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A week into the election campaign, Labour is leading the polls by around twenty points. If Labour do win on 4th July, Keir Starmer will be moving to No 10. So, what do we know about the party leader? And, after a week of difficult headlines around the selection of candidates, just how has he changed Labour?

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Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor, The Sunday Times and co-author of Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Times Radio, BBC, Labour Party, Plain Jaine' / 'Keep It Light Media, Parliament, LBC.

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If the current trajectory continues, fast fashion emissions are set to surge by 50% by 2030. And with textile production becoming a greater contributor to climate change than international aviation and shipping combined, a crucial question remains - how can the textiles industry harness the power of the circular economy to make global change. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by social entrepreneur and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Denica Riadini-Flesch, live at the Royal Geographical Society, to hear how she is rekindling our connection to the land and creating societal and environmental change, one stitch at a time. 

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An Israeli airstrike that killed at least forty-five displaced Palestinians in Rafah has once again focused the world’s attention on the war in Gaza. The White House insists no red lines have yet been crossed. So where is Biden's red line?

Guests: Robert S. Ford, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, and former U.S. Ambassador to Syria.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC News; CNN; NBC; C-SPAN; The Guardian; X/Twitter.

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Listen back: What if there’s no ceasefire? Manveen Rana reports from Jerusalem (06 March 2024) - https://pod.fo/e/2242e1

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Two of the century’s biggest artists are exchanging diss track blows in a beef that has engulfed the internet. But how has rap moved on since the violence of the 1990s? With the rappers’ fiery verbal blows raising allegations of domestic violence and sex abuse – how has it got so out of hand? 

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Guest: Blanca Schofield, Assistant Editor of Culture & Books, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: TikTok, YouTube. 

Music credits:

Alright - Kendrick Lamar/To Pimp a Butterfly/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope.

One Dance - Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla/Views/Young Money/Cash Money/Republic.

Hotline Bling - Drake/Views/Young Money/Cash Money/Republic.

All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar/SZA/ Crowd Pleasers, Vol. II/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope.

Swimming Pools (Drank) - Kendrick Lamar/Good Kid, M.A.A.D City/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope.

Humble - Kendrick Lamar/Damn/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope. 

First Person Shooter - Drake featuring J. Cole/For All the Dogs/OVO/Republic.

Like That - Kendrick Lamar, Future and Metro Boomin/ We Don't Trust You/Wilburn Holding Co./Boominati/Epic/Republic.

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With the election now just around the corner, Labour says that if it wins, it’ll take away the tax breaks Britain’s private schools have benefited from for years. The introduction of VAT could push fees up by twenty percent, forcing middle class parents out and putting severe pressure on the sector. So why is Labour making this such a key part of its manifesto, and what could it mean for the future of education?

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Guests:

• Nicola Woolcock, Times Education Editor; and,
• Oliver Wright, Times Policy Editor.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Sky News; Herald Institute Media.

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The state of our rivers is set to be one of the discussion points of the election and time’s ticking on Thames Water’s request for a 56 per cent increase in customers’ bills. As Ofwat mulls that one, it might ask how a company which leaks raw sewage into our rivers managed to rack up unsustainable levels of debt while also paying out dividends to shareholders. 

Warning: this podcast includes exclusive interviews from those brave enough to take a dip in The Thames.

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Guest: Dominic O’Connell, business presenter, Times Radio.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: 5 News, Sky News.

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Our modern world is built on chips; they control everything from our cars to the stock market, dishwashers to missile systems, computers to - potentially soon - augmented humans. But with China and America battling for control over production - and about ninety percent of advanced chips made in geo-politically sensitive Taiwan - how secure is the future of our world?

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Guest: Chris Miller, author of Chip War: the Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology and Professor of International History at Tufts University in Boston.

Host: William Hague.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Get in touch: [email protected] 

Find out more about our bonus series for Times subscribers: 'Inside the newsroom'

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In Côte d’Ivoire, the Tanoé-Ehy Forest stands as one of West Africa’s last untouched rainforests, a refuge for unique flora and fauna. Despite boasting West Africa's highest biodiversity, aggressive human activities have spared only 2% of the country’s forests. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by Primate Conservation Biologist Inza Koné, a 2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate, as he strives to restore the balance between nature's resilience and humanity's unchecked greed, offering hope to the endangered wildlife and surrounding communities that thrive in the Tanoé-Ehy Forest.

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Donald Trump’s 'hush money' trial is in its final stages as the prosecution and defence teams have both now rested their cases. The jury will return on Tuesday for closing arguments - and maybe even a verdict. This is ultimately a trial of two competing stories. So who told theirs best?

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Guest: Will Pavia, New York correspondent for The Times

Host: Luke Jones. 

Clips: ABC News, WPRI, Forbes, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Michael Cohen's TikTok. 

Listen to Jane Mulkerrins discussing Stormy Daniels here.

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Rishi Sunak has announced a general election for July 4 after a day of fevered rumour in Westminster. The prime minister addressed the nation from outside No 10 and pledged to “fight for every vote" while Sir Keir Starmer urged people to vote Labour to "stop the chaos". Manveen Rana was at the heart of it all in Westminster. Why now? And are the parties ready?

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Guests:

• Daniel Finkelstein, Conservative Peer and columnist for The Times
• Peter Mandelson, Labour Peer
• Tim Shipman, Chief Political Commentator, The Sunday Times

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Clips: Times Radio.

Follow the election campaign live on Times Radio

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