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Last Checked: 2025-12-08 02:44:24.962832
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Is Palestine Action really a terrorist group?

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There is a growing chorus of opinion - both inside the Labour party and out - which is increasingly ...

BONUS EPISODE: Zelenskyy survives the Oval Office... but has anything really changed?

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a tone entirely different from Zelenksyy’s last visit to Washington in February, this evening s...

Trump-Zelenskyy: another showdown?

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's plenty about the build up to this Trump-Zelenskyy summit which tells you that it is no norma...

BONUS EPISODE: The panic driving Europe’s leaders to Washington with Zelenskyy

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Zelenksyy is on his way to Washington to meet with President Trump. He's followed by sever...

SPECIAL REPORT: Has America’s fentanyl crisis landed in the UK?

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From coast to coast, America’s towns and cities have been besieged by an opioid epidemic, a crisis...

Weekend Edition: Premier League Q&A - MOTD, Battle of the Bridge & time for hooters? - The Sports Agents

15 Aug 2025

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Gabby and Mark answer your Premier League questions ahead of the new season! Which Match of the Day ...

Why the hard right hate London

14 Aug 2025

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Barely a day goes by without a right-wing influencer proclaiming that London has fallen. Crime in th...

Why is the US lecturing Britain on free speech?

13 Aug 2025

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While the Vice President holidays in the Cotswolds, Donald Trump's administration has accused the Br...

Why has Trump ordered the army onto the streets of DC?

12 Aug 2025

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“Violent gangs", "bloodthirsty criminals", "roving gangs of wild youths", "drugged out maniacs". T...

Will Trump and Putin carve up Ukraine – then blame Zelenskyy?

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In just a few days time, Vladimir Putin is set to set foot on American soil for the first time in a...

Q&A: the Epstein files, Corbyn as PM, and are Reform clickbait?

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Friday, Jon and Lewis are back with more of your questions. Would the markets take fright at a ...

Weekend Edition: Inside Sheffield Wednesday's crisis & who's next? - The Sports Agents

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Championship kicks off this weekend but Sheffield Wednesday players and staff are still waiting ...

Did the homelessness minister evict her own tenants for profit?

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labour's homelessness minister is facing fury from her own side and calls to resign - not for her tr...

Was Hiroshima a war crime?

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thousands of people have gathered in Hiroshima - including representatives from 120 countries - to c...

Is Netanyahu set on the full occupation of Gaza?

05 Aug 2025

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“The die has been cast. We’re going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip – and defeating Ha...

Why are Tories predicting a revolution?

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More protests at migrant hotels took place this weekend - with people trying to break into a hotel i...

What's going on with young people and God?

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why are more and more young people turning to God? A recent YouGov poll suggests the number has doub...

Weekend Edition: Triple H on 'genius' of Trump, Hulk Hogan's legacy & replacing Vince McMahon - The Sports Agents

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We bring you a UK exclusive interview with a genuine WWE icon - Triple H! Mark Pougatch sits down wi...

Why are defenders of free speech always shutting people down?

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Exclusively on The News Agents, we speak to top democrat Jamie Raskin. He's here on a mission to fin...

Is Starmer willing to recognise Palestine or not?

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a ninety minute crisis cabinet meeting - driven by the appalling scenes of starvation in Gaza ...

Is Nigel Farage really “siding with Jimmy Savile“ by opposing the online safety bill?

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nigel Farage is no stranger to harsh criticism from his political rivals, but never before has he be...

What do the Epping Protests tell us about 'civil disobedience' in the UK?

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A wave of anti-migrant protests and counter-protests took place at migrant hotels around the country...

Tina Brown on how Trump lost control of the Epstein narrative

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Friday, Jon is joined by Tina Brown - former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker - to disc...

Weekend Edition: A letter from the Lionesses to the Prime Minister - The Sports Agents

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

England are into the Euros final again! Last time, as soon as they won the Lionesses sent a letter t...

Trump's Epstein cover is blown

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story that Trump just can’t escape. The White House has pushed back after reports that...

Could Ghislaine Maxwell walk free?

23 Jul 2025

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For the last two weeks, Donald Trump has been trying to make the Epstein story go away after he clai...

Are Gazans starving so that Netanyahu can survive?

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Let them eat burgers“ - Israel’s PM Netanyahu has popped up on a Canadian fratcast talking ab...

Trump's $20 billion Epstein gamble

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has filed two defamation suits of ten billion dollars each against Rupert Murdoch’s W...

Q&A: Afghan data leak, Diane Abbott, and the Coldplay couple

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Friday, Jon and Lewis answer your questions about the Afghan data leak - what were the legal lo...

Weekend Edition: Usyk beats Dubois but where was the hype? - The Sports Agents

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As almost 100,000 fans head to Wembley Stadium to watch Oleksandr Usyk fight Daniel Dubois to become...

Why is Starmer firing his MPs?

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last night the Prime Minister chucked four of his more rebellious MPs out of the parliamentary Labou...

Why the Afghan data breach isn’t just a Tory problem

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Questions are still mounting after the super-injunction imposed on The News Agents - to stop us repo...

