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Failed by everyone supposed to protect them, steelworkers were misled into moving £2.8bn out of their final salary pensions. Five years on they are still fighting for compensation.

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Guest: Imogen Tew, senior money reporter for The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch. 

Clips: Channel 4 News, GMB.

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Energy prices have become a national crisis. But for the energy companies, things have never been better. Surely something has to give? 

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Guest: Jamie Nimmo, Associate Business Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Times Radio, Sky News, BBC News, Channel 4 News, CBS News.

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It’s been a year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, during the chaotic withdrawal of western allied forces. Images of thousands of people desperate to leave the country were broadcast across the world. What happened to the Afghan people who were left behind? 

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Guest: Charlie Faulkner, correspondent for The Times in Afghanistan.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Times Radio, BBC News, NBC Today, Sky News, Deutsche Welle, CBS News, CNN, Wall Street Journal, TRT World, Al Jazeera.

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This August, we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes from the past year.

Xi Jinping is consolidating his position as the all-powerful president of China. But who is the man at the top of the sharpest pyramid in the world of politics?

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Host: David Aaronovitch.

Guest: Michael Sheridan, former foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times and author of The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong.

Clips: ABC, South China Morning Post, No Comment TV, BBC, CCTV Video News Agency, Periscope Film, Al Jazeera, CBS, VICE News.

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When a British minister tells reporters that John Cantlie is still alive in February 2019, the search is on again. What does the British government know? Anthony Loyd shares his conclusions.

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Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, War Correspondent, The Times.

Clips: CNN, Sky, Voice of America, Channel 4, ABC.

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In the final episode of this four part series, we meet those who remain loyal to Adnan Oktar and hear from a British lawyer who was at his trial. 

In January last year, the leader of Turkey's most powerful cult was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison. But what happened?

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This episode was first published on 18th, February, 2022.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

If you, or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of all available support services:

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Clips: Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Sky News, CNN.

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Warning: This episode includes explicit sexual references from the start.

In the third episode of this four part series, a former male member of the cult threatens legal action over his interview. Also, we relive the moment the organisation was finally brought down.

In January last year, the leader of Turkey's most powerful cult was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison. But what happened?

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This episode was first published on 11th February, 2022.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

If you, or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of all available support services:

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Clips: Ulusal Kanal, A9TV.

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In the second episode of this four part series, we hear the testimony of a woman who says she was sexually abused by Adnan Oktar. Plus, a former male member of the cult rethinks his own crimes.

In January last year, the leader of Turkey's most powerful cult was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison. But what happened?

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This episode was first published on 4th February, 2022.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

If you, or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of all available support services:

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Clips: A9TV, ABC News.

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In the first episode of a four-part series, The Sunday Times's award-winning Middle East Correspondent, Louise Callaghan, tries to get to grips with one of the most bizarre stories she's ever covered.

In January last year, the leader of Turkey's most powerful cult was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison. But what happened?

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This episode was first published on 28th January, 2022.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

If you, or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of all available support services:

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Clips: CNN TÜRK, TV100, Anadolu Agency, CBS News, Sky News, A9TV.

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Anthony retraces John Cantlie’s steps on the streets of Mosul, the Iraqi city where John was last seen alive.

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Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, War Correspondent, The Times.

Clips: CNN and BBC.

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