Donald Trump has confirmed plans to impose sanctions on Russia ahead of a key summit with Vladimir Putin.

Plus: Labour is losing former heartlands to the Green Party in council elections, and supermarket giant Iceland is offering a £1 reward to customers who snitch on shoplifters.

With NoJusticeMTG & Curtis Daly.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unveils plans to “bury the Palestinian state”.

Plus: Grenadian government drops its oath of allegiance to King Charles, Tucker Carlson’s interview with Agapia Stephanopoulos, and an Executive Producer at Al Jazeera speaks on the impact of their journalists being killed.

With: Dalia Gebrial, Micha Frazer-Carroll, Professor Gus John, and Laila Al-Arain.

Zelenskyy and European leaders aim to increase pressure on US President Trump

Plus: A fourth summer heatwave sparks a proposal to protect workers during summer, and Israel plans forced displacement of Palestinians to South Sudan.

With: Michael Walker, Kieran Andrieu, Svitlana Romanko, and Shelly Asquith

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Channel crossings are set to hit 50,000 since Labour came into power. Education Minister Jacqui Smith has called that figure “unacceptable”.

Plus: Trump deploys the National Guard to Washington, and a former royal advisor condemns the government’s proscription of Palestine Action.

With Aaron Bastani and James Butler.

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Moya and Ash tackle a topic that turns up in the If I Speak mailbox every week: how can we get better at flirting IRL – and coping with rejection? Plus, how to process a failed friendship. Warning: Contains musical theatre.

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Music by Matt Huxley.

Anas Al-Sharif is among five Al-Jazeera journalists killed by Israel.

Plus: Palestine Action protests lead to over 500 arrests, the right’s call for a British revolution, and Richard Madeley grills Labour over branding Palestine Action as terrorists.

With: Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Marji Mansfield.

Ash Sarkar sat down at EartH Hackney with acclaimed historian and author William Dalrymple.

Picking up where they left off last time they spoke on Downstream, Sarkar and Dalrymple had a wide-ranging conversation at the crossroads of empire, resistance, and the long shadows of colonialism.

From the rich histories traced in The Golden Road to the urgent realities of Gaza and the deeper fault lines of South Asia’s past, this was a discussion that cut across centuries—and continents.

Dalrymple brought his signature insight into how East shaped West, asking us to reimagine our sense of where power lay in the ancient world.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to occupy the whole of Gaza has sparked global condemnation, with Germany halting military exports that could be used against Palestinians.

Plus: An interview with Amazon Labor Union co-founder Chris Smalls on his time on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and violent detention by the IDF.

With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Labour MP faces calls to resign in the wake of eviction claims.

Plus: European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera said Israel’s actions in Gaza “look very much like genocide’ and Novara Media investigates far-right protests on the rise.

With NoJusticeMTG and Kieran Andrieu.

Novara FM was Novara Media’s first show – it’s now coming to an end.

On the final episode, Richard Hames sat down with Aaron Bastani, James Butler and Ash Sarkar to talk about 15 years of Novara Media.

What have we learned from a decade and a half fighting a media landscape that insists nothing can ever change?

A new product will launch next month. Animated by the same complexity and depth as Novara FM, it will be available both on this podcast feed and YouTube.