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This week, Donald Trump became the first US president to be charged with a federal crime. This came less than three months after he was indicted in New York on separate state charges. Why is this time more serious?

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Guest: David Charter, US Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Joel Franco, NBC, Telegraph, Fox News, CNBC, WPTV, CNN, MSNBC, Breitbart News.

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The ‘Ndrangheta mafia got their start kidnapping for money but now import billions of pounds worth of cocaine into Europe every year. A pan-European raid earlier this month led to the arrest of 155 people and the seizure of 23 tons of drugs. So could this finally break a crime organisation whose roots go back hundreds of years? 

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Guest: Tom Kington, Italy correspondent, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: ABC News, Al Jazeera, DW News, Reuters, NBC News, Euronews, AP, VIC.

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Murmurs are emerging from the secretive state that the force behind the dictatorship is female. Could supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, be next in line for the throne?

Subscribers can read Richard's article on Kim Yo-jong on the Times website.

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Guest: Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Reuters, Arirang News, CNA, AP, Formosa TV News, USA Today, Al Jazeera, NBC News, DW News, CBS News.

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The immediate events that led to Boris Johnson’s resignation as an MP last week began with a phone call from The Times. A total of three Tory MPs have now quit parliament. So with three challenging by-elections round the corner, what does it all mean for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives as the next election creeps ever closer?

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Guest: Lara Spirit, Red Box reporter, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: TalkTV, ITV News, BBC News, Channel 4 News, GB News, Sky News.

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33-year-old neonatal nurse Lucy Letby has been on trial since October, 2022 over the alleged murder of seven babies and attempted murder of 10 more at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

She denies all the charges.

Her trial is now nearing its end with the jury expected to begin their deliberations in the coming weeks.

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Guest: Tom Ball, Northern Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Sky News, BBC, 5 News.

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This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a bonus weekly series each Saturday.

In 2022 Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupted on Hawaii's Big Island. Fortunately this event didn't result in any fatalities - but the same can't be said for other recent eruptions in places like Indonesia, Tonga and the Philippines. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by volcanologist and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Andrew McGonigle to learn more about the handheld technology he has developed to predict early warning signs of volcanic eruptions, enabling people living in some of the poorest countries to survive deadly disasters.

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It’s already been the subject of controversy – causing a row over access to Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages – and it hasn’t even begun. On Tuesday the main hearings for one of the biggest public inquiries in British history will finally kick off. We examine the key questions being asked at the Covid inquiry that could keep the government awake at night.

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Guests:

- James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

- George Arbuthnott, Deputy Insight Editor, The Sunday Times, and co-author of Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle with Coronavirus.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC News, ITV News, LBC, Sky News.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to put a stop to small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel and says that his plans to prevent the dangerous journeys are working. But are they? And as his government drums up support for the controversial Illegal Immigration Bill, is the issue a crisis or a political weapon?

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Guest: Manveen Rana.

Host: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Correspondent, The Times. 

Clips: BBC, Sky, Channel 4, ITV, GB News, 10 Downing Street.

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The housing crisis is emerging as one of the key battlegrounds ahead of the general election, especially for millennial voters. But as Labour turns up the heat announcing policy, the issue is exposing divides and flaring up accusations of NIMBYism within the Conservative party.

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Guest: Geraldine Scott, Political Reporter, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones. 

Clips: BBC Radio 4, Parliament Live TV, Times Radio, Daily Mail, Conservatives, LBC, ITV News.

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A Sunday Times investigation has found that drivers for Deliveroo, UberEats and other takeaway apps, are selling access to their accounts to people who do not have the right to work in the UK. Many of these buyers are undocumented migrants. And since all earnings go to the account holder – not the drivers renting the account – nothing prevents these workers from being exploited. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. 

Guest: Venetia Menzies, Digital and Data Journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Taryn Siegel.

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