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Chris Bryant MP on sexuality, abuse, and his time as a priest

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Bryant MP has lived many lives  - from a childhood in Franco’s Spain to serving as a priest in the Church of England, and now more than two d...

Is the ‘woke’ backlash killing body positivity? - From Sydney Sweeney ad to Zara models ban

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is fashion the latest thing to be swallowed into politics, culture war and the backlash on woke?Stick-thin models with protruding bones were the marke...

Oscar-winning director: West Bank situation 'escalating' after friend shot dead

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world's eyes are on Gaza as the enclave faces mass starvation, but the war there is also emboldening Israeli settlers in the occupied West Ban...

Will UK anti-migrant protests explode into riots again?

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A year ago, towns across Britain were in flames as far-right anti-immigration protests turned into riots, while this week the Police Federation called...

'It's ripping MAGA apart': David Pakman on Trump, Epstein and Dems future

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump is under pressure, again, this time over his alleged ties to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. As the scandal grows, the Speaker ...

Do Democrats need to move right to take on Trump?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In America the Democrats are in crisis — leaderless, divided, and drifting after Donald Trump’s return to power, and on the left, Alexandria Ocasi...

Ukraine war: will Trump’s threats really scare Putin?

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump says he's 'disappointed' that Vladimir Putin keeps knocking down buildings in Kyiv despite all the great conversations they a...

Will the UK-France migration deal work - explained

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced a "one in, one out" migration deal which would see France send one asylum seeker with a Brit...

‘A child killed every hour shouldn’t be normal’ - UNICEF on Gaza

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What comes first - a peace deal or a peace prize? The war rages on in Gaza - another 40 Palestinians were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes, but ...

Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer’s grip on power

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Keir Starmer pulled Labour’s flagship welfare reform plans at the last minute - a humiliating U-turn after days of rebellion, confusion and risi...

Bob Vylan at Glastonbury: free speech or hate speech?

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance has dominated headlines and sparked a huge debate. The punk duo chanted “death to the IDF” to a live crowd o...

Sarah Vine: How Brexit ruined my marriage to Michael Gove

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does Westminster make good people awful or does it attract awful people? As far as Sarah Vine is concerned, it’s the former - corrupting those with ...

Iran-Israel ceasefire: will deal Trump brokered actually hold?

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ceasefire deal Donald Trump says he brokered between  Iran and Israel already appears to be in jeopardy as the Israeli Defence Forces promise to ...

Iran strikes back? What Israel and the US could do next

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The United States and Israel have launched major airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and regime targets. Iran’s foreign minister is seeking diplomatic sup...

What will Israel do if Trump doesn’t attack Iran? | ex-IDF intelligence chief

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel and Iran have continued attacking each other overnight with more airstrikes, as both countries wait for Donald Trump to decide if America will ...

How Israel-Iran war could explode 'into World War 3' - Gideon Levy

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The air war between Israel and Iran has continued overnight after President Trump issued more warnings to Iran - saying Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatol...

Will Israel Iran crisis escalate out of control? - experts explain

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As simmering tensions between Israel and Iran explode in a barrage of missiles and drones, Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to journalist Jonathan Rugman an...

Will Rachel Reeves' spending review turbocharge or tank UK economy?

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Reeves has unveiled her long-awaited spending review, with the NHS and defence seeing the most gains while many other departments face cuts - s...

Will Starmer sack Reeves or will she survive as Chancellor?

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the clock ticks down to next week’s critical Spending Review, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is hitting the road, announcing infrastructure investments...

Should Israel be held accountable for deaths of Gazans queuing for aid?

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The aid crisis in Gaza is deepening. This morning, Israeli soldiers opened fire near crowds of Palestinians approaching a new food distribution site i...

Musk out: how billionaires and crypto bros still shape Trump's White House

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk has announced an end to his time as the head of DOGE with a parting shot at his former boss Donald Trump over a bill that’s projected to a...

Is Trump turning on Netanyahu - what it means for Gaza war

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been 600 days since the war between Israel and Gaza began, triggered by the October the 7th attacks carried out by Hamas; a moment that reshape...

How Israeli embassy staff shooting could impact Gaza war

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The shooting of a couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC has sent shockwaves around the world, while in Gaza the UN says thousands...

Did Biden's inner circle ‘cover up’ his declining cognitive health?

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was one of the most shocking moments of the 2024 presidential campaign. President Joe Biden, at times appearing incoherent and confused, effectivel...

