The News Agents
Episodes
Time to Decriminalise? The UK’s Cannabis Question
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The age old "should we decriminalise cannibis?" conversation has reared it's head again, this time with the London Mayor Sadiq Khan backing the calls ...
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 arrested in the Liverpool parade crash which injured...
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 and out. He - quite literally - had a ringside seat ...
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 Wembley, talks to us about her 19-year Arsenal career...
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 chanted "Free Palestine" as he was taken into custody...
Starmer's first big U-turn
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At PMQs, Kemi Badenoch asked Keir Starmer when “the inevitable U-turn on winter fuel" would come. Unfortunately for her, he’d already announced it...
Britain suspends trade talks with Israel
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The frustration in Keir Starmer's voice was palpable. He’s joined forces with France and Canada to pressure Israel to stop the humanitarian disaster...
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 Monday. On today’s episode we piece together the con...
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 the PM's "island of strangers" speech, they discuss...
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, joined us in the studio. With two tries from one E...
Rupert Lowe - in his own words: “Farage, bullying and grooming gangs”
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MP Rupert Lowe was kicked out of the Reform party earlier this year after a very public spat with Nigel Farage. He claims “lawfare“ and says Farag...
Sex trafficking and freak offs: Diddy on trial
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Combs, P Diddy and Puff Daddy - the names are as numerous as the allegations. The hip hop star is standing trial for sex trafficking and racketee...
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 have faced accusations his language was channeling t...
Keir Starmer: the immigration experiment is over
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer, sounding in tone closer to Nigel Farage than previous Labour prime ministers, has called immigration a failed lab experiment and decreed...
Tina Brown on truth, Trump and the future of journalism
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For half a century, Tina Brown has been a titan of journalism both here in the UK and in America. Editor of Tatler at just 25, she continued to take o...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...After two dramatic Champions League semi-finals we caught up with European Football Journalist Guillem Balagué (03:4...
Is the Trump-Starmer trade deal really "historic"?
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer could only dial in to Donald Trump's press conference, hailing the new US-UK trade deal, but that didn't stop an Oval Office love in betw...
What happens when two nuclear powers go to war?
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly a decade, Harvey Weinstein's former assistant, Zelda Perkins, has been exposing the way NDAs are abused by people of power, and trying to b...
Tents for asylum seekers - why won't Labour rule it out?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest round of “did I hear that correctly?“, the Prime Minister's spokesman has refused to rule out housing asylum seekers in tents. It’...
The Farage surge: is the two party system over?
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the last decade, the spectre of Nigel Farage has been haunting British politics. From UKIP to the Brexit Party, he has loomed in the background of...
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 the launch of the 2026 Women's T20 Cricket World Cup...
Will Trump's deal with Ukraine frighten Putin?
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump has sent 50 million dollars of military aid to Ukraine - the first shipment of aid since he took power. The money started flowing after Ukraine ...
Q&A: Trump's 100 days - America heads to recession
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, America's GDP figures show the economy is dramatically contracting, and recession continues to loom. It’s not an ideal backdrop for Trumps 10...
“Brutal and efficient” - should Starmer be a bit more Carney?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Carney’s election win in Canada has shown what a potent political force Trump can be - to those campaigning against his economic bullying. But ...
Will MAGA Make Canada Liberal Again?
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Polls have narrowed as Canadians head to the ballot box. Mark Carney has led a remarkable fightback for the Liberal party, driven in no small part by ...
Special Episode: Trump's epiphany in Rome. Carney's election in Canada
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special edition of The News Agents this weekend as Canadians head to the polls for an election which may be decided by anti American antipathy for D...
What keeps Charlie Brooker up at night?
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over ten years ago, Black Mirror burst onto our screens, bringing with it dystopian futures and exploring themes of how humanity would deal with rapid...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was marathon week on The Sports Agents, inspired by the London Marathon...First up is Eilish McColgan, the four-time Olympian who's making her mara...
