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‘Repugnant’ or necessary? The new asylum rules

18 Nov 2025

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Home secretary Shabana Mahmood announced sweeping changes to the asylum rules yesterday; the largest overhaul since the Second World War. The changes ...

The teenage girls preparing for war

17 Nov 2025

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From this year, 18 year-old Danish women will have to take part in a conscription lottery and face potentially being called up for an 11 month militar...

Hitler’s shocking DNA discovery – the Sunday Story

16 Nov 2025

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For the first time, scientists have successfully sequenced Adolf Hitler’s DNA, taken from a bloodstain in the bunker where he spent his final days. ...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - A million-hectare conservation vision in Namibia

15 Nov 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

Cop30 - is climate diplomacy cracking

14 Nov 2025

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Negotiations at the annual global climate change conference, or COP, are in full swing. But with consensus on the issue collapsing at home and abroad,...

The new Epstein emails about Trump

13 Nov 2025

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Thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US House Oversight Committee. One email alleges Donald Trum...

Why the Olympics may ban transgender athletes

12 Nov 2025

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This week, The Times broke the news that the International Olympic Committee is a step closer to banning transgender women from competing in all femal...

Can the BBC survive?

11 Nov 2025

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After the resignations of two of its most senior members of staff, the BBC is being questioned over allegations of institutional bias. Donald Trump ha...

Britain’s Bill Gates, his sunken superyacht, and the bitter fight for £700 million

10 Nov 2025

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Last year, tech billionaire Mike Lynch was given a second chance at life when he was acquitted of criminal fraud charges. But while celebrating with f...

The Traitors is rigged, just not in the way you think - the Sunday Story

09 Nov 2025

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It’s the most watched TV show of the year, but The Traitors is much more than just entertainment: it’s a psychological experiment. How did a game,...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - Steve Boyes on resilience, recovery and Africa’s great rivers

08 Nov 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

 Why wasn't the Southport attack stopped?

07 Nov 2025

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Last year’s attack on a dance class in Southport killed three young girls and injured a further eight, as well as two adults. The teenager responsib...

INVESTIGATION: The black market for fake driving tests thriving in the UK

06 Nov 2025

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Almost 700,000 people are waiting to book their driving test in the UK, a record backlog which is being exploited by scammers. Our reporter Emma Kirwa...

The pre-budget back-pedal

05 Nov 2025

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Rachel Reeves has paved the way for potential tax rises. In a speech three weeks before the budget, the chancellor refused to commit to Labour’s man...

How the Huntingdon train attack unfolded - and what comes next

04 Nov 2025

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On Saturday evening, passengers on a train from Doncaster to London King’s Cross suddenly found themselves in the path of a man wielding a large kit...

The millennial Mayor who wants to remake New York

03 Nov 2025

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Tomorrow is election day for the mayor of New York and the frontrunner is 34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. But are his plans to remake...

I hired a male escort for my 70th birthday - the Sunday Story

02 Nov 2025

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Gail Rice had given up on dating apps and was dreading old age. Then the psychologist had an idea — book a hotel room for a landmark birthday and pa...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - Restoring movement after paralysis

01 Nov 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

Andrew & Epstein - The King acts

31 Oct 2025

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This episode is from The Story's sister podcast The Royals.He will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The man formerly known as Prince...

The children taking Wegovy

31 Oct 2025

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Since January, one clinic in the UK has started prescribing the weight-loss medication Wegovy to 12-17 year-olds. For some, the results have been life...

Has China won the trade war?

30 Oct 2025

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Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, while Xi Jinping hit back with export limits on rare earth minerals. As the two leaders com...

Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn

29 Oct 2025

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The government has announced plans to move migrants out of hotels and into accommodation on military barracks. The same plan Labour opposed when put f...

Brigitte Macron vs the conspiracy theorists

28 Oct 2025

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Eight years ago, French bloggers began to claim the President’s wife, Brigitte Macron, was born a man. As the false allegations spread international...

The teenage hackers bringing British industry to its knees

27 Oct 2025

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The cyberattack which shut down Jaguar Land Rover for five weeks this summer, cost Britain nearly £2bn. It was just one of a series of attacks on big...

How thieves pulled off the heist of the decade - the Sunday Story

26 Oct 2025

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It's been described as the 'crime of the decade'. In just seven minutes, masked thieves stole the French crown jewels in broad daylight, from the...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - Improving sight with a smartphone

24 Oct 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

The financial fight for Ukraine

24 Oct 2025

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Donald Trump announced sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, saying he hoped it may push Putin to be ‘reasonable’ over ending the Ukr...