RFK’s new British medical advisor on vaccines and Big Pharma

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aseem Malhotra is a deeply controversial British doctor who has just been appointed as Chief Medical Adviser of the Make America Healthy Again campaig...

Russia Victory Day: will Putin ever be toppled? | Vladimir Kara-Murza

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Russia is celebrating Victory Day, with 29 foreign leaders including the Chinese President Xi Jinping joining Vladimir Putin in Moscow to commemorate ...

Will India's missile strike on Pakistan lead to all out war?

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pakistan has described India's missile attacks that killed more than 30 people 'an act of war’, but India says it was retaliation for a terrorist as...

The War Room Co host: 'Trump government need to be pushing more'

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ukraine has now signed a mineral and natural resources deal with the US perhaps taking President Donald Trump a step closer to fulfilling his promise ...

How Trump’s first 100 days changed the world - China, Canada, Ukraine

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has reached his 100 day milestone but he might not be celebrating quite so loudly after Canadians voted in a new government aggressively ...

Will Kashmir attack cause new India-Pakistan war?

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated following a deadly attack in a tourist hotspot in Kashmir, with Indian Prime Minister Nerandra Modi...

How to take on Trump’s ‘unhinged’ politics | Rutger Bregman

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the world still reeling from Donald Trump's tariffs, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed the UK's growth forecast and says the glob...

President Xi or Trump - who's the UK's biggest threat? | Fourcast

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following President Donald Trump’s tariffs and President Xi Jinping's refusal to back down, the world is in a new era and the UK has a decision to m...

JD Vance would back Trump third term, says close friend

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Donald Trump’s second term is almost at 100 days. Unlike 2016, he is now surrounded by passionate supporters and close allies. One key fig...

'This is amateur hour': Joseph Stiglitz on Trump tariffs and China

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Economic relations between the US and China are effectively over as the world’s two largest economies trade blows in a tit-for-tat trade war that’...

How trade wars can lead to real wars | Trump China tariffs

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Donald Trump has authorised a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for all countries except for one, China. The president slapped a bespoke 14...

Will Trump’s tariffs cause global economic crash? | Robert Kaplan

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has announced global tariffs on an unprecedented scale, holding up a chart in the White House Rose Garden outlining what each country wil...

Is Israel already enacting Trump’s Gaza plan? Israel's deputy FM

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Netanyahu has said his intention is to implement Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, while Israel comes under intense criticism after the bodies ...

UK Economy - How Bad Is It? The Spring Statement Explained | Fourcast Live

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Fourcast breaks down a huge day for the UK economy and British politics, as Rachel Reeves delivers her Spring Statement with cuts to welfare and a...

Russian ambassador to the UK on Trump Putin talks and Ukraine’s future

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone for over 90 minutes thrashing out a deal to halt the bloodshed in Ukraine, and Russia has now...

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill hundreds, Francesca Albanese reacts

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been broken, as Israel launched overnight air strikes on Gaza that Hamas says has killed more than 400 peop...

Ukraine Russia war: will Putin really accept Trump's deal?

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Zelenskyy has signed up to Donald Trump's proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia and in return American arms and intelligence have star...

Russia Ukraine: will Trump’s peace plan just lead to more war? | Timothy Snyder

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has read out a letter from Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Ukraine is ready to negotiate and the president says he's getting strong signals fr...

Is Trump sacrificing Ukraine to Putin?

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, in another move that has shocked Europe, thrilled Vladimir Putin and Russia and dismayed Ukrai...

Did Starmer get anything for Ukraine from Trump 'love-in'?

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer has met Donald Trump at the White House but will his flattering words and invitation from the King be enough to persuade America not to t...

Russia Ukraine war: can Europe stop Putin on its own?

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the war between Russia and Ukraine hits its 3 year mark, Germany elects a new government to join its beleaguered neighbours in trying to get Europe...

Ukraine peace talks: what do Russia and US really want?

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

America’s Marco Rubio and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov have met in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine war peace talks. The US says a peace deal must be "fair, end...

Ukraine war: how Trump and Putin want to change the world

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Trump is invited to Moscow and praises Putin after a call with the Russian leader about peace negotiations, his defence secretary Pete Hegseth says...

Keir Starmer’s biggest headache: Donald Trump or Brexit?

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has spent the week turning the world upside down again - launching a trade war with China and claiming America will take over the Gaza St...

What's Donald Trump really up to with Gaza takeover plan?

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump, with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, has said the US should take over Gaza, own it, and turn it into the "Rivi...

Is Donald Trump’s tariff war about to totally backfire?