“VLADIMIR, STOP!” Trump tells Putin to back off
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Overnight Ukraine's capital suffered one of its worst bombardments for nearly a year. Scores were injured by ballistic missiles. Since recording, the ...
"An indecent proposal" Trump's final offer to Ukraine
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
London was expecting to host key players today for a Ukraine peace summit. Late last night the US Secretary of State pulled out - leaving many to assu...
"You're fired" - Why Trump's catchphrase is spooking the world economy
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The IMF has just released a dire forecast for every major economy - predicting a sharp slowdown in growth on the back of Trump's tariffs plan. It come...
Matthew Freud knows the secrets of Britain's most powerful people
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Freud rarely gives interviews. He’s normally behind the curtain, on the end of the phone - helping A listers, politicians, and businesses na...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...What a moment it was... after an 11-year wait for the final major, Rory McIlroy finally achieved a career Grand Slam ...
What is a woman? A landmark ruling
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After years of culture war debate over trans women and their rights, today the Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” in the 2010 Equality Act ...
Has Trump given up on Ukraine?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The night after one of the deadliest attacks on Ukrainian civilians since Putin's invasion, the American President has gone all block caps, tweeting: ...
Is China trying to sabotage British Steel?
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is China trying to sabotage British industry? That’s the warning from a group in parliament. Some ministers may quietly agree. But they can’t say ...
SPECIAL REPORT: Will Keir Starmer save British Steel?
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a dramatic turn of events, parliament has been recalled for MPs to discuss the future of British Steel. In Scunthorpe, some 2,700 jobs hang in the ...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents... From watching his uncle commit one of the biggest robberies in British history, to a police chase and a double life ...
Trump's u-turn: "A power trip on a global scale"
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the precise moment Donald Trump was “pausing” his tariffs policy, his own trade negotiator was trying to explain to Congress who knew what when...
Trump’s Liz Truss moment: “It could be cataclysmic”
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump's tariffs, combined with China's retaliation, are doing terrible things to stock markets around the world. People are selling off equity and ass...
"China gives Trump the middle finger"
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Trump threatens to double the tariffs on China the trade war between two of the world's biggest economies is escalating. China has said it will "fi...
Will market chaos make Trump rethink his tariffs?
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hong Kong's stock exchange has just closed down 13% - to put this in context it's the worst day of trading since the Asian market crash of 1997. The F...
Q&A: Could Trump suspend the midterms? And how worried should we be about the stock market?
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump's tariffs have caused chaos on the stock markets with a looming threat of recession. Rumours are swirling that the midterm elections could get c...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...It's Grand National weekend! ITV Racing presenter Ed Chamberlin was among our guests, as Gabby & Mark explored ho...
Has Brexit really saved us from Trump's trade war?
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Declaring 'Liberation Day' for the USA, Donald Trump accused other countries of having "looted, pillaged, raped and plundered" America's economy. What...
Is Trump turning against Putin?
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has Trump just started to work out he’s being played by Putin? A light bulb moment is going on in the White House - Washington officials are private...
Has a free speech row derailed our US trade deal?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's 'Liberation Day' eve as Trump dangles his tariffs threat across the world again. How should Starmer respond to what could be a nail in the coffin...
Will Marine Le Pen's conviction embolden the Far Right?
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The French Far Right leader Marine Le Pen is barred from standing in the country's next presidential election following her conviction for embezzlemen...
Exclusive: The White Lotus star on mega wealth, the MAGA divide and Brits in America
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White Lotus - now in its third series has proved a recipe for a smash hit. Take a fabulously wealthy bunch of characters. Make most of them dreadf...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...Britain's biggest boxing promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren made a rare appearance together. How is it being part...
Has Trump just undone the Chancellor's Spring Statement?
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No sooner had the Chancellor sat down after her Spring Statement than Donald Trump announced to the world that he was slapping 25% tariffs on all cars...
Has Rachel Reeves lost the dressing room?
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the Prime Minister was asked to directly express his confidence in the Chancellor. He did so without missing a beat. But how much support does ...