BONUS EPISODE: Exclusive - Defence secretary on the "catastrophic" Afghan leak

15 Jul 2025

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The government admitted today that the superinjunction which for two years prevented us from reporti...

The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now

15 Jul 2025

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For nearly two years the government has taken The News Agents and other journalists to a secret cour...

Can left wing populism beat Reform?

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More in Common's latest research of 20 thousand people suggests nearly 90 percent of us have little ...

The test that will define Keir Starmer

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It would be an exaggeration to say the vultures are already circling the wagon - but there are alrea...

Weekend Edition: Lions with James Haskell - Pollock, Farrell's late call-up & almost killing a teammate - The Sports Agents

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More bonus content from our new-look weekend edition! The British & Irish Lions are soon to face...

Why does Gregg Wallace believe he’s the real victim?

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg Wallace’s friends have been telling newspapers that his "autistic hypersensitivity" meant th...

Why has Elon Musk's AI chatbot started imitating Hitler?

09 Jul 2025

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Last night on X, Elon Musk's AI chatbot - Grok - started imitating Hitler in its responses to user q...

Would a wealth tax save Rachel Reeves?

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The government has studiously avoided ruling out a wealth tax this week. Minister after minister has...

Does the government want to sack the BBC boss?

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labour used to be the party that leapt to the defence of the BBC. So why was the Culture Secretary t...

Live Q&A: One year of Keir

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twelve months ago, the Conservatives suffered the worst general election result in their near 200 ye...

Weekend Edition: Tour de France - what does it take to conquer the world's toughest race? - The Sports Agents

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the new-look weekend edition with fresh interviews and content! With the Tour de France s...

Is Rachel Reeves now unsackable?

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer did a round of interviews this morning in a show of support for his Chancellor. And the...

Why was Rachel Reeves crying at PMQs?

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There is much we still don’t know or understand about today. Was Rachel Reeves upset by an alterca...

Donald Trump threatens to deport Elon Musk

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a lull in the Bro Wars - the sequel. This time Trump is threatening not only to remove Musk's ...

Does anyone know what the Starmer plan is?

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tomorrow, Labour MPs will be asked to vote on the rejigged welfare reform bill. Senior Labour politi...

How to catch a terrorist

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Friday, Lewis is joined in the studio by the newest members of the 'agents' family. Neil Basu i...

Weekend Edition: Euros exclusive, Wimbledon's 66,000 tennis balls & is 5-day cricket too long? - The Sports Agents

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...A big exclusive ahead of the Euros with two of England's defending ...

Is Keir Starmer losing control of his party?

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Remember how there was going to be no row back and no change to the government welfare reform bill? ...

Why is NATO’s Secretary-General calling Trump “DADDY"?

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The atmosphere here at the NATO summit has been little short of obsequious towards President Trump. ...

Trump: Israel and Iran "don't know what the f*** they're doing"

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re at the Nato summit in The Hague where Europe’s leaders were hoping to put defence spending...

Does Trump want to topple Iran’s government?

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has Trump now decided he would like to topple Iran’s leadership? He’s let his cabinet tell the w...

Special Episode: Trump strikes Iran

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump did it - he attacked Iran. Overnight, US armed forces attacked three of Iran’s nuclear devel...

Chris Patten on Israel, Iran and Nigel Farage the pub bore

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Patten has done it all. Conservative cabinet minister under Thatcher and Major, our last Gover...

Weekend Edition: Poison, Chelsea's frozen £2.5bn & training Ascot winners - The Sports Agents

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...Does the government actually have a good reason for the £2.5bn fro...

Will Britain go to war with Iran?

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Keir Starmer has put his cabinet on alert for a possible US attack on Iran. Just 24 hours after ...

Is Iran really making a nuclear bomb?

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Later on this episode we’re joined by author of 'Sapiens' and 'Nexus' - Yuval Noah Harari - to tal...

Why are politicians weaponising grooming gang survivors?

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Louise Casey's report on grooming gangs is incredibly tough reading. She details, over 200 pages, th...

Will Trump drag America into war with Iran?

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is Israel's end game in Iran? Does it genuinely believe Iran is making nuclear weapons - or is ...

Israel vs Iran: a nuclear showdown

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The last two decades have led to the last 24 hours: Israel, going for broke and launching an all out...

Weekend Edition: The secret world of match-fixing & can Habana still race a cheetah? - The Sports Agents

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...We hear the secrets behind match fixing from convicted match fixer ...

“A petrol bomb away from death". What’s happening on the streets of the UK?

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been 3 days since the streets of Ballymena in Northern Ireland went from peaceful protest to fu...

Are tax rises inevitable?

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, in a marked change of tone, Rachel Reeves laid out her spending review. The Chancellor set ou...

Are pensioners now untouchable in British politics?

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer has done his first media round since the u-turn on winter fuel payments, attempting to ...

"They spit, we hit" - Trump sends the troops into L.A.

09 Jun 2025

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Why has Trump sent the National Guard onto the streets of L.A. to deal with protests against his imm...

