026 · 29mDiana book sparks royal row between King Charles and Earl Spencer - The Latest18 Sept 2026 · 10mThrouples (when three isn’t a crowd)18 Sept 2026 · 30mTaking on Trump: Canada and EU forge closer ties – The Latest17 Sept 2026 · 13mThe fight to save Sweden’s soul from the far right17 Sept 2026 · 27mEd Sheeran support acts quit after Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ row - The Latest16 Sept 2026 · 11mThe Palestinian school under siege16 Sept 2026 · 31mLucy Letby inquiry finds babies could have been saved - The Latest15 Sept 2026 · 14mWhy crypto-billionaires love Reform15 Sept 2026 · 22mSydney Sweeney naked ad controversy: what’s she playing at? - The Latest14 Sept 2026 · 12mAI isn’t going to end humanity ... right?14 Sept 2026 · 27mHow 9/11 changed the world – The Latest11 Sept 2026 · 15mEd Stone to elder statesman: the making of Ed Miliband11 Sept 2026 · 26mIs Trump trying to buy votes? – The Latest10 Sept 2026 · 13mThe young and healthy Dutchman who moved into a care home10 Sept 2026 · 31mWhy is Trump silent on UK sanctions against Israeli West Bank settlements? – The Latest9 Sept 2026 · 12mInside Reform UK9 Sept 2026 · 30mUK condemns Israeli settler ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Bank – The Latest8 Sept 2026 · 13mGloria Steinem’s revolutionary life8 Sept 2026 · 31mFar-right protesters descend on Dover and Portsmouth – The Latest7 Sept 2026 · 11mWhy Meta started losing in court7 Sept 2026 · 26mBlack Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 15 Sept 2026 · 39mReform donations scandal: the final blow for Farage? – The Latest4 Sept 2026 · 13mA journey to the frontline of Nepal’s disastrous floods4 Sept 2026 · 29m‘Apocalyptic’ El Niño to unleash extreme weather - The Latest3 Sept 2026 · 11mIs Ulrich Siegmund the most dangerous man in Germany?3 Sept 2026 · 27mWedding guests reportedly killed by US strikes in Iran – The Latest2 Sept 2026 · 8mTupac’s murder: solved at last?2 Sept 2026 · 32mBritish activist abducted by West Bank settlers - The Latest1 Sept 2026 · 11mWar of words: my language lessons in Ukraine1 Sept 2026 · 32mBlack Box: episode 6 – Shut it down?31 Aug 2026 · 41mOn the ground in decimated Nepal flood zone – The Latest28 Aug 2026 · 10mBlack Box: episode 5 – The white mask28 Aug 2026 · 36m‘Tsunami from the sky:’ floods leave trail of devastation in Nepal and Tibet - The Latest27 Aug 2026 · 10mBlack Box: episode 4 – Bing and I27 Aug 2026 · 42mDolly Parton: why the queen of country was so beloved – The Latest26 Aug 2026 · 14mBlack Box: episode 3 – Repocalypse now26 Aug 2026 · 35m‘Economic D-day’: how desperate is Trump to end Iran war? — The Latest25 Aug 2026 · 9mBlack Box: episode 2 – The hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app25 Aug 2026Burnham hands secret missile technology to Ukraine – The Latest24 Aug 2026 · 9mBlack Box: episode 1 – The connectionists24 Aug 2026 · 39mWho is Natalie Harp? Trump’s ‘human printer’ aide in the spotlight - The Latest21 Aug 2026 · 10mHow to get back into reading books21 Aug 2026 · 23mWhy are Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the UK? – The Latest20 Aug 2026 · 12mDrill Andy drill? Burnham’s North Sea dilemma20 Aug 2026 · 28mWill Andy Burnham get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas? – The Latest19 Aug 2026 · 11mThe people v the datacentre? The fight for Brick Lane19 Aug 2026 · 23mRussia threatens