How Trump's secret war plans were leaked in a group chat
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the days before a US bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, key members of Trumps administration began to plan the attack in a group chat. ...
Turkey slides towards dictatorship. Why is the West so quiet?
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jailing of Turkeys main opposition leader - President Erdogan's biggest rival - has sent thousands on to the streets in protest. Students who’ve...
Special report: A scandal 'bigger than Thalidomide'
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It has now been more than a year since plans for a compensation scheme were laid out for those affected by the sodium valproate scandal - and it is a ...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...First up, an exclusive interview with the most important man in English rugby union, Bill Sweeney, CEO of the RFU. He...
Kemi crashes Net Zero. Will Starmer be next?
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In dramatic fashion, The Sun reports that a leaked government memo claims that the UK's race to reduce carbon emissions could trigger a financial cras...
Why has “Adolescence” touched such a nerve?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It seems that everyone is talking about the Netflix hit drama 'Adolescence'. It has been viewed 24 million times in just a few days, and is topping th...
Trump and Putin’s crucial phone call
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke for an hour and a half today - could they bring the Ukraine conflict and closer to a sustainable peace? Or is th...
Will Labour go to war over welfare?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer says he has a "duty" to fix welfare - and has described the current benefits system as "unsustainable" and "indefensible". But many of hi...
Q&A: Will Rupert Lowe leave Reform? And is Donald Trump engineering a financial crash?
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the likely endgame is for the Russia-Ukraine war? How can journalists hold politicians to account when gaining access to them requires towing ...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...From sneaking a disguised Novak Djokovic into a team talk, to lessons from Ben Stokes and the LIV/PGA divide, we chat...
Exclusive: Keir Starmer talks Trump and Russia with The News Agents
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer has spoken exclusively to The News Agents in Hull on a big day in both domestic and international politics. In his speech today, the Prim...
Special episode: Inside the murky world of Facebook
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Wynn-Williams was a senior Facebook executive for most of the last decade. She had a front row seat as Mark Zuckerberg rapidly expanded the comp...
Trump puts the ball in Putin’s court
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The origins of a peace deal have emerged in Saudi Arabia. There’s just one problem: whilst Zelensky is offering to sign up, there’s no word from P...
Is Trump driving America into a recession?
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is growing uncertainty in the American economy as stocks fall, and Donald Trump refuses to rule out a recession. He's even said he will double m...
Has Canada found the leader to take on Trump?
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"America is not Canada, and Canada never ever will be part of America in any way." The words of the chiselled ice hockey player and former Bank of Eng...
Live Q&A: Is Trump working for Putin? And what's Putin got on Trump?
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our first ever Live Q&A edition Jon and Lewis answer your most pressing questions. Is Trump working for Putin? Will a military coup overthrow t...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...Imagine flying on EasyJet and seeing the men's team on private jets. That's one of the many gaps the England women's ...
Is Trump trying to topple Zelenskyy?
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is no fan of Zelenskyy. That much has been clear for months. But according to Politico, his administration is now tapping up Ukrainian oppositio...
Trump suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A carefully worded letter from Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has made its way to Donald Trump - The News Agents have details on the role that the Brit...
Trump pulls the plug on military aid - can Ukraine survive?
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump has ordered a “pause“ on all US military aid to Ukraine. All the pending military assistance Biden signed off before leaving office is now i...
Exclusive: Prince Harry's lawyer speaks out
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to take on Rupert Murdoch and win? We have an exclusive interview with David Sherborne - the media barrister who represented Prince Ha...
BONUS EPISODE: Starmer’s Peace Plan - will it work?
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of The News Agents, Jon and Lewis get together to discuss Sunday's emergency meeting of European Leaders here in the UK to resol...
BONUS EPISODE: Trump kicks Zelenskyy out of The White House
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of The News Agents, Jon and Lewis react to Friday evening's remarkable events in the White House.How will the Trump-Zelenskyy fa...
Will the Starmer-Trump bromance last?
