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As the war with Iran rumbles on, are ceasefire talks back on or is that ‘fake news’? What’s in America’s 15 point peace plan? Could an Iranian missile reach the UK? And how long can Iran keep fighting? Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones are here to answer your questions, in our monthly Q&A. 

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Hosts: Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. 

Producer: Olivia Case.

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Read more: Iran war latest: US ‘negotiating with itself’, Tehran claims

Further listening: Inside Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah wage war

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In the final episode of our county lines series, we hear how county lines drug gangs are continuing to shift their business model to avoid detection. Policing minister, Sarah Jones, explains how the government is planning to fight back. Plus, The Times’ crime editor David Woode sits down with The Sunday Times’ northern editor David Collins to discuss what they've learnt about the inner workings of county lines gangs.

This is episode five of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

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Host: David Woode

Producers: Kate Lamble, Edward Drummond, and Taryn Siegel

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Read more: I joined the police on a county lines crackdown

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Mike started selling drugs for a county lines gang when he was just a teenager. After being arrested and getting stabbed, he left that life behind. But he's been willing to share his experiences with The Times’ crime editor David Woode for the first time, explaining how he got caught 'under a spell'.  

This is episode four of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

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Host: David Woode

Producers: Kate Lamble and Taryn Siegel. 

With thanks to the St Giles Trust

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Read more: Inside the case of a 15-year-old caught with a machete and pistol

Further listening: Why I carried a knife

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Children aren't just running drugs for county lines gangs - sometimes they're running the lines themselves.

Today The Sunday Times's northern editor David Collins talks to the police officers who worry laws designed to protect victims of exploitation might actually encourage gang leaders to promote teenagers into higher positions in their criminal organisation.

This is episode three of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

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Read more: Drug gangs swamped York. This is how police stopped them | I was a county lines drug runner. I tried to quit, then I was stabbed

Watch: School-age kingpins: why children now hold the key to county lines

Host: David Collins

Producers: Kate Lamble and Taryn Siegel

Executive producers: Tim Walklate and Dan Box

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Today we go inside Operation Titan, as North Yorkshire Police fight back against county lines drugs gangs. But with each line the police shut down, another pops up in its place, sometimes within days. The Sunday Times' northern editor David Collins investigates how to break the cycle. 

This is episode two of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

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Read more: Drug dealers use anti-slavery law to escape prosecution | I was a county lines drug runner. I tried to quit, then I was stabbed

Watch: School-age kingpins: why children now hold the key to county lines

Host: David Collins.

Producers: Kate Lamble and Taryn Siegel

Executive producers: Tim Walklate and Dan Box

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Part one of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

Today we reveal how police took down the family controlling the drug trade in one British city, creating a power vacuum that was filled by a new breed of violent, criminal operation - county lines.

The Sunday Times' northern editor David Collins is given unprecedented access to North Yorkshire Police as they fight back against the drug gangs. 

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Read more: Exposed: how drug gangs deal without fear as the law can’t keep up | I was a county lines drug runner. I tried to quit, then I was stabbed

Watch: School-age kingpins: why children now hold the key to county lines

Host: David Collins

Producers: Kate Lamble, Taryn Siegel

Executive producers: Tim Walklate, Dan Box

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After years in hiding, The Sunday Times has obtained images of Christy and Daniel Kinahan, leaders of the all-powerful Kinahan cartel, living freely in Dubai. They are some of the most wanted criminals in the world. So why aren’t they in custody?

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Guest: John Mooney, Investigative reporter, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Taryn Siegel.

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Read more: The world is looking for the Kinahan drug lords. We found them

Further listening: Gourmet gangster: Could Kinahan be caught by his Google reviews?

Clips: 971 FC, Irish Gangland, FM Boxing, Storyful.

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What began as an evening out at a nightclub in Kent has rapidly spiralled into a "super-spreader" event that has left doctors stunned and two young people dead. This surge in Meningitis B cases has triggered a public health alert, leaving the UK scrambling as private vaccine supplies run dry. So how can the authorities contain this unprecedented outbreak?

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Guests: 

• Eleanor Hayward, Health Editor, The Times. 
• Professor Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine, the University of East Anglia.
• Niamh Curran, reporter, The Times Enterprise Network.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producers: Julia Webster, Callum Martin, Olivia Case. 

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Read more: 

Meningitis B outbreak: six cases after Kent superspreader event.

Meningitis started with a headache. Then the blinding pain began.

What causes meningitis? Symptoms and how the infection spreads.

Further listening: Inside the world of "Looksmaxxing"

Clips: Sky

Photo: Denise Kelly, Getty Images.

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On Monday, Israel announced it's preparing a ground offensive into Lebanon. Fighting between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group, has ratcheted up since the death of Iran’s supreme leader more than two weeks ago. Over 900 people have been killed in Lebanon and nearly one million are displaced. Will Israel’s new campaign bring a quicker end to the fighting? Or prolong a war which is already spiralling out of control?

This episode contains graphic descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.

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Guests: 

• Lousie Callaghan, foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times. 
• Tom Ball, reporter, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Julia Webster.

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Read more: IDF prepares for Lebanon offensive: ‘We don’t know how this ends’

Further listening: The Gulf's moment of truth - reshaping the Middle East

Clips: IDF via @NationalDefence Youtube. 

Photo: Getty Images.

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The war in the Middle East has now entered its third week and shows no sign of ending any time soon. Oil prices have soared and transatlantic relations between the US and its allies are strained. So what are President Trump's options now? And will the Europeans support him in policing the strategically important Strait of Hormuz?

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Guest: George Grylls, Washington Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Olivia Case and Harry Stott.

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Read more: Starmer resists Trump’s call to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

Further listening: Is Cuba next?

Clips: Fox, The White House, STV, The Times, Euronews, Keir Starmer / YouTube, WSJ, C-SPAN, DRM News International / YouTube. 

Photo: Getty Images, The Times' Senior Digtal Designer Shaun Parkinson.

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