The News Agents
Episodes
Trump celebrates the silencing of Jimmy Kimmel
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Overnight, the late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was literally cancelled - taken off air and his show suspended, for what his ABC network bosses ...
How welcome is Trump in Britain?
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
POTUS has landed in the UK - where he's been so effectively directing public conversation and with increasing noise on the Right about the need for Br...
How Charlie Kirk's murder is being weaponised by his own side
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, JD Vance appeared as guest host on Charlie Kirk's podcast. He took the opportunity to use the platform and vow to "dismantle institutions ...
Elon Musk tells the UK to "fight or die"
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk popped up at Tommy Robinson's march in London on Saturday, calling for parliament to be dissolved, overthrown and for people to fight or die...
Nicola Sturgeon’s message to Keir Starmer - Stop making Nigel Farage the next PM
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Sturgeon has a message for Keir Starmer. Stop legitimising Nigel Farage - or you’ll make him the next PM.Scotland’s former first minister h...
Weekend Edition: The incredible story of Eugene Amo-Dadzie AKA 'The World's Fastest Accountant' - The Sports Agents
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special interview today with a sprinter - who ironically - is living proof that it’s NEVER too late to start! Eugene Amo-Dadzie has shot to stardo...
Why is Charlie Kirk now being hailed a "martyr"?
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
American flags are flying at half mast today to honour the memory of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and MAGA influencer shot dead at a univer...
Why is Keir Starmer standing by Jeffrey Epstein's 'best pal'?
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lord Mandelson has admitted there may be more embarrassing emails and correspondence between himself and the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The...
Trump's letter to Epstein is revealed
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A US congressional committee has made public the 'birthday book' allegedly given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 to mark his fiftieth birthday. In it, mess...
The real reason behind Keir Starmer's reshuffle
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Labour's new home secretary Shabana Mahmood has barely got her feet under the desk, but already the rhetoric out of the home office has changed. Count...
Angela Rayner resigns - can a reshuffle save Labour?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer announced 'Phase 2' of his government on Monday - a reset of his Downing St operation supposed to get Labour gripping the agenda and on t...
Weekend Edition: NFL's 'Isak saga' - A tale of player power & Netflix drama - The Sports Agents
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Super Bowl champion Jason Bell joins Gabby and Mark to talk about the NFL's biggest transfer drama of the summer, which puts the Alexander Isak...
Why has Nigel Farage gone to America to slag off Britain?
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The morning after Nigel Farage appeared in Washington DC to berate his own country before Congress, the News Agents decamped to a Farage-free zone; hi...
Is Angela Rayner on resignation watch?
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Angela Rayner broke cover today - just before PMQs - to give an interview to Sky News in which she admitted she may have made a mistake on the tax she...
Nick Clegg: What really happened at Facebook?
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Clegg worked intimately alongside Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook/Meta for seven years. He departed Silicon Valley in January and has written a new b...
Why does Keir Starmer keep agreeing with Nigel Farage?
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer has shaken up his core team in Downing Street today. It's an attempt to grip the agenda, improve the government's messaging and take on N...
Are we sleepwalking into an AI 'economic bloodbath'?
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first part of two special Friday episodes on the way AI promises to transform our politics, economies and societies. Lewis has been in San...
Weekend Edition: Russian dolls, fax machines & legal threats - the making of the first Women's Rugby World Cup - The Sports Agents
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today, Alice Cooper, fought to set up the first ever Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991, along with three other trailblazing women. It took pla...
Everything wrong with Keir Starmer’s media strategy - and how to fix it
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's news today of a Downing Street shakeup and speculation too about a ministerial reshuffle next week. Parliament returns on Monday, with Labour ...
Is a secret US spy ring trying to take over Greenland?
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a story that reads like it's jumped out of a thriller novel. Denmark has today summoned America's top diplomat in the country, after reports emer...
Farage, flags and Connolly: How the Right turned on the State
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an airport hangar in Oxfordshire, Nigel Farage unveiled Reform UK's mass deportation plan. Farage pledged to tear up international treaties, build ...
Q&A: Trump, Putin and 100% inheritance tax
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does Putin have something on Trump? Is Trump deliberately deflecting attention from the Epstein saga? Is Starmer's advisor, Morgan McSweeney, overesti...
Weekend Edition: Can England's Red Roses pick up where the Lionesses left off? - The Sports Agents
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of a special weekend edition of The Sports Agents - Gabby's been at Twickenham - the home of England rugby - to speak to key members of Englan...
Israel invades Gaza City. Will anything stop Netanyahu?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Palestinians have started to flee Gaza City after the IDF commenced its offensive on the largest city in the Strip.The incursion has been condemned by...
Where are asylum seekers supposed to live now?
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anti-migrant protesters are celebrating today, with The Bell Hotel in Epping set to close its doors to asylum seekers after becoming a battleground ov...
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 uneasy about the recent mass arrests of demonstrat...
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 saw Trump praising the Ukrainian president. Zelenks...
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 normal meeting. The questions over whether President Ze...
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 several European leaders, including Keir Starmer. Rarel...
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 which has wrought misery and wielded political co...
Weekend Edition: Premier League Q&A - MOTD, Battle of the Bridge & time for hooters? - The Sports Agents
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gabby and Mark answer your Premier League questions ahead of the new season! Which Match of the Day pundit is most fun to watch a match with? Best Pre...
Why the hard right hate London
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barely a day goes by without a right-wing influencer proclaiming that London has fallen. Crime in the capital, it is said, is rampant, police nowhere ...