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump’s long promised trade war has begun, sort of - the US president threatened to slap tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners, bef...

Does Reeves and Starmer economic growth plan make any sense?

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a major speech on growing the UK economy, Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she will make Cambridge and Oxford the “Silicon Valley of Europe” and b...

Ukraine war: will Donald Trump make a deal with Vladimir Putin?

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos he said, again, that he wants a peace deal with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukrain...

Could Trump’s executive orders totally change America?

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America, he signed executive orders to take the US out of the Worl...

Trump inauguration: is this the end for progressives in America?

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as President of the United States of America for the second time - but, from TikTok and the southern border, to Ukr...

Israel Hamas war: will Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal last?

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel and Hamas have finally reached a ceasefire deal over the war in Gaza days before Donald Trump takes over from Joe Biden as the next US presiden...

Do Starmer and Reeves have a ‘big idea’ to save the economy?

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amid turmoil in the bond market and a plummeting pound, Sir Keir Starmer has had to defend his chancellor Rachel Reeves while dealing with the resigna...

Elon Musk v Donald Trump - who has the real power? | The American Fourcast

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Silicon Valley’s billionaires are making headlines again as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg says he’s going to get rid of factcheckers on his social medi...

Israel, Syria, Iran: how the Middle East is about to change

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the Israel Gaza war reportedly on the brink of a ceasefire and Iran reeling after the devastation of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the fall of Bashar ...

Syria: how to rebuild a 'corrupted narco-state'

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a matter of days since Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria was toppled by a lightning-quick offensive led by the rebel group Hayʼat Tahrir al-...

Assad falls: should it be a moment of joy or fear for Syria?

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus to Russia where Vladimir Putin is reportedly sheltering the former Syrian dictator - for those Syrians who have defi...

The real reason Syrian rebels attacked Assad now

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Syrian rebels launched the biggest attack in years against President Bashar al-Assad’s government forces, reigniting a bloody civil war - but with V...

How is the Ukraine-Russia war escalating?

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Putin fired an experimental hypersonic missile at Dnipro - one of Ukraine’s biggest cities - and has talked about the nuclear option again...

Nadine Dorries on Tory sleaze and scandal and her church abuse

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A close ally of Boris Johnson and open critic of Rishi Sunak and Kemi Badenoch, Nadine Dorries examines the current state of the Conservative Party in...

Musk, Gaetz, Gabbard: who could Donald Trump fire first? | The American Fourcast

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the shape of Donald Trump’s administration is becoming clearer - and it’s like...

Will Trump and his new team make the world safer or more dangerous? | The American Fourcast

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a week since America voted to return Donald Trump to the White House, and there are already reports of new appointments - including Marco ...

Will Donald Trump be an ‘authoritarian’ in power? | The American Fourcast

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has won the election, beating Kamala Harris and the Democrats, and will be the next president of the United States - but what kind of lea...

Trump v Harris: we predict who will win US election | The American Fourcast

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making their final pitch to voters, as an American election race that has seen assassination attempts and President...

Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative race but can she really beat Labour?

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party after beating Robert Jenrick in what is an historic moment - the first black female leader o...

US election: how Kamala Harris can still beat Donald Trump | The American Fourcast

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are out trying to salvage their US election campaigns after a series of gaffes started by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe cal...

Budget 2024: will Labour’s £40bn tax hike backfire?

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After months of speculation, leaks, and endless criticism, Rachel Reeves has finally delivered Labour’s first budget in 14 years and it had £70 bil...

Harris v Trump latest: should the Democrats be panicking? | The American Fourcast

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the US election heats up Kamala Harris and Donald Trump remain neck and neck in the polls, but even as the Democrats have the likes of Beyoncé and...

MPs go head-to-head in assisted dying debate

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Assisted dying could very soon be legalised in the UK, with MPs being given a free vote by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a bill that’s just been in...

How Keir Starmer's next 100 days could be worse than his first

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Morgan McSweeney-Sue Gray saga, endless stories about freebies and gloomy economic forecasts ahead of Rachel Reeve’s first budget - so, how badl...

Sayeeda Warsi on Gaza, Islamophobia and ‘disturbing’ Conservative Party

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Britain's first Muslim cabinet minister, has long been an outspoken critic of her own party over its attitudes towards Islam. ...

Can anyone save the Conservative Party from oblivion?

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Conservative Party leadership favourites Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have found themselves embroiled in controversy over comments they’ve made ...

Tory conference: could Boris Johnson really make a comeback?

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Despite warnings to keep it clean, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly have been quietly tearing chunks out of each other ...