Is Trump trying to sway Argentina's election?

23 Oct 2025

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Donald Trump is promising to give Argentina $20 billion to save its struggling economy but only if incumbent President Javier Milei holds onto power i...

Europe’s plan to fight Putin’s drones

22 Oct 2025

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On the night of September 9, sirens sounded across eastern Poland. Around 20 Russian drones had crossed the border, and NATO aircraft were scrambled t...

The continuing fall of Prince Andrew

21 Oct 2025

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Late last week, after new revelations about the relationship between the Duke of York and Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew was forced to relinquish...

The Story presents: The Poppy Day Bomb

20 Oct 2025

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Today we bring you the first episode from The Times' new investigative series, The Poppy Day Bomb.On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off ...

The lost children of Tuam - the Sunday Story

19 Oct 2025

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The small Irish town of Tuam is home to one of Ireland's most shocking secrets. During the 20th century, thousands of children born out of wedlock wer...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - Protecting Australia’s Ningaloo Coast

17 Oct 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

Do bond markets rule the world?

17 Oct 2025

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In politically unstable times, the whims and worries of the global bond market are having a huge impact on what action governments around the world ca...

Why questions remain about the collapsed China spying case

16 Oct 2025

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Since the case against two British men accused of spying for China suddenly collapsed, the Government and the Crown Prosecution Service have been play...

Channel chaos laid bare in distress calls

15 Oct 2025

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With increasing numbers of people crossing the Channel in small boats, emergency call logs lay bare the fears faced by those trying to reach Britain. ...

How Trump's Gaza deal could still unravel

14 Oct 2025

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There was a sense of euphoria in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, yesterday, as all of the living hostages held by Hamas since the October 7th attacks were r...

INVESTIGATION: The forensic expert and the parents accused of murder

13 Oct 2025

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The Times has uncovered cases of parents accused of killing their babies, based in part on testimony from a forensic expert who claimed to find eviden...

Jilly Cooper: The queen of the bonkbuster - the Sunday Story

12 Oct 2025

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For more than 40 years. Dame Jilly Cooper was the undisputed queen of the bonk buster, that glorious British blend of sex, scandal and social satire. ...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - Sylvia Earle at 90

10 Oct 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

A breakthrough in Gaza

10 Oct 2025

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President Trump hails 'everlasting peace' in Gaza and promises hostages will be released as early as Monday. But will a ceasefire hold? What changed t...

How Trump’s using the government shutdown to remake America

09 Oct 2025

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The US government has been shut down for more than a week, and Democrats and Republicans are locked in a political blame game. Shutdowns are nothing n...

My daughter used ChatGPT as a therapist, then took her own life

08 Oct 2025

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When 29-year-old Sophie Rottenberg took her own life, her family later discovered she’d been confiding in a chatbot called ‘Harry’ things that s...

Should pro-Palestine protests be held on October 7?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two years ago Hamas fighters launched a terror attack on Israel, killing more than 1,000 people and taking around 250 hostage.The Hamas-linked Gaza he...

The Conservative Party is 'dead' - can Kemi Badenoch revive its corpse?

06 Oct 2025

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What's the future for an unpopular party governed by an unpopular leader? That's the question no one will be asking quite so bluntly at the Conservati...

The girl who was kidnapped by Russia - the Sunday Story

05 Oct 2025

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Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of children have disappeared from their homes. Separated from their families, many were sent to ...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - unlocking climate secrets in the caves of Greenland

04 Oct 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

EXTRA: A terrorist attack in Manchester

03 Oct 2025

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On Thursday morning, a suspected Islamist terrorist, Jihad al-Shamie, was confronted by police outside Heaton Park synagogue in Crumpsall on Yom Kippu...

INVESTIGATION: Why are doctors banned abroad working in the NHS?

03 Oct 2025

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Doctors who’ve been disciplined or had their licence revoked for misconduct or incompetence have been able to work in the NHS. A Times investigation...

The State of It: What ministers won't say in public

02 Oct 2025

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This week The Times is launching a new politics podcast. We're dropping the first episode here -- subscribe to The State of It for free, wherever you ...

Trump has a new plan for 'eternal peace' in Gaza. But does either side want it?

01 Oct 2025

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump have agreed to a 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza. But hardliners on both sides ...

Are Trump's strikes in Venezuela a 'war on drugs' - or a grab for oil?

30 Sep 2025

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Off the coast of Venezuela, a small armada of US navy warships and a fleet of fighter jets have struck several small boats, killing 17 people. The Tru...

