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Speculation is rife that the upcoming Autumn budget will introduce new tax rises following expensive U-turns on welfare and slower than expected growth. Some thinktanks have suggested Rachel Reeves’ next budget will need to find up to £50bn. The Times’ economics editor, Mehreen Khan talks to Luke Jones about why Britain is broke, and what can be done to find extra funds?  

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Guest: Mehreen Khan, Economics editor at The Times.

Host: Luke Jones

Producer: Kate Lamble.

Read more: 

• Rachel Reeves ‘must find £50bn’ in tax rises or spending cuts in budget
• Move defence budget outside fiscal rule, says Gordon Brown 

Clips: Times News, The Telegraph, Sky News, ITV News.

Photo: Getty Images

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As we mark 80 years since the atomic bomb that changed the world, we revisit an interview with Hiroshima survivor, Koko Kondo.

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Guest: Koko Kondo.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC News, NBC, Imperial War Museum, US Army.

Photo: Getty Images.

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This week on The Royals, Kate Mansey speaks to royal biographer Andrew Lownie whose allegations in his new book - Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York - have been described just about everywhere as 'explosive'. From trade envoy trips to connections with Jeffrey Epstein, Lownie outlines claims of institutional cover ups, financial secrecy, and royal resistance to scrutiny.

And The Times Investigations reporter George Greenwood reveals why it's so difficult to obtain information from the government about the royal family, and what it could mean for public trust in 'The Firm'.

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Eighty years ago this week, the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the city of Nagasaki was hit by a second. Hundreds of thousands of people died and Japan eventually surrendered. But why did America decide to use the bombs, given that Japan was already expected to lose the war? And how did Times readers debate the ethics of this decision in the pages of the newspaper?

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Guests:

• Jack Blackburn, History Correspondent, The Times.
• Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Clips: YouTube / Harry S Truman Library, YouTube / The Atlantic / Castle Films, YouTube / Huntley Film Archives, YouTube / US National Archives.

Photo: Getty Images.

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As anti-immigrant protestors declare today ‘No Aslyum Day’, and Nigel Farage continues his Summer of Crime campaign, can the Government wrest back control of the immigration crisis with its new small boats migrant deal? 

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Guest: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor, The Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Rosie Stopher

Read more: 

• Migrants can use human rights ‘loophole’ to avoid return to France
• Fascists buy up land for white-only communities in Wales

More from the Story:

• The far-right party spreading ‘sensible nationalism’

Clips: Sky News, The Sun, The Daily Express.

Photo: Getty images.

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A Times investigation has found companies have been offered sponsorship deals involving private meetings with an ‘influential Labour figure’. The reporters spent months working undercover, speaking to dozens of sources and combing through leaked documents. 

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Guest: Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Edward Drummond. 

Read more:

• Revealed: Labour group’s £9,500 ‘cash for access’ breakfasts
• How we exposed Labour’s cosy links to lobbyists

Photo: Times illustration. 

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Our Ukraine correspondent Maxim Tucker returns from the frontlines of the country's defence against Russia's invasion. With its soldiers under constant attack, a new war has opened up - this time against corruption at home. It comes as the US special envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Moscow this week for 'last chance' ceasefire talks.

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Guest: Maxim Tucker, Ukraine correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Calum MacDonald

Producer: Kate Lamble

Read more: 

• How Ukraine’s air defence warriors take aim at Putin’s drone swarms
• Anti-corruption bodies arrest four over drone sales fraud

Clips: AP, BBC News, Fox News, Times Radio, Kyiv Independent, Tucker Carlson Network.

Photo: Getty Images.

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Frazzled American parents are swapping a nightly glass of chardonnay for chewable THC gummies. But are they ignoring the health risks?

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Guest: Louise Callaghan, US correspondent, The Sunday Times

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Taryn Siegel.

Read more: Mummies on cannabis gummies: meet the mothers getting high at home

Clips: Focus on Sanity.

Photo: Getty Images.

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It is one of Netflix’s most watched documentaries – The Tinder Swindler told the story of scammer Simon Leviev and how he conned women out of more than $10 million. Now two of his most high-profile victims reveal the depression and bankruptcy that followed and how they’re taking revenge by turning their story into a book.

Swindled Never After: How We Survived (and You Can Spot) a Relationship Scammer by Cecilie Fjellhoy and Pernilla Sjoholm (Podium Publishing, £15.99) is published on August 19

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Words by: Charlotte Lytton.

Producer: Taryn Siegel.

Read more: Conned by the Tinder Swindler: how his victims took revenge

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It’s been four years since the Taliban retook control of Kabul, marking the end of the UK’s 20-year military presence in Afghanistan. This week, Patrick sits down with James Cowan, CEO of the HALO Trust and a former army officer who led Task Force Helmand from 2009 to 2010. Together, they reflect on the 2021 evacuation, the recent Afghan data leak, their regrets, and whether Britain’s involvement in Afghanistan was, frankly, worth it.

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