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John Cantlie is missing and there are no leads in the case. The hunt is on for his whereabouts, when a rapper shows up in a Belgian prison saying he has information to share. What can this man tell us about John’s location and the conditions they both experienced as Isis hostages?

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

Clips: Ready4jerri.

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After a bruising day in parliament for the prime minister – which saw more resignations than ever before in British political history, including the chancellor and health secretary – Boris Johnson insists to cabinet rebels he won’t quit. So, what happened behind the scenes during a tumultuous 24 hours in Westminster?

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Guests:

- Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor, The Sunday Times.

- Tim Shipman, Chief Political Commentator, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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

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In recent weeks the governing bodies for a number of sports have have published new rules for transgender athletes participating at elite level. So what are the new rules? What prompted them? And how do they affect athletes?

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Guest: Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports Reporter for The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips from ABC News, BBC News, NCAA, Sky News, ITV News, CBS News

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For more than decade, justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has wanted to ditch the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. Now he’s finally got his chance. We examine what’s in the proposed Bill, and The Times’ legal editor dishes out the controversy ratings.

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Guest: Jonathan Ames, Legal Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Times Radio, BBC, ITV, Convention on Modern Liberty.

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It's been just over a week since the US Supreme Court overruled Roe v Wade, overturning Americans' constitutional right to an abortion. And America has already begun to change. What sort of future is the country heading into?

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Guest: Sarah Baxter, former deputy editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: NBC News, CBS News, CNBC, ABC News, Sky News, PBS NewsHour, King 5, The Independent, ITV News, 11Alive.

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Anthony Loyd investigates details of John Cantlie and his colleague James Foley’s abduction in 2012. He speaks to those who were with them and explores possible reasons the men were targeted. 

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

Clips: BBC, Al Jazeera, Guardian.

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This week marks 25 years since the UK handover of Hong Kong to China, with the promise of ‘one country, two systems’. Then, the former British colony was told its freedom would endure, but has a security crackdown turned it into just another Chinese city?

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Guest: Stephen Vines, broadcaster and Sunday Times contributor.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips from BBC, Sky News, Information Services Department, HKSARG, CNN, NBC News, France 24, AFP, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Free Press, ABC News, Channel 4 News.

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Dame Deborah James, campaigner and podcast host, whose chronicling of her incurable bowel cancer inspired the nation and raised millions for charity, has died. In the final months of her life, she spoke to Alice Thomson about her extraordinary charity work, her family and how she chose to live while knowing that she was dying.

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If you would like to donate to Dame Deborah James's Bowelbabe fund, you can do so here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/BowelbabeFund.

Guest: Alice Thomson, columnist and interviewer, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC, Channel 4 News, 5 News, ITV.

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Google engineer Blake Lemoine brought an unusual concern to his company earlier this month: he feared the AI language program he was working with had gained sentience. Even if he's wrong (and Google certainly thinks he is) -- is the fact that an AI bot can imitate sentience so convincingly reason enough to be worried?

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Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

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From starving athletes hiding cereal bars in socks to fat-shaming and gaslighting – the findings of the watershed Whyte Review make for grim reading. Why is this scandal so unique to sport – and what next for British gymnastics?

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Guest: Rebecca Myers, assistant news editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: BBC News, Beanyman News, Fox News, Gymnasts Inspire, Gym Angels, ITV News, Rotten Tomatoes TV, Sky News.

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