UK over supplying drones to Ukraine — The Latest18 Aug 2026 · 12mA bestselling true crime author, and the crimes he’s accused of18 Aug 2026 · 30mCan Trump’s peace plan for Gaza be saved? – The Latest17 Aug 2026 · 9mThe super-producer who made an album from his hospital bed17 Aug 2026 · 26mPrisons are full - who should be released early?14 Aug 2026 · 30mThe 21 million women and girls the world forgot13 Aug 2026 · 31mCould Clacton bin off Nigel Farage?12 Aug 2026 · 30mWhy did Saudi Arabia just spend billions on a video games company?11 Aug 2026 · 27mThe gen Z investors10 Aug 2026 · 21mCould Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? – The Latest7 Aug 2026 · 9mPlagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday7 Aug 2026 · 37mWhy has Kemi Badenoch given a former neo-Nazi an advisory role? – The Latest6 Aug 2026 · 9m‘The guards just opened the door’: what happened in Ceuta?6 Aug 2026 · 26mRussia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest5 Aug 2026 · 9mThe mystery of the missing president5 Aug 2026 · 22mIs Gianni Infantino’s time up as Fifa president? - The Latest4 Aug 2026 · 12mNigel Farage and the £5m question that won’t go away4 Aug 2026 · 29mHow Ceuta migrant crisis exposes divisions within Europe - The Latest3 Aug 2026 · 11mThe exonerated prisoner kicked out of office by Republicans3 Aug 2026 · 29mHamas agrees to Trump’s plan to disarm in Gaza – The Latest31 Jul 2026 · 10mThe pressure to change your face31 Jul 2026 · 29mUS-Iran strikes risk regional war in Middle East - The Latest30 Jul 2026 · 10mIn Bordeaux as the wildfires close in30 Jul 2026 · 25mIs football’s soul for sale? Infantino tries to cash in on the World Cup – The Latest29 Jul 2026 · 12mThe Epstein fixer found dead in his Paris flat29 Jul 2026 · 27mBurnham bounce: Labour overtakes Reform in polls – The Latest28 Jul 2026 · 12mCan Andy Burnham end rough sleeping?28 Jul 2026 · 28mRace against time to contain wildfires in France and Spain – The Latest27 Jul 2026 · 12mHow Palantir got into the NHS27 Jul 2026 · 29mCharli xcx: does new album hit as hard as Brat? – The Latest24 Jul 2026 · 10mThe ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government24 Jul 2026 · 25mGary Lineker joins calls for wealth tax - The Latest23 Jul 2026 · 11mWhat does the BBC do for you?23 Jul 2026 · 26mZelenskyy ousts Ukraine army chief after protests - The Latest22 Jul 2026 · 10mThe man building swimming pools in Gaza22 Jul 2026 · 33mUS troops killed: has Trump lost control of Iran war? – The Latest21 Jul 2026 · 10mBurnham begins: what awaits the new PM?21 Jul 2026 · 29mAndy Burnham becomes Britain’s new prime minister – The Latest20 Jul 2026 · 9mThe battle to reclaim Epping20 Jul 2026 · 28mThe Odyssey: is Nolan adaptation worth the hype? - The Latest17 Jul 2026 · 14mHow to keep cool17 Jul 2026 · 25mWorld Cup: how did it all go wrong for England? - The Latest16 Jul 2026 · 12mThe Andy Burnham I know16 Jul 2026 · 37mUK plans social media curfew for teenagers – The Latest15 Jul 2026 · 11mThe lawyer who took on Meta – and won15 Jul 2026 · 27mTrump forced to refund billions in tariffs – The Latest14 Jul 2026 · 10mWhat’s happened to sperm?14 Jul 2026 · 28mAnn Widdecombe murder investigation taken over by counter-terror police – The Latest13 Jul 2026 · 9mChina’s massive AI rollout13 Jul 2026 · 24mHow Trump’s intervention tarnished the World Cup – The Latest10 Jul 2026 · 10mThe