Elon Musk suggests Donald Trump is a paedophile

06 Jun 2025

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Last night, one of the world's most powerful relationships came to a dramatic end. Over the course o...

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...With the NBA Finals starting, Gabby and Mark chat about Michael Jor...

Has the Conservative Party had enough of Liz Truss?

05 Jun 2025

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The Tory leadership - in the form of shadow chancellor Mel Stride - is setting out to remind voters ...

Gaza aid crisis: ‘If this isn’t a moment for moral clarity, what is?’

04 Jun 2025

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Today, Israel has paused what little aid it was allowing into Gaza - closing all aid distribution ce...

Will Labour hike taxes to placate Trump?

03 Jun 2025

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Less than 24 hours after the Defence Secretary stood up in the Commons to unveil the government's st...

Is Keir Starmer prioritising warfare over welfare?

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Prime Minister has warned the nation that it needs to be ready for war - in an era of new threat...

The inside story of the Salisbury poisonings

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the Spring on 2018, a man and a young woman were found slipping in and out of consciousness on a ...

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...Gabby and Mark get a rare access all areas pass to go behind the sc...

Musk out, tariffs in tatters: is MAGA in meltdown?

29 May 2025

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A trade court has smacked down Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" sweeping tariff plans. Three judges r...

Time to Decriminalise? The UK’s Cannabis Question

28 May 2025

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The age old "should we decriminalise cannibis?" conversation has reared it's head again, this time w...

The far-right hijack a tragedy - again

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It took Merseyside police less than two hours to release information about the suspect who'd been ar...

The truth behind Joe Biden’s decline: the inside story

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Tapper of CNN is one of America’s most famous newsmen, someone who knows Washington inside an...

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...England captain Leah Williamson, who lifted the Euros trophy at Wem...

Israeli ministers accuse Starmer of emboldening terrorists

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead outside the Jewish museum in Washington DC. The suspect cha...

Starmer's first big U-turn

21 May 2025

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At PMQs, Kemi Badenoch asked Keir Starmer when “the inevitable U-turn on winter fuel" would come. ...

Britain suspends trade talks with Israel

20 May 2025

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The frustration in Keir Starmer's voice was palpable. He’s joined forces with France and Canada to...

Gary Lineker, the BBC and impartiality: what really happened?

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Late on Friday, the Newsagents learnt that Gary Lineker could part ways with the BBC as soon as Mond...

Live Q&A: Reform surge, Starmer's successor and reporting from nightclubs

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jon and Lewis are back for a second News Agents live Q&A taking your questions. In the week of t...

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two big exclusive interviews this week on The Sports Agents...The new face of rugby, Henry Pollock, ...

Rupert Lowe - in his own words: “Farage, bullying and grooming gangs”

15 May 2025

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MP Rupert Lowe was kicked out of the Reform party earlier this year after a very public spat with Ni...

Sex trafficking and freak offs: Diddy on trial

14 May 2025

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Sean Combs, P Diddy and Puff Daddy - the names are as numerous as the allegations. The hip hop star ...

Is Starmer using the language of Enoch Powell?

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the 24 hours since giving his hard hitting speech on immigration, Keir Starmer and his cabinet ha...

Keir Starmer: the immigration experiment is over

12 May 2025

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Keir Starmer, sounding in tone closer to Nigel Farage than previous Labour prime ministers, has call...

Tina Brown on truth, Trump and the future of journalism

09 May 2025

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For half a century, Tina Brown has been a titan of journalism both here in the UK and in America. Ed...

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

09 May 2025

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This week on The Sports Agents...After two dramatic Champions League semi-finals we caught up with E...

Is the Trump-Starmer trade deal really "historic"?

08 May 2025

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Keir Starmer could only dial in to Donald Trump's press conference, hailing the new US-UK trade deal...

What happens when two nuclear powers go to war?

07 May 2025

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For nearly a decade, Harvey Weinstein's former assistant, Zelda Perkins, has been exposing the way N...

Tents for asylum seekers - why won't Labour rule it out?

06 May 2025

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In the latest round of “did I hear that correctly?“, the Prime Minister's spokesman has refused ...

The Farage surge: is the two party system over?

02 May 2025

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For the last decade, the spectre of Nigel Farage has been haunting British politics. From UKIP to th...

Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Sports Agents...Gabby and Mark were live from Lords Cricket Ground this week for th...

Will Trump's deal with Ukraine frighten Putin?

01 May 2025

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Trump has sent 50 million dollars of military aid to Ukraine - the first shipment of aid since he to...

Q&A: Trump's 100 days - America heads to recession

30 Apr 2025

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Today, America's GDP figures show the economy is dramatically contracting, and recession continues t...

“Brutal and efficient” - should Starmer be a bit more Carney?

29 Apr 2025

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Mark Carney’s election win in Canada has shown what a potent political force Trump can be - to tho...

Will MAGA Make Canada Liberal Again?

28 Apr 2025

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Polls have narrowed as Canadians head to the ballot box. Mark Carney has led a remarkable fightback ...