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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As Sir Keir Starmer begins his first full week in Downing Street, he must win over a jaded public and see off the twin challenges of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and the pro-Palestinian Left.

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Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, White Hall Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

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Further reading: Labour celebrated election success - now they’re targeting Reform

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Clips: BBC News, The Telegraph, Sky News, The Sun, LBC.

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Just as humans depend on sound for survival and expression, animals too rely on auditory cues to navigate their environments. However, nature is increasingly disrupted by human generated noise, from roaring engines to clanking machinery, disturbing the delicate balance of sound in the natural world. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by bioacoustics scientist and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Michel André as he strives to restore the balance of human-generated noise and wildlife survival.

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A clear landslide. But underneath, the tectonic plates of British politics are shifting; Labour was punished in a string of seats for its stance on Gaza, while Reform saw MPs elected for the first time, turning a Tory defeat into a catastrophe. 

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Guests: 

• Tim Shipman, Chief Political Commentator, The Sunday Times.
• William Hague, The Story presenter, former leader of the Conservatives.
• Peter Kellner, Political Journalist and Pollster.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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

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The Story team will be up all night watching as the results roll in. A special episode will be dropping into your feed at dawn with reaction from William Hague, Tim Shipman and Peter Kellner.

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Host: Manveen Rana.

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Secretary John Kerry served as Obama’s secretary of state and Biden’s climate envoy. He was a senator for decades, a Navy officer and is a three-time purple heart winner. In his monthly series for The Story, Times columnist and former foreign secretary William Hague sits down with Secretary Kerry to discuss the prospects of a Trump presidency, how to reach peace in the Middle East and why he believes climate change can be fixed.

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Guest: John Kerry

Host: William Hague.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further listening: Rafah, red lines, and the Biden presidency

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It’s been nearly a week since President Biden’s disastrous debate against Donald Trump. The resulting panic over a Trump presidency intensified amongst Democrats when the US Supreme Court ruled he has some immunity from prosecution. As the pressure mounts for a last-minute change of candidate, Biden and his family are so far not heeding the call. Is it too late for a change? And if he steps aside, how would he be replaced?

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Guest: Ben Hoyle, Foreign Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: CNN, The Hill, MSNBC, Fox News, Michigan Senate Democrats.

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As France’s hard-right National Rally take the lead in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections, will the political spectrum unite to stop them taking over or could next week see the first hard-right government since the Second World War? 

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Clips: Bloomberg, France 24. 

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In 2019, Boris Johnson’s Conservatives upended decades’ of traditional voting behaviour, as lifelong Labour seats in the north and midlands fell to the Tories. But with Brexit delivered and Johnson gone, the Tories are being challenged from the right by a resurgent Reform, as Luke Jones heard in Ashfield.

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Guests: 

• Peter Kellner, Political Journalist and Pollster;
• Debbie Soloman, Parliamentary Candidate, Conservative and Unionist Party;
• Lee Anderson, Parliamentary Candidate, Reform UK; and
• Rhea Keehn, Parliamentary Candidate, Labour Party.

Also standing in Ashfield are: Jason Zadrozny, Ashfield Independents; Daniel Holmes, Liberal Democrats; Alexander Coates, Green Party.

Host: Luke Jones

Clips: Sky News; Boris Johnson/Facebook.

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The acclaimed ocean explorer, scientist, conservationist and Rolex Testimonee, Sylvia Earle shares how her global network of ‘Hope Spots’ are transforming ocean conservation. Sylvia tells Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor of The Times, how our oceans span over 70% of the Earth’s surface, and serve as a crucial life source - providing oxygen, sustenance, and climate regulation - and yet escalating human activities now threaten this vital ecosystem. 

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