Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

How to fix the UK economy and pay for defence, with Chris Coghlan MP

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As huge protests that began with high school students sweep through France and a student-led movement takes over the government of Serbia, another authoritarian political leader, India's Narendra Modi finds himself under threat from a Gen Z-led political movement. The Cockroach Janta Party has adopted a moniker that was used initially to discredit youthful protesters and now seems poised to upend Indian politics, perhaps bringing down the curtain on Modi's 15 years of dominance.

I spoke to Akanksha Narain.

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An update on the situation in Iran and the Gulf region with Charlie Gammell.

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Listen to Luke Harding describe the depths of Trump's betrayal of Ukraine, of the West and of the rules-based international order.

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Katja Bego is a researcher at Chatham House and an expert on undersea cables.

https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/katja-bego

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Garth St Clair is a military veteran, former drug addict and - for the past few decades - a tireless worker and campaigner in the field of drug demand reduction. In his native Trinidad and Tobago he is a well-known figure and in more recent years he has worked extensively with law enforcement from a variety of countries, notably the UK. All this came to an end when he was banned from entering the UK under new, stricter immigration rules. A man who has dedicated much of his life to supporting our laws and institutions is now targeted by them. Here's his story.

Find Garth's work here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVIxSZ9Q5kfmnnsoIbxbQKg

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Follow Iona Craig on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/ionacraig.com

Her latest reporting on UK complicity in US war crimes is here: https://www.declassifieduk.org/starmer-complicit-in-trumps-yemen-massacre/

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Steve Feldstein is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and an expert on how technology is transforming warfare.

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I caught up with Kyiv-based correspondent Jimmy Rushton to discuss the latest in Ukraine and Russia as the NATO summit met and Trump appeared to have moderated his anti-Ukrainian stance (for now, at least).

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