What Starmer’s speech reveals about how Labour will change UK

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Keir Starmer has made his speech on the penultimate day of the Labour Party Conference, and his first as prime minister. He’s pledged “nationa...

Can Labour save the economy? Rachel Reeves speech analysed

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Reeves has just delivered her Labour conference speech as the UK’s first female chancellor, defending the “hard but fair” choices that La...

Has Keir Starmer’s Labour conference been ruined by freebie fiasco?

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Keir Starmer was surely hoping Labour’s conference would be a celebration of his landslide election victory - but with bitter briefings against ...

What Donald Trump and Elon Musk's alliance is really about | The American Fourcast

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk has been criticised over comments he made on Twitter/X in the wake of the apparent attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump,...

Starmer says 'NHS must reform or die', here’s how to save it

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A damning new report, commissioned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his health secretary Wes Streeting, has laid bare the shocking state of the NHS ...

Donald Trump Kamala Harris debate: everything you need to know | The American Fourcast

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The long anticipated presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has happened - Trump says he won and afterwards Harris got a Taylor Sw...

How to stop scandals like Grenfell from happening again

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Grenfell Inquiry into the tower block fire that killed 72 people in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has delivered a devastating final...

Is Kamala Harris the next Barack Obama - or Hillary Clinton? | The American Fourcast

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Walz, Barack and Michelle Obama, and even Oprah Winfrey have taken to the DNC stage to lay the ground for Kamala Harris’ run for the White House...

Nancy Pelosi on Elon Musk, Donald Trump and hammer attack horror | The American Fourcast

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Pelosi has been at the top of US politics for nearly 40 years - as the first, and only, woman in US history to serve as speaker of the House, sh...

Could Walz and Harris force 'weird' Trump out of the race? | The American Fourcast

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kamala Harris has chosen Governor Tim Walz as her Vice President for the 2024 Democrat ticket. After considering nearly a dozen candidates, Harris lan...

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? | The American Fourcast

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President Kamala Harris is the favourite to be the Democratic nominee for president after Joe Biden’s shock decision to drop out of the race - ...

RNC speech: has Donald Trump really changed after shooting? | The American Fourcast

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An assassination attempt, J.D. Vance - a relatively unknown Ohio Senator - picked as Donald Trump’s Vice President, and current President Joe Biden ...

Biden v Trump: is the West on the brink of collapse?

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a week-long victory lap in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer flew to America for the Nato summit where he met US President Biden and Ukraine’s presiden...

Election results: what will Starmer really do with landslide win?

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Conservative party have suffered their worst ever defeat and Keir Starmer has been swept to power in a landslide victory - but huge challenges are...

Will the UK face a right-wing rebellion in future if Labour win?

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If the polls are to be believed, Sir Keir Starmer could be set to beat Rishi Sunak’s Conservative’s and gain a record majority in Parliament, but ...

Can Sunak save Tories in dying days of election?

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s less than one week until election day, and so far the headlines have been dominated by betting scandals, the rise of Reform, and Rishi Sunak’...

Betting scandal: can Rishi Sunak’s campaign get any worse?

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Davey has now joined Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak scrambling to check who in their party could get caught up in the betting saga - but is this stor...

Would Labour election win kill or save Scottish independence?

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The SNP have released their manifesto and, on the first page, they’ve promised again to make Scotland independent - but with polling suggesting that...

Labour manifesto: has Sunak left UK too broke for Starmer to fix?

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Labour have launched their manifesto with just two things on the cover - a picture of Keir Starmer and the word “change” - but how much change are...

Can Sunak's manifesto stop Farage taking over Tory Party?

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak has unveiled his manifesto, promising billions in tax cuts and lower immigration - but after his D-Day disaster and Nigel Farage back in t...

Could Sunak D-Day disaster cause Tory election wipeout?

08 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak has apologised and admitted it was a “mistake” to leave D-Day commemorations early, but many in the Conservative Party are already fur...

Sunak v Starmer debate: are Conservatives telling lies?

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Devastating polling, the return of Nigel Farage and more talk of defections - it was almost looking like a truly nightmarish week for Rishi Sunak, but...

Is ‘left wing purge’ key to a Starmer election victory?

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Reports that Labour are set to bar Diane Abbott from standing in the general election have sparked outrage, with the veteran MP accusing Keir Starmer ...

Why Rishi Sunak really went for snap general election

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Campaigning is underway after Rishi Sunak’s shock decision to call a snap general election - and the decision by Nigel Farage not to stand as a cand...