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Inflation has hit a new 40-year high – just living life is expensive at the moment, and it’s getting worse. But to fight rising prices, politicians will first have to understand what’s causing them. The war in Ukraine and the pandemic are two factors, but is that the full picture?
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Guest: Mehreen Khan, Economics Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: BBC, LBC, PBS Newshour, ITV, Channel 4 News, C-SPAN, Reuters, Sky News, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Bank of England, GB News, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, CNBC.
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The Met Office has issued a red extreme heat warning for the first time ever, as temperatures could hit a record-breaking 43C today. With train delays, school disruption, and the NHS declaring critical incidents already, is our infrastructure ready for a life at 35C… and hotter?
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Guest: Ben Spencer, Science Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC News, Sky News, 5 News, Global News, Times Radio, ITV News, Evening Standard, BBC Radio 4 The World at One, WION, CNN, RTVE, TF1 Info, Channel 4, National Parks Singapore.
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The east coast of Australia has been pummelled with disastrous flooding for the fourth time in less than 18 months. It's the first test for prime minister Anthony Albanese, who swept to power on a climate change platform. But can the tide turn with better climate policy, or is coastal Australia becoming uninhabitable?
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Guest: Bernard Lagan, Australia Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Jenny Kleeman.
Clips: ABC, ABC Australia, AP, A Current Affair, The Guardian, 7News Australia, Storyful, SBS, Reuters.
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Just six candidates are left in the race to be the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister. They're now battling to make it to the final two. But the eventual winner will be chosen not by MPs or by the public, but by the party’s members. So what are the dividing lines? And just who are the people with the future of the country in their hands?
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Guests:
- Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London.
- Daniel Finkelstein, Times columnist and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: Sky News, BBC News, Channel 4 News, LBC.
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In a country where violent crime is almost non-existent, it came as an unspeakable shock when Japan's longest-serving former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was gunned down last Friday at a small political rally. How did this happen? And who was Shinzo Abe?
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Guest: Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: CNBC, BBC, Sky News, CBS, Channel 4, Wall Street Journal, backin2020 (YouTube channel), Valecious, Financial Times.
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For a small number of families, the difficulties caused to children by early trauma can lead to extreme challenges and the adoption breaks down. So what happens next? And how can new parents get the help they need?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: UK Parliament, Channel 4 News, BBC Woman’s Hour
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The Marcos name became infamous around the world when the Filipino dictator and his flamboyant family were forced out of office in the 1980s. So when the Philippines inaugurated Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr as its new president last month, it raised more than a few eyebrows…
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Guests:
- Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, The Times.
- Richard Heydarian, Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: CSPAN, AP, UNTV, Hawaii News Now, ABC News Nightline, Manilla Bulletin Online.
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After a bruising day in parliament for the prime minister – which saw more resignations than ever before in British political history, including the chancellor and health secretary – Boris Johnson insists to cabinet rebels he won’t quit. So, what happened behind the scenes during a tumultuous 24 hours in Westminster?
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Guests:
- Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor, The Sunday Times.
- Tim Shipman, Chief Political Commentator, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Times Radio, BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 News, Sky News, BBC News.
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In recent weeks the governing bodies for a number of sports have have published new rules for transgender athletes participating at elite level. So what are the new rules? What prompted them? And how do they affect athletes?
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Guest: Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports Reporter for The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips from ABC News, BBC News, NCAA, Sky News, ITV News, CBS News
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For more than decade, justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has wanted to ditch the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. Now he’s finally got his chance. We examine what’s in the proposed Bill, and The Times’ legal editor dishes out the controversy ratings.
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Guest: Jonathan Ames, Legal Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Times Radio, BBC, ITV, Convention on Modern Liberty.
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