Scandals, the economy, migration: the three big problems facing Labour

29 Sep 2025

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As the Labour conference ramps up in Liverpool, we bring together three of The Times' keenest political minds to discuss the three biggest problems fa...

The school with no teachers - the Sunday Story

28 Sep 2025

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The Alpha School in Austin, Texas is hoping to revolutionise education forever, swapping teachers for laptop lessons and AI, and motivating pupils wit...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - protecting snow leopards

27 Sep 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

Why everyone is watching women’s rugby (and you should too)

26 Sep 2025

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As England’s Red Roses head into the World Cup final tomorrow, it might be the largest audience that women’s rugby has ever seen. With its TikTok ...

Russia’s next invasion could come via the ballot box

25 Sep 2025

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A geopolitical battle between Russia and the EU will unfold this Sunday as Moldovans vote in a pivotal parliamentary election. The result could steer ...

INVESTIGATION: The charity recommending ‘abortion reversal pills’ to vulnerable women

24 Sep 2025

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An undercover Times investigation reveals how US-inspired Christian activists are running services across the UK, offering pro-life advice to those lo...

Has America turned its back on science?

23 Sep 2025

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President Trump has publicly linked the use of Tylenol, or paracetamol, during pregnancy to an increased risk of autism, despite experts saying the co...

Is the UN useless?

22 Sep 2025

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The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised Palestine as a state ahead of high level meetings at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly...

Robert Redford: Hollywood's Golden Boy - the Sunday Story

21 Sep 2025

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With his looks, charisma and string of hits, Robert Redford, who died this week, was the face of Hollywood cinema in the 1970's. But he was so mu...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - Omacha, ‘the dolphin who became a man’

19 Sep 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

The killing of Agnes Wanjiru: British soldier faces extradition over alleged murder in Kenya

19 Sep 2025

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Thirteen years after her body was discovered floating in the septic tank of a hotel in Kenya, an arrest warrant has been issued for a former British s...

State banquets and street protests: Trump in the UK

18 Sep 2025

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The US President's state visit to the UK is marked by royal pageantry, political tension, and public protest. But what could the UK gain from it? And ...

INVESTIGATION: The 9/11 suspect - part 3

17 Sep 2025

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In the years since Omar al-Bayoumi was released by British police, new evidence has come to light which was not shared with the officers carrying out ...

INVESTIGATION: The 9/11 suspect - part 2

16 Sep 2025

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On September 21, 2001, Omar al-Bayoumi was arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of the preparation, instigation or commission of acts of terrorism. Pol...

INVESTIGATION: The 9/11 suspect - part 1

15 Sep 2025

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Was there another man involved in plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands in 2001? And why did British police, acting on the instruc...

Woody Allen on Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and life at 89 - the Sunday Story

14 Sep 2025

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He appeared at a Russian film festival, wants to work with Trump and still says Jeffrey Epstein was “charming and personable”. Does the film direc...

The Story presents: Planet Hope - the penguin guardian of Patagonia

13 Sep 2025

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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is...

Charlie Kirk and the rise of political violence in the US

12 Sep 2025

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A sunny afternoon at Utah Valley University suddenly became a scene of terror when the right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed ...

How Israel exploded hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza

11 Sep 2025

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As people continue to starve in Gaza, the war once again spread beyond its borders this week when Israel bombed Hamas fighters in Qatar - a country th...

Have we stopped caring about climate change?

10 Sep 2025

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Exclusive research for The Times reveals a huge increase in the number of people who believe the dangers of climate change have been exaggerated. Why ...

What next for Labour after Angela Rayner's resignation

09 Sep 2025

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Last Friday, deputy prime minister Angela Rayner resigned after a report said she broke the ministerial code by not paying enough stamp duty on her se...

Why is France in chaos again?

08 Sep 2025

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As French Prime Minister François Bayrou faces a motion of no confidence in the National Assembly, a grassroots protest movement is gathering steam w...

London’s teenage saint - the Sunday Story

07 Sep 2025

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15-year-old Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint today, after the Catholic Church posthumously attributed two miracles to him. So who w...

The rise of polyamory - the Saturday Story

06 Sep 2025

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Polyamory is on the rise — especially in one US city where romantic partners have organised themselves into ever expanding networks. Yes, it can get...

Is Reform ready for power?

05 Sep 2025

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As Reform’s conference begins today, the party leads the opinion polls. Nigel Farage is attempting to portray himself as the next Prime Minister, bu...

Could the US scrap gay marriage?

