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  • Ep 808: Getting aid into Gaza

    There are reports of malnutrition and even starvation in Gaza. Why isn’t aid getting in and what’s being done to provide the relief that’s needed?


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    6 min
  • Ep 807: How spies recorded a German military meeting

    A recording of a private call between German air force officials where they discussed sensitive and secret information relating to the war in Ukraine has been leaked.


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    9 min
  • Ep 806: How Raye broke a Brits record

    The singer-songwriter made history when she beat the record for the most wins in one year, but why did she have to ditch her record label to do it?


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    7 min
  • Ep 805: Haiti’s state of anarchy

    Haiti’s prime minister appears to be unable to return to his country after gangs stormed two of its biggest prisons, allowing thousands of criminals to escape. How did it get to this point?


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    8 min
  • Ep 804: Border farce: the sacked Home Office inspector

    The Home Office has now published 13 reports by the independent immigration and borders watchdog, but only after sacking him for speaking to the media about them. Why did it take them so long to release them?


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    8 min
  • Ep 803: Why Wayne Couzens wasn’t stopped

    An inquiry into the police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has found that there were several opportunities to stop him in his tracks.


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    7 min
  • Ep 802: What George Galloway’s return means for British politics

    Rochdale’s new MP is a pro-Palestinian agitator who now has a parliamentary platform from which to exploit Labour’s divisions ahead of the general election. What could his return to the House of Commons mean for British politics?


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    9 min
  • Ep 801: A spike in spiking?

    A recent report suggested there was a “hidden epidemic” of spiking in the UK, but the data is complicated and often misunderstood. What’s really going on?


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    8 min
  • Ep 800: How to hack the hackers

    Last week the world’s largest ransomware gang was taken over in an extensive, international police operation. What does the infiltration of LockBit tell us about the fight against cyber crime?


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    8 min
  • Ep 799: How Birmingham went bust

    People living in Birmingham are paying more for less after the city council effectively declared itself bankrupt.


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    10 min

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