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As the Iran war reignites, there's a hidden figure influencing the American side. In an exclusive interview for The Times, Pete Hegseth’s pastor Doug Wilson says the conflict in Iran is a righteous battle against Muslims, homosexuality is evil, and women who dress immodestly are sluts. How is this ultraconservative influencing US foreign policy? And could we see his brand of Christianity in the UK?
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Guest: George Grylls, Washington correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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Read more: Pete Hegseth’s pastor: ‘Women who dress immodestly are sluts’
Further listening: Trump v the Supreme Court and Fi and Jane interivew Pastor Wilson
Clips: PBS, CNN, New Founding Podcast / YouTube, Pulp Fiction / Quentin Tarantino / Mirimax, The Independent, Blog&Mablog / YouTube, Daniel Foucachon / YouTube.
Photo: Dominic Gwinn / Zuma Press.
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Alex Murdaugh stands accused of the brutal murders of his wife and son. As shocking evidence, devastating testimony, and disturbing secrets unfold in court, one question still hangs over everything: Did he actually do it?
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Guest: James Lasdun, author of The Family Man.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Dave Creasey and Jesse Fox.
Clips: CNN, CBS, Fox News, CourtRoomTV, WCSC, WIS News, WJCL, NBC, GMA.
Image: Getty Images.
Times Book Shop: The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh.
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The Murdaugh family had power, wealth, and influence until two brutal killings exposed a world of stolen millions and deadly secrets. As the lies unravelled, a once-untouchable dynasty collapsed into one of America’s darkest true crime cases. But what really happened that night, and who is to blame?
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Guest: James Lasdun, author of The Family Man.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Dave Creasey and Jesse Fox.
Clips: CNN, CBS, Fox News, CourtRoomTV, WCSC, WIS News, WJCL, NBC.
Image: Getty Images.
Times Book Shop: The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh
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More revelations are coming out about donations to Reform UK. The Sunday Times Insight team have discovered that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a £500,000 donation from the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell. How will this affect Farage’s chances in the Clacton by-election now scheduled for August? And what does it say about the state of political donations in the UK more widely?
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Guests:
Host: Ayesha Hazarika.
Producer: Musty Aziz.
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Read more: Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage
Further listening:Posh George: The criminal behind Farage
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Summer 2026 is another scorcher, with temperature records being broken across Europe. Infrastructure in the UK is creaking; with trains cancelled, schools closed and people sweltering in their homes. Why does Europe seem to be heating up more than other continents? And could outlandish ideas hold the answer to cooling us down long term?
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Guest: Tom Whipple, science writer and special correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Harry Stott.
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Read more: Heatwave exposes flaws in Britain’s ability to supply fresh food
Further listening: Have we stopped caring about climate change?
Clips: Channel 4, BBC, Sky News.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Weeks of protests in Albania show no signs of stopping. Tens of thousands have been taking to the streets to oppose the proposed purchase and development of land by Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law. As the country’s tourist industry booms, there is a divide over the cost of development and the country’s sense of self. Our writer went to the island at the centre of a political and national identity crisis.
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Guest: Richard Assheton, features writer, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Taryn Siegel.
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Read more: Is this the Kushners’ $5bn Albania resort? 350 yachts and a water park
Clips: David Senra podcast, APT, X/@IsamyzyrajAlb, IG/@thebrickobserversatire, DW News.
Photo: Richard Assheton.
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It’s been a rollercoaster 24 hours for Nigel Farage and Reform – a by-election called, a major party boycott, and now the spectre of a two horse race against Count Binface. So will his high risk play pay off as he takes his case to the people? And what do the voters of Clacton really think about it?
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Guests:
Host: John Pienaar.
Producers: Sandra Mitchell, Sofia Johanson.
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Read more: Will voters in Clacton back Nigel Farage second time around?
Further listening:Nigel Farage resigns. What now?
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After a Sunday Times investigation revealed Nigel Farage’s links to a convicted fraudster, and with the spectre of a parliamentary standards investigation looming over him, Farage will now put his fate in the hands of his constituents in Clacton in a by-election. But will this gambit work? And what does the Sunday Times journalist who led the investigation think about it?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Harry Stott.
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Read more: Will risky resignation ploy pay off for Nigel Farage?
Further listening: Posh George: the criminal behind Farage
Clips: Reform UK / Youtube, Sky News, BBC.
Photo: Getty Images.
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NATO is gathering in Turkey for its annual summit, and defence spending, Iran and Ukraine are all on the agenda. But behind the scenes there are warnings that Putin is planning his next attack - on a NATO country. So what might that aggression look like? And is the alliance ready?
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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case and Shabnam Grewal.
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Read more: Putin the agent of chaos revelling in division between US and Europe
Further listening: Defence spending: too little too late?
Clips: France 24, @MaxAfterburnerusa / YouTube, @joeycontinonews / YouTube, TVP Info, BBC, Sky, The Guardian, GB News, Fox News, USA Today, CBC.
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Today, we bring you the first episode of a new series from one of our sister podcasts, The Times Investigates. Posh George: The criminal behind Farage
The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigate how the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage - who could hold the keys to Number 10 - has come to depend upon a crypto evangelist, gambler and fraudster.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Listen to Episode 2 and the full series right now.
Read more: Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
Watch: Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
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