04 Sep 2025

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Ten years ago, the United States Supreme Court voted to make same-sex marriage legal by five votes to four. Since then the court has reversed one land...

Should we ditch the European Convention on Human Rights?

03 Sep 2025

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Political figures from the right and left have suggested that leaving a European convention could reduce the number of people seeking asylum in Britai...

 President Xi's new world order

02 Sep 2025

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World leaders have gathered in China ahead of tomorrow’s military parade to mark the end of the Second World War. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Nar...

Why Britain's Left is radicalising

01 Sep 2025

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Tomorrow, the Greens announce their new leader, and one contender has been borrowing from the Farage playbook in his campaign. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corby...

Inside Haiti: face to face with the gangs ruling a desperate nation - the Sunday Story

31 Aug 2025

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The Caribbean nation of Haiti is now at the mercy of gangs bent on kidnap, rape and murder. Louise Callaghan meets their victims — and confronts a w...

The Queen was a Remainer: her secret views on Brexit revealed - the Saturday Story

30 Aug 2025

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In his new book, Power and the Palace, the former Times royal correspondent Valentine Low uncovers the secretive relationship between the monarchy and...

What Taylor Swift's engagement means for her music and her brand

29 Aug 2025

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This week, Taylor Swift announced her engagement to boyfriend of two years, NFL tight end Travis Kelce. So what can we expect at America's version of ...

Why Trump's attack on the Fed affects us all

28 Aug 2025

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President Trump announced on Truth Social this week that he had fired Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook. While most people had no idea who she wa...

Hard borders, harder politics: Europe's migration crisis

27 Aug 2025

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Yesterday Nigel Farage unveiled Reform UK’s plans to tackle the issue of small boats and illegal migration. It's a problem that's driven European po...

Ukraine needs to become an 'indigestible porcupine'

26 Aug 2025

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With the prospect of peace in Ukraine looking increasingly clouded following Donald Trump's attempts at inter-continental deal-making, the former head...

Meet the man selling ‘doom’ to Zuckerberg and the Tate brothers - the Long Weekend Story

25 Aug 2025

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Ron Hubbard is the biggest builder of underground bunkers, giving security to wealthy buyers who fear the world is coming to an end. And business is b...

The prison chief linked to organised crime - the Sunday Story

24 Aug 2025

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Bobby Cunningham was 31 when he became Head of Security at Wandsworth Prison, Britain’s most notorious jail, where he was tasked with fighting corru...

Inside the Church of England's 'sex cult' - the Saturday Story

23 Aug 2025

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Chris Brain, the leader of a Church of England ‘sex cult’ known s the Nine O'Clock Service, has been found guilty of 17 charges of indecent assaul...

The Brit standing up to China: can Starmer save Jimmy Lai?

22 Aug 2025

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Pro-democracy campaigner, media mogul and British citizen Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned in China for five years and on trial for two. As the closing s...

'There's an AI bubble' - but what happens when it bursts?

21 Aug 2025

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Nvidia's the first company to be worth more than $4trilllion, developers are being offered salaries in the billions, and companies that don’t even h...

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION:  Tommy Robinson's far-right coaching

20 Aug 2025

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The Times can reveal the English Defence League founder is charging around £28 a minute for videos giving practical advice to supporters on migrant h...

Has Trump already handed Putin victory?

19 Aug 2025

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Zelensky landed in Washington DC, accompanied by European leaders, to try and stem the fallout from the Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimi...

The record-breaking return of Oasis

17 Aug 2025

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As the Oasis reunion supernova leaves the UK to conquer the rest of the world, the success is beyond anyone's dreams -- including Oasis. How did this ...

Meet the British teenager who’s  taking on the porn industry - the Sunday Story

16 Aug 2025

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Alex Slater and his US partner created Quittr, which helps men resist sexually explicit material. It’s making them millions.This podcast was brought...

Electrified monks and scared frogs

15 Aug 2025

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For this week's Times podcast we thought you might enjoy hearing from a regular guest on the Story; Tom Whipple. In his new podcast, Tom explores the ...

JD Vance comes to the Cotswolds

14 Aug 2025

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The US vice-president JD Vance is holidaying with his family in the Cotswold village of Dean. But on the side, he's meeting a phalanx of British polit...

Why the government banned Palestine Action

13 Aug 2025

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Over 500 Palestine Action supporters arrested at last weekend's protests are now being processed by the courts. So who is behind the direct action pro...

 Inside the fastest growing human trafficking route to the UK

12 Aug 2025

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Fifty thousand people have crossed the channel in dangerous small boats since the government promised to ‘smash’ the people-smuggling gangs at the...