This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by The Story as a bonus weekly series each Sunday.

The ocean's twilight zone is one of the most important marine areas you’ve most likely never heard of. Home to marine life yet to be discovered and integral to carbon sequestration, it is vital that we protect this layer of ocean that spans across the Earth. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by ocean explorer, Luiz Rocha to learn more about his pioneering diving expeditions in the depths of our oceans and how he is safeguarding this area for the future of our planet.

This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

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Today, we bring you the first episode of a new eight-part series.

Cocaine Inc. is hosted by Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at The Times, David Collins, northern editor at The Sunday Times, and Stephen Drill, national correspondent at News Corp Australia.

Inside the global cocaine industry, where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders.

This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation.

To listen to the full series just go to Cocaine Inc. wherever you get your podcasts.

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Today is the last day of the Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump has been officially crowned as his party’s nomination for president and where there is a ‘devotional’ mood inside the halls. Trump has chosen firebrand JD Vance as his running mate. What does it tell us about his confidence, just days after surviving an assassination attempt?

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Guests:

• John Pienaar, Times Radio presenter, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
• Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: NBC Chicago, Fox News, CNN.

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The King unveils Labour’s plans for government today surrounded by pomp and ceremony. What is Labour looking to achieve, does it live up to the promise of change for the country - and can the country afford it?

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Guest: Geri Scott, Senior Political Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Clips: Parliament, Talk TV, C-Span. 

Further listening: The UK economy’s broken. Can Labour fix it? 

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On Friday, 37-year-old Gavin Plumb was sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of a plot to kidnap, rape and murder the TV presenter, Holly Willoughby.

What does this trial tell us about a world that some men inhabit? 

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Further reading: I caught the Holly Willoughby plotter as an undercover officer

Who is Gavin Plumb? The man found guilty of Holly Willoughby kidnap plot

Guest: David Woode, Crime Correspondent at The Times.

Host: Luke Jones. 

Clips: Essex Police, BBC News, ITV, hollywilloughby instagram, GB News, Sky News, Manchester Evening News.

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On Saturday evening, news broke that Donald Trump had been the victim of an attempted assassination during a political rally in Pennsylvania. Our reporter was at the scene where the presidential candidate almost lost his life and talks with Manveen for a special episode taking in the breaking news. What happened and what do we know about the 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks?

Further reading: I was at the Trump rally shooting — there was silence, then chaos https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/trump-shot-what-happened-shooting-video-27z8w70m5

Guest: Tom Newton Dunn, broadcaster and political journalist.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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England are through to a historic second Euros  final in as many tournaments - but for Gareth Southgate it hasn’t been an easy journey. The football manager faced calls for his resignation during this tournament. Have the team’s recent poor performances clouded our memories of this once national hero?

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Guest: Matt Lawton, Chief Sports Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: TalkSport, The Independent, ITV, PA, Optus Sport, Daily Mail. 

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The infighting has already begun as party leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch called one of Rishi Sunak’s private secretaries a ‘buffoon’ at a shadow cabinet meeting following their electoral disaster. And with Nigel Farage’s Reform party splitting the Tory vote, how will they deal with his threat?

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Guest: Steven Swinford, Political Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further listening: The UK economy’s broken. Can Labour fix it?

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Clips: BBC, Parliament Live, UN, LBC, GB News, TalkTV, SKY.

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In recent days Sir Keir Starmer has been appointing his cabinet as the country’s new leadership takes shape. But who are the people you won’t see who helped get Labour elected and prepared the party for power? Patrick Maguire profiles Morgan McSweeney, Labour's campaign director, and Sue Gray, the former civil servant who is now chief of staff.

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Guest: Patrick Maguire, Columnist and Senior Political Correspondent, The Times and Times Radio.

Host: Luke Jones.

Further listening: The UK economy’s broken. Can Labour fix it?

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Clips: BBC, ITV, SKY, Channel 4, keirstarmer.com.

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Against all predictions, France’s left wing coalition won more seats than Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France’s parliamentary elections. With Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party losing seats and power, what now for French politics?

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Clips: France 24, Public Sénat, CGTN.

Further listening: Young, French, and voting hard-right

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