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The government has announced plans to move migrants out of hotels and into accommodation on military barracks. The same plan Labour opposed when put forward by the Conservatives in 2023. What’s behind the move and could it work? 

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Guest: Matt Dathan, home affairs editor, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producer: Micaela Arneson. 

Read more: Asylum seekers to be housed in military sites instead of hotels

Billions ‘squandered on migrant hotels due to incompetence’

Clips: Parliament, BBC, Times Radio, ITV, Getty Images. 

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Eight years ago, French bloggers began to claim the President’s wife, Brigitte Macron, was born a man. As the false allegations spread internationally, the Macrons decided to take legal action. Yesterday, ten people appeared in a Paris court charged with cyberbullying and in the US, the right wing influencer Candace Owens faces a defamation suit. So where did this come from? And in a world of fake news, is there value in fighting for the truth?

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Guest: Charles Bremner, Paris contributor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case and Micalea Arneson.

Clips: De de / YouTube, NBC, CNN, France24, Engineering Science, Theo Von Clips, Candace Owens / YouTube, Daily Wire Plus, BFMTV.

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The cyberattack which shut down Jaguar Land Rover for five weeks this summer, cost Britain nearly £2bn. It was just one of a series of attacks on big British businesses by teenage hackers who co-ordinate via the dark web. So who are they and how do we stop them? 

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Guests: 

• Matilda Davies, data journalist at The Times and The Sunday Times and
• Chris Stokel Walker, technology journalist. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Shabnam Grewal.

Read more: Who are the hackers behind the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack? , Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack nears £2bn in UK’s costliest hack

Clips:  BBC News, 5 News, ITV News, TALK TV, CHANNEL 4 News.

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It's been described as the 'crime of the decade'. In just seven minutes, masked thieves stole the French crown jewels in broad daylight, from the most visited museum in the world: the Louvre. How did they pull off their audacious plan and will they get away with it? 

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Guest: David Chazan, Paris correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Dave Creasey. 

Read more: How the Louvre Heist Unfolded

Clips: ITV News, Fox News, Sky News. 

Photo: Getty Images.

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly series on Saturdays.

Over a billion people live with preventable vision loss. Eye surgeon and Rolex Awards Laureate Andrew Bastawrous has created a smartphone app that is transforming eyecare, facilitating sight restoration for millions and changing lives. He tells Tom Whipple, how glasses – a 700-year-old invention – have transformed his own life, and why he’s determined no one should lose their sight for lack of access.

Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. 

Guest: Andrew Bastawrous, eye surgeon and founder, Peek Vision.

Host: Tom Whipple, science writer, The Times.

Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia.

Sound Designer: David Crackles.

This podcast is advertiser funded.

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Donald Trump announced sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, saying he hoped it may push Putin to be ‘reasonable’ over ending the Ukraine war. The EU swiftly followed suit, and discussed using seized Russian assets to help fund Ukraine. Could the financial pressure bring Russia’s economy– and Putin’s war ambitions– to its knees? 

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Guest: Maxim Tucker, Ukraine correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producer: Micaela Arneson, Edith Rousselot. 

Read more: What do Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil mean for Ukraine war?

Trump announces ‘tremendous’ new raft of sanctions against Russia

Clips: Forbes, Associated Press, Times News. 

Photo: Getty Images

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Donald Trump is promising to give Argentina $20 billion to save its struggling economy but only if incumbent President Javier Milei holds onto power in the midterm elections this weekend. So why does Trump care about a country 5,000 miles away? And is this part of a broader swing to the right across South America?

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Guest: Stephen Gibbs, contributor, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Times and The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Read more:

• Trump to Argentina voters: Back Javier Milei to get US billions
• María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize — to fury of Trump’s team

Further listening: Are Trump's strikes in Venezuela a 'war on drugs' - or a grab for oil?

Clips: AP, Forbes, ABC, PBS, Vivo / YouTube, New York Post, The Guardian.

Photo: Getty Images.

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On the night of September 9, sirens sounded across eastern Poland. Around 20 Russian drones had crossed the border, and NATO aircraft were scrambled to shoot them down. The incident became a wake-up call for Europe and the US, where further sightings of drones over airports and military facilities have since been reported. This week, defence secretary John Healey announced a plan to allow British troops to bring down drones over military bases. But the UK isn’t the only country taking this growing threat more seriously. So what’s Europe’s plan to fight Putin’s drones? 

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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producer: Micaela Arneson. 

Read more: Drones and balloons cause wave of panic in Nato countries

How ‘state-sponsored’ drone activity is pushing Nato to brink

Soldiers will be given power to shoot down threatening drones

Further listening: Putin’s drones, Nato’s fightback, and when is it war? https://pod.fo/e/3352cd 

Clips: NPR, 7 News, Sky News, Channel 4 News, BBC News.

Photo: Getty Images. 

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Late last week, after new revelations about the relationship between the Duke of York and Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew was forced to relinquish his titles. His meeting with the King also followed the publication of extracts from the autobiography of Virginia Giuffre, which is released today. Giuffre accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, something he has always strongly denied. In recent days, there have been further questions about the prince's judgement and financial arrangements. 

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Guests: 

• Katie Gatens, Commissioning Editor of News Review, The Sunday Times. 
• George Greenwood, Investigations Reporter, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Edith Rousselot and Shabnam Grewal. 

Read more: ‘Tell us everything you saw, Andrew, for Virginia’s sake’

Clips: BBC, Times Radio.

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Today we bring you the first episode from The Times' new investigative series, The Poppy Day Bomb.

On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, which ultimately killed 12 people. A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.

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Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter, The Times. 

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