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White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president. The White House says Saturday’s attack is the third 'assassination attempt' on Donald Trump in the last two years. But what do we know about Allen? And what does this all tell us about the rise of political violence in America?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Julia Webster and Olivia Case
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Read more: Cole Tomas Allen: who is the alleged gunman at correspondents’ dinner?
Further listening: Can King Charles fix the special relationship?
Clips: The Obama White House / YouTube, C-SPAN, OverDriveGamesAnime / YouTube, ABC, CBS, NBC, The New Yorker, KATU News.
Photo: Getty Images.
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This episode was recorded before the events at the White House Correspondents’ Association on Saturday.
King Charles arrives in America today for a state visit to mark the country’s 250th birthday. But with US-UK relations at a low over Iran - and the Epstein scandal still looming large - the stakes are high. Last week Trump said the monarch could help repair the special relationship so will soft power bring the allies back together?
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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Read more: King’s US visit can ‘absolutely’ repair relations, says Trump
Further listening: The Pope v Trump
Clips: The Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback / Instagram, BBC, DailyMotion, The Royal Family Channel / YouTube, ABC.
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Shane Christie was one of the brightest rugby stars in New Zealand before suffering multiple concussions, leading to a brain injury that would slowly take everything from him. And his experience is far from unique. In this deeply personal account, David Walsh talks to Shane's former partner, Holly Parkes, to ask, What happened? What does Shane's story reveal about the sport he loved deeply? And can rugby survive the fallout?
This is part one of a two-part special investigation into the crisis facing this global game.
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Guest: Holly Parkes
Host: David Walsh, chief sports writer, The Sunday Times
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: The concussion files
Clips: Harlequins - YouTube.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Hidden in a quiet Belgian archive, century-old colonial maps of the Democratic Republic of Congo may hold the key to an estimated $24 trillion in untapped minerals. Now the United States, backed by Trump, together with the likes of Jeff Bezos, want them. The curators, however, are in no hurry to hand them over.
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Written by: Madeleine Spence, deputy editor for News Review, The Sunday Times.
Read by: Olivia Case.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Read more: The $24trn question: who owns these 100-year-old mining maps?
Clips: DW, BBC.
Photo: Getty Images, The Sunday Times.
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The American Dream is as old as the United States itself. But as the country marks its 250th anniversary, with economic uncertainty, political turbulence and social divisions all on the rise, do ordinary Americans still believe? The Times and YouGov spoke to 1800 of them to find out – and we've got their analysis.
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Guests:
Host: Rosie Wright.
Producer: Callum Martin and Olivia Case.
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Read more: The American Dream is dying, Times poll reveals
Further listening: Five years on from the Jan 6 riots, how has the US president changed America?
Clips: SullenToys / YouTube, Zohran Mamdani / YouTube.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Attacks targeting the Jewish community have surged in recent weeks, with synagogues and community centres being hit. Many people are feeling increasingly vulnerable, but what's behind this escalation? And how is it impacting Jewish people?
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Dave Creasey & Edward Drummond.
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Read more: Jewish attacks ‘are why state-backed groups must be called terrorists’
Further listening: Danny Finkelstein: How the world’s antisemites turned on me
Clips: Channel 4, BBC News, ITV News, Times Radio, Daily Mirror.
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The shaky ceasefire between Iran and the US has been extended. Whether it lasts much longer or fighting resumes depends partly on Lebanon, where another fragile truce has been struck between Israel and the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah. So why is Lebanon so important to peace with Iran? And what happens if the ceasefire fails?
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Guest: Jack Clover, assistant foreign news editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Edward Drummond.
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Read more: With war in its DNA, will Hezbollah ever disarm?
Further listening: Trump’s ceasefire with Iran - what’s in it and what’s next
Clips: Channel 4, The Guardian, CNN, Global News, Middle East Eye, Reuters.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Sir Olly Robbins dropped bombshell after bombshell when he spoke to MPs. Robbins, who was sacked as the Foreign Office’s chief civil servant, has accused Downing Street of placing the department under constant pressure to get Lord Mandelson through vetting. He also said the prime minister had tried to find an ambassadorial job for Matthew Doyle, another Labour peer who's been in trouble for a friendship with a paedophile. Where does it all leave Sir Keir Starmer?
Plus, we reveal when the next tranche of Mandelson files will be published.
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture credit: Parliament TV
Clips: Parliament TV
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Yesterday evening Sir Keir Starmer defended himself in Parliament, stating ‘the facts are incredible,’ but ‘nobody’ in Number 10 knew that Peter Mandelson failed security vetting. Addressing MPs, the prime minister rejected the suggestion that the government’s desire to appoint Mandelson overrode security concerns. Immediately after, we caught up with the Times’ political editor to ask, who exactly knew what when? And how does this all end?
Mandelson denies any wrongdoing when it comes to his relationship with Epstein.
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Guest: Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
Host: Rosie Wright
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Olivia Case
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Read more: Keir Starmer ‘put Mandelson job before security’, say Labour MPs
Further listening: Can Keir Starmer survive the scandal over Mandelson and Epstein?
Clips: Sky News, The Guardian, Keir Starmer - X, The Times, BBC
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Jane Coates’ daughter Lucy was just 23 when she was shot and killed by her father, while visiting him in Texas. US authorities quickly ruled her death an accident and no charges were brought. But as The Sunday Times reveals holes in Lucy’s father’s account, Jane wants the case reopened.
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Guest:
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Julia Webster
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Read more:
Britain failed family’ of girl shot dead by father in Texas
Father shot daughter dead after ‘arguing about Donald Trump
Photo: Picture provided by the family, graphic by Kathia Mestanza
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