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Q&A: Departures, diplomacy, and an unused motorhome
With peace talks continuing between the US and Iran, what are the big sticking points and what does...
Listen‘It’s a disaster’: Leave voters on 10 years of Brexit
It’s been ten years, six prime ministers and one pandemic since Britain voted to exit the European...
ListenHave PM resignations become a new British disease?
Sir Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister yesterday morning, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to...
ListenLATEST: Starmer resigns
After weeks of intensifying pressure from ministers, backbenchers, and former allies, Keir Starmer made...
ListenStarmer's final days
The Prime Minister has been hunkered down in his Chequers residence, trying to decide what to do: resign...
ListenThe men who made the World Cup - The Sunday Story
Nearly 7,000 men have played in the World Cup since it began in 1930. To capture some of their extraordinary...
ListenI found my birth father at 24. Then we fell in love - The Saturday Story
Sophia Greenwood was adopted as a baby and spent years searching for her biological parents. When she...
ListenThe State of It: Andy Burnham wins Makerfield: what happens now?
Andy Burnham's victory in Makerfield makes him Labour leader and prime minister in waiting. How will...
ListenWhat Iranians really think of Trump's peace deal
The United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding this week to begin negotiations toward...
ListenThe Iranian agent allegedly directing attacks via FaceTime
Eighteen firebombings across Europe, including in London, have all been allegedly traced back to one...
ListenWho is the “king of soccer" Gianni Infantino?
As England kick off their World Cup campaign tonight, one man will be impossible to ignore: FIFA president...
ListenUK social media ban: an end to brain rot and doomscrolling?
The government has announced a ban on some social media platforms for under-16s. It’s a move that...
ListenLATEST: Will Trump’s Iran peace deal hold?
Donald Trump has announced that his much trailed peace deal with Iran is to be signed this Friday, bringing...
ListenThe G7 v Donald Trump
The annual G7 summit starts today in France. The normally stuffy, formal affair has been shaken up in...
ListenGhost Mountain: part three - The network
Following months of police inaction over the disappearance of British tourist Lorna McSorley, we reveal...
ListenGhost Mountain: part two - Strong medicine
With the South African police’s search for missing British tourist Lorna McSorley gone cold, locals...
ListenGhost Mountain: part one
Seventy one-year-old British tourist Lorna McSorley went out for a walk near South Africa's Ghost Mountain....
ListenLATEST: Defence secretary resigns
Defence Secretary John Healey resigned this afternoon, over the government’s much delayed defence...
ListenBelfast on fire
There has been a second night of riots in Belfast following a knife attack in the Northern Irish city...
ListenThe ticking time bomb Netanyahu faces at home
The fragile ceasefire in the Middle East appears to be unravelling, with Iran and Israel exchanging...
ListenWest Ham owner accused of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour
The billionaire David Sullivan has been accused of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour by...
ListenNigeria is killing its own civilians
On Sunday 10 May, the Nigerian military bombed a crowded market in the north of the country. It claimed...
ListenThe big coup: How a small-time horse trainer took on the bookies - The Sunday Story
There’s an old saying in horse racing: “You can’t beat the bookies.” But what happens when a...
ListenHow infinite scrolling damages our brains - The Saturday Story
What starts as a quick check of social media can quickly turn into an hour lost to scrolling. The culprit...
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