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

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

What’s up for grabs at the Trump-Putin summit?

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Presidents Trump and Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky will not even be present. Trump said on Monday that he would ‘try and w...

Why is Britain broke?

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Speculation is rife that the upcoming Autumn budget will introduce new tax rises following expensive U-turns on welfare and slower than expected growt...

Surviving Hiroshima - the Sunday Story

09 Aug 2025

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As we mark 80 years since the atomic bomb that changed the world, we revisit an interview with Hiroshima survivor, Koko Kondo.This podcast was brought...

Prince Andrew and an 'explosive' new biography

08 Aug 2025

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This week on The Royals, Kate Mansey speaks to royal biographer Andrew Lownie whose allegations in his new book - Entitled: The Rise and Fall of ...

The bomb that changed the world

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eighty years ago this week, the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the city of Nagasaki was hit by...

Will the UK-France migrant deal stop the boats?

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As anti-immigrant protestors declare today ‘No Aslyum Day’, and Nigel Farage continues his Summer of Crime campaign, can the Government wrest back...

How the Times exposed Westminster's ‘cash for