The EU’s highest court has ruled that Apple must pay Ireland over €13 billion in back-taxes, even though the Irish government argued it didn’t want the money.

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Why X has been banned in Brazil – and how Elon Musk is fighting back.

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Tortoise’s editor James Harding is joined by three journalists all vying to pitch the top story of the weekend. They discuss Antony Blinken’s visit to the UK, a new damning report on the NHS and polling which puts Trump ahead of Kamala Harris. 

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Guests:

• Lauren Frayer, NPR’s International Correspondent 
• Katie Riley, Tortoise’s data editor
• Stephen Armstrong, Tortoise reporter

Host: James Harding, Tortoise’s editor and founder

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive producers: Rebecca Moore

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Today marks the first wave of early release for prisoners across England and Wales. across the UK. But will the probation service be able to cope?

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Tortoise’s editor James Harding is joined by three journalists all vying to pitch the top story of the weekend. They discuss Anthony Blinken’s visit to the UK, a new damning report on the NHS and polling which puts Trump ahead of Kamala Harris. 

Email: [email protected]

Guests:

• Lauren Frayer, NPR’s International Correspondent 
• Katie Riley, Tortoise’s data editor
• Stephen Armstrong, Tortoise reporter

Host: James Harding, Tortoise’s editor and founder

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive producers: Rebecca Moore

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The public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower which killed 72 people has concluded that the “systematic dishonesty” of multinational companies whose products spread the fire was largely to blame.

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Tortoise’s Giles Whittell is joined by Peter Apps, a leading expert on the Grenfell Tower fire and author of the Orwell prize winning book ‘Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen’. 

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Guests:

• Peter Apps, contributing editor at Inside Housing and author of the Orwell prize winning book ‘Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen’. 
• Jess Winch, news editor at Tortoise
• Jasper Corbett, editor at Tortoise

Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Tortoise

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive producers: Rebecca Moore and Jasper Corbett

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How Israel’s prime minister has managed the impossible.

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Over the last forty years trade union membership in Britain has halved. Critics of the new government have accused it of giving into union demands over public pay. John and Rachel discuss how important trade unions are in the modern workplace. 

Hosts: John Curtice and Rachel Wolf

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With two months to go until the US election, Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for the final phase of the presidential campaign. So how does the US choose its president?

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