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It’s been 10 years since America’s deadliest mass shooting in an elementary (primary) school. In the years since, the weapon used - the AR-15 - has also been deployed in some of the decade’s most horrifying shootings. So how did the AR-15 rifle become the weapon of choice for mass shooters?
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Guest: Matthew Campbell, Foreign Features Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: ABC News, 60 Minutes, CNBC, Independent, CNN, NBC, Reuters, BBC News.
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Today, we hear from two Ukrainian journalists who we spoke to back in March, at the beginning of Russia's invasion. At that time, Kateryna Malofieieva was in the Donbas, following the ever-shifting front line of the war. Natalia Gryvnyak was in Kyiv, trying to decide whether or not to leave the country. What has happened to them in the tumultuous ten months since?
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Guests: Kateryna Malofieieva and Natalia Gryvnyak.
Host: Manveen Rana.
You can find all of the work by Natalia Gryvnyak's production company here: http://infeatures.com/
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Are we living in a world where there is pressure on those in the public eye to exude virtue above all else? Where has this sensibility come from and is it leading to a blandness in our arts and culture?
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Guest: James Marriott, Times columnist.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: The Late Show with James Corden, Thames TV, Rock Star Interviews on YouTube.
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In the last few weeks, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for private schools in the UK to have their charitable status scrapped, but why?
Also today, The Sunday Times launches its annual Parent Power Schools Guide. School league tables: the best UK primary and secondary schools revealed
Find the best primary and secondary schools in your area with our guide to academic performance.
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Guest: Sian Griffiths, Education Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Parliament TV, BBC Archive, BBC, Bloomberg, London Review of Books.
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As Rishi Sunak outlasts his predecessor in the top job, just how is he doing? With polls suggesting a heavy Conservative loss at the next election, a cost of living crisis and strikes across numerous sectors, what can we make of the prime minister’s first few weeks in power?
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Guest: Henry Zeffman, Associate Political Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Sky News, Times Radio, Telegraph, Channel 4, UK Parliament, Channel 4 News.
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Seventy-five percent of all lives lost to suicide in the UK are male. And one charity is leading a campaign to do something about it. For this year, The Times and The Sunday Times is supporting the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) who help people in crisis.
To donate to The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal visit thetimes.co.uk/christmasappeal or call 0151 284 2336.
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Guests:
- Harry Corin, mental health campaigner.
- Ashley Hargreaves, CALM campaigner.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: ITV News.
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Putin’s invasion has ushered in a new era of industrial warfare. As the winter freeze sets in, the pace of the war has not yet abated. Weapon stocks are running low and Russia is rearming. The West now faces a choice: either summon the political will (and the money) to become an arsenal for democracy, or put pressure on Ukraine to make compromises.
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Guest: Roger Boyes, diplomatic editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC News, Channel 4 News, CNN, DW News.
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Over the weekend, reports emerged that the chair of the British Museum, ex-chancellor George Osborne, has been holding ‘secret’ talks with the Greek prime minister over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece. Also known as the Elgin Marbles, the pieces have become symbolic of a wider debate about colonial legacy and restitution in the cultural world. Supporters of the marbles staying put argue they were obtained legally, but Greece says they were stolen – so should they be returned?
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With thanks to The British Museum.
Guests:
- Dame Mary Beard, classicist.
- David Sanderson, arts correspondent, The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: Channel 4 News, Times Radio, Reuters, CBC News, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera, ITV Good Morning Britain, LBC, UK Parliament, LSE, BBC Radio 4.
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Chinese cities have seen days of extraordinary protests calling for an end to the country’s zero-Covid measures, and for President Xi to step down. So what is it about this generation of students that’s motivated them to come out en masse on the streets for the first time since Tiananmen Square? And what does it mean for President Xi?
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Guest: Didi Tang, Beijing Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC, Channel 4, The Telegraph, Reuters, CNN, NBC, CBS, Fox News.
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After a stinging rebuke from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - which ruled that the devolved Scottish parliament cannot authorise an independence referendum - SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has doubled down saying democracy itself is now at stake, and vowing to turn the next general election into a 'de facto' referendum. Could that work? And what does that even mean?
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Guest: Kieran Andrews, Scottish Political Editor, The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: Sky News, BBC News, The Guardian, Scottish National Party.
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