Why is the US lecturing Britain on free speech?
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the Vice President holidays in the Cotswolds, Donald Trump's administration has accused the British government of “repeatedly” imposing “s...
Why has Trump ordered the army onto the streets of DC?
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Violent gangs", "bloodthirsty criminals", "roving gangs of wild youths", "drugged out maniacs". These may sounds like scenes from a Charles Dickens...
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 decade. He's been invited to Alaska by Donald Tru...
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 Jeremy Corbyn or Nigel Farage premiership like the...
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 to be paid. For the inside story of how the club f...
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 track record in government but her track record as a...
Was Hiroshima a war crime?
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of people have gathered in Hiroshima - including representatives from 120 countries - to come together with a renewed call for nuclear disar...
Is Netanyahu set on the full occupation of Gaza?
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The die has been cast. We’re going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip – and defeating Hamas." That was the quote from the Israeli Prime Mi...
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 in Canary Wharf on Sunday. As things escalated, rum...
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 doubled in the past six years from 22% to 45% saying t...
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 with 'Hunter' to discuss what makes President Trump ...
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 find out if free speech is under threat in Europe. It...
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 - Keir Starmer emerged with a plan: the UK would r...
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 been linked to prolific paedophile Jimmy Savile.That...
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 this weekend, with police being drafted in from a...
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 discuss her run ins with Jeffrey Epstein, the fallout ...
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 to Downing Street demanding equal access to PE for ...
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 the President was told in May that he was among h...
Could Ghislaine Maxwell walk free?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the last two weeks, Donald Trump has been trying to make the Epstein story go away after he claimed there were no missing files and there was noth...
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 about his favourite fast food and weighing up the me...
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 Wall Street Journal. The newspaper claimed Trump se...
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 loopholes? Why hasn’t the Speaker resigned? And is...
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 the undisputed world heavyweight champion, Gabby ...
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 Labour Party. Technically, he 'removed the whip' which ...
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 reporting the story of a catastrophic data breach that...
BONUS EPISODE: Exclusive - Defence secretary on the "catastrophic" Afghan leak
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government admitted today that the superinjunction which for two years prevented us from reporting on a “catastrophic” data breach which put t...
The secret court that silenced The News Agents...until now
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly two years the government has taken The News Agents and other journalists to a secret court to prevent us from reporting a story of huge pub...
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 or no trust in politicians. 70 percent of voters t...
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 already conversations taking place about Keir Starmer's...
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 Australia in the big three Tests, after wrapping ...
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 that he had an “oddity of filters and boundaries",...
Why has Elon Musk's AI chatbot started imitating Hitler?
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last night on X, Elon Musk's AI chatbot - Grok - started imitating Hitler in its responses to user questions. Was this intentional? Did Musk really co...
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 refused to knock down the suggestion, despite the...
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 this weekend calling for heads to roll, saying she ...
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 year history and Keir Starmer took up the mantle at ...
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 starting this weekend Gabby and Mark try to get the...
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 reason was clear. After she cried in the Commons ...
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 altercation with the Speaker? Was the issue something mor...
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 government subsidies but even have him deported. W...
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 politicians Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham still don’t th...
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 is former head of Counter Terrorism Policing and An...
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 champions, Lauren Hemp & Niamh Charles, Gabby ...
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? Well, now it seems there might be...Starmer's team...
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. Leaders have worked out that if they want US buy-i...
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 and Ukraine top of the agenda. That's before Dona...
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 world that the only game here was to stop Iran beco...
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 development sites. Trump claims to have obliterated the...
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 Governor of British Hong Kong, then back home overseein...
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 from the Chelsea FC sale not helping millions of chil...
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 insisting Donald Trump had given no indication he ...
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 talk politics and AI. But we begin with war. The spee...
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, the repeated failings of local authorities, police f...
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 this about overthrowing the whole regime? Did Trum...
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 assault on Iran’s nuclear programme. Israeli PM...
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 and former professional footballer, Moses Swaibu. ...
“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 full on riots. Since then, 41 police officers have b...
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 out budgets for government departments, boosting bud...
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 argue that the country’s finances are now stable...
"They spit, we hit" - Trump sends the troops into L.A.
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why has Trump sent the National Guard onto the streets of L.A. to deal with protests against his immigration raids? Normally, this would only happen a...
Elon Musk suggests Donald Trump is a paedophile
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, one of the world's most powerful relationships came to a dramatic end. Over the course of one evening, Elon Musk set fire to his already f...
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 Jordan returning to our screens and why the NBA hasn'...
Has the Conservative Party had enough of Liz Truss?
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Tory leadership - in the form of shadow chancellor Mel Stride - is setting out to remind voters how dangerous their own Liz Truss was. He's pledge...
Gaza aid crisis: ‘If this isn’t a moment for moral clarity, what is?’
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Israel has paused what little aid it was allowing into Gaza - closing all aid distribution centres. It follows 3 deadly incidents at aid centre...
Will Labour hike taxes to placate Trump?
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Less than 24 hours after the Defence Secretary stood up in the Commons to unveil the government's strategic defence review, months in the making, and ...
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 threats including the “immediate” danger posed by Ru...
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 public bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire. What would f...
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 scenes at Sale Sharks rugby club, from training to t...
Musk out, tariffs in tatters: is MAGA in meltdown?
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A trade court has smacked down Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" sweeping tariff plans. Three judges ruled that the US president had pushed the boundari...