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There were smiles, laughs, and a few pats on the shoulder - the mood in the Oval Office felt at times amorous as Keir Starmer and Donald Trump got dow...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...The first refugee to win an Olympic medal, Cindy Ngamba, joined Gabby and Mark before her professional boxing debut t...
What does Donald Trump see in Andrew Tate?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been charged with people trafficking and rape, entry into the US is normally impossible. But it seems the Trump administration has been in...
Is Zelenskyy ready to cut a deal with Trump?
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we record, Zelenskyy is looking through the draft agreement which would give America oil, gas and mineral rights in exchange for…what? The final ...
Is the Prime Minister pleasing Trump or protecting Britain?
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of his trip to Washington, Keir Starmer told the commons that UK defence spending would rise to 2.5 percent within two years. It’s an inc...
Is Germany about to cut ties with Trump's America?
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It didn't take long for Germany's new Chancellor in waiting, Friedrich Merz, to make his presence felt across the Atlantic. Before the final ballots h...
Ash Sarkar: Is identity politics rotting the left?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, culture wars seem to punctuate every moment of our daily lives. Politicising more and more and dividing people over issues both big and sma...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...Mark and Gabby hit the road this week, meeting Formula One drivers at the O2 Arena and travelling to Wigan to chat to...
Who will Britain choose: Zelenskyy or Trump?
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The backlash against Donald Trump for his diatribe against Volodymyr Zelenskyy has strengthened. Keir Starmer called the Ukrainian President in a show...
Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not content with parroting talking points from the Kremlin, Donald Trump has hardened his position on Ukraine even further. Taking to Truth Social, th...
Is DEI dead?
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the weeks following Donald Trump’s scrapping of diversity, equality and inclusion schemes in government, a number of big-name companies have foll...
Has JD Vance declared ideological war on Europe?
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
European leaders are heading to Paris. American negotiators are heading to Saudi. And the News Agents have arrived in Birmingham. It’s our first liv...
What does Keir Starmer actually believe?
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite Keir Starmer's long march to Downing Street, there is so much we don't know about our Prime Minister. His media presence, and his Downing Stre...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents...Can the Six Nations learn from the star-studded Super Bowl? We chat to ex-England rugby union player Ugo Monye (03:30...
Has Trump turned his back on Europe?
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's first stab at a deal on Ukraine appears to have gone very well - for Russia. During a 90 minute phone call with Putin they started to l...
Was this Kemi Badenoch's worst day yet?
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kemi Badenoch got rebuffed in PMQs by the Prime Minister telling her for the second week in a row she “hadn’t done her homework".Why isn’t she c...
What's behind Elon Musk's AI power grab?
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI Summit in Paris assumed it would be the centre of tech action today. That was until Elon Musk put in a cheeky (hostile) bid for Sam Altman's Op...
Is Labour trying to mimic Reform?
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Labour has been trying to show how tough it’s getting on immigration - releasing videos of its door to door raids whilst simultaneously putting up R...
Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Greenland, Zuckerberg and Brexit
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a time of rising populism, a raging debate around free speech online, and with Donald Trump fixating upon Greenland, Helle Thorning-Schmidt sits in...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents... A big helping of American sport as we geared up for Sunday's Super Bowl and explained the NBA transfer that broke th...
Will Keir Starmer replace his Chancellor?
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In one fell swoop the Bank of England cut interest rates today and worse, their forecast for growth. They now believe the economy will grow at HALF th...
The reality of Trump's Gaza plan
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last night President Trump floated the real estate agent’s vision for Gaza - a riviera in the Middle East, with waterfront property and barely a Pal...
Trump's hundred million dollar condom claim
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump, or should we say Elon Musk, has turned off the taps on the spending of an entire government department - US AID. Many voters will be ...
Will Trump lose his own trade war?
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canadians booing the American national anthem at sports matches, shops removing American made products from their shelves...how many enemies is Donald...
Trump politicises a national tragedy
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington plane collision is a moment of national mourning for America, but not for Donald Trump. With over 60 dead and bodies still being recove...