missing scientists at the centre of a UFO conspiracy10 Jul 2026 · 32mUS and Iran exchange strikes: is Trump’s peace deal over? - The Latest9 Jul 2026 · 10mNigel Farage v Count Binface9 Jul 2026 · 27mTrump on rampage at Nato summit: what does it mean for Ukraine? – The Latest8 Jul 2026 · 10mIran’s show of strength8 Jul 2026 · 32mNigel Farage resigns to stand in ‘people vs establishment’ byelection – The Latest7 Jul 2026 · 12mSearching for earthquake survivors in Venezuela7 Jul 2026 · 24mFarage under pressure over gifts from convicted fraudster – The Latest6 Jul 2026 · 10mHas the US finally fallen in love with football?6 Jul 2026 · 26mHow a Melbourne woman’s death is shining light on the dangers of non-medical births – Full Story podcast4 Jul 2026 · 23mTaylor Swift’s wedding: Madison Square Garden, NDAs and a princess castle – The Latest3 Jul 2026 · 13mThe return of the firing squad in Trump’s America3 Jul 2026 · 27mHow Labour diverted billions from NHS services to appease Trump – The Latest2 Jul 2026 · 12m‘I don’t think she knew how much danger she was in’: the life and death of Annabel Rook2 Jul 2026 · 44mHow Trump made over $2bn last year – The Latest1 Jul 2026 · 10mThe Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects1 Jul 2026 · 26mIs the UK spending enough on defence? – The Latest30 Jun 2026 · 12mWhere have all the first jobs gone?30 Jun 2026 · 25mHow would PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham change Britain? - The Latest29 Jun 2026 · 11mLife on the porch of an empty mansion29 Jun 2026 · 21mThe king, his millions, and the first public royal tax bill – The Latest26 Jun 2026 · 11mA British woman was strangled in the UK – why did the US military try her case?26 Jun 2026 · 37mDesperate search for survivors after deadly earthquakes hit Venezuela – The Latest25 Jun 2026 · 11mThe dawn of the designer baby25 Jun 2026 · 32mHundreds of mothers and babies died or were harmed at ‘toxic’ hospital trust – The Latest24 Jun 2026 · 12mBritain, Brexit, Burnham: how was it for EU?24 Jun 2026 · 26mDeadly heatwave grips Europe with record high temperatures - The Latest23 Jun 2026 · 11mWhere did it all go wrong for Starmer?23 Jun 2026 · 25mStarmer resigns as UK prime minister - The Latest22 Jun 2026 · 14mThe complicated truth about adoption reunions22 Jun 2026 · 35mThink like a billionaire: part two20 Jun 2026 · 22mHas Burnham’s win in Makerfield sealed Starmer’s fate? - The Latest19 Jun 2026 · 14mThink like a billionaire part one19 Jun 2026 · 28mTrump’s Iran deal: the art of the fail? – The Latest18 Jun 2026 · 12mCulture wars: the fight to save Ukraine’s art18 Jun 2026 · 28mRussia warship fires warning shot at British couple – The Latest17 Jun 2026 · 10mWill a ban keep the UK’s kids off social media?17 Jun 2026 · 32mZelenskyy’s clever play to win over Trump at G7– The Latest16 Jun 2026 · 11mHow the murder of my sister, Jo Cox, changed Britain16 Jun 2026 · 29mIs Trump’s deal with Iran embarrassing for the US? – The Latest15 Jun 2026 · 11mIn Makerfield for the byelection that could change everything15 Jun 2026 · 29mShould you boycott the World Cup? – The Latest12 Jun 2026 · 12mOn the ground in the Belfast riots12 Jun 2026 · 27mDefence secretary quits: is this the end for Starmer? – The Latest11 Jun 2026 · 11mMehdi Hasan on Donald Trump’s big, beautiful birthday11 Jun 2026 · 28m
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