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  • Ep 818: Israel and the UN’s Gaza relief agency

    Disputes between UNWRA and Israel are stopping aid from reaching millions of people in the Gaza strip. What does the aid agency do and why does it matter?


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    8 min
  • Ep 817: Bitcoin is back

    The cryptocurrency surged to a new record value against the dollar. What caused it and how far could it fall?


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    7 min
  • Ep 816: Frank Hester: The race row and the rise of the mega donor

    The Conservative donor was someone very few people had heard of until an investigation revealed his racist comments towards MP Diane Abbott. What role will mega donors play in the run-up to the UK’s general election?


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    6 min
  • Ep 815: Indefinite jail terms: ‘a stain on our justice system’

    What the death of one man tells us about the continued impact of indefinite prison sentences that were abolished more than a decade ago.


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    7 min
  • Ep 814: Elon Musk takes on OpenAI

    Elon Musk is suing the creators of ChatGPT, accusing OpenAI of straying from its original mission to build AI that will benefit humanity. What is his lawsuit actually about?


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    9 min
  • Ep 813: Putin's sham election

    Russia’s president has won a fifth term in an election viewed by many as neither free nor fair. What does Vladimir Putin’s victory mean for the world?


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    7 min
  • Ep 812: Family fractured after suspected illegal abortion

    Tortoise spent six months fighting to report that a British mother being investigated for a suspected illegal abortion had her existing children removed from her care. How did it happen?


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    8 min
  • Ep 811: Will the US ban Tik Tok?

    The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.


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    7 min
  • Ep 810: Lee Anderson’s political journey
    Lee Anderson began his political life as a member of Arthur Scargill’s mineworkers union. He was a Labour councillor before joining the Conservatives and has now defected to Reform. Will voters follow the Ashfield MP on the latest leg of his political journey?

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    10 min
  • Ep 809: Kate’s photo-editing experiment blows up

    The Princess of Wales admitted that she edited an image of her and her three children after international news agencies withdrew the picture over concerns it had been digitally manipulated. What does the media storm around that photo say about the fragility of the Royal Family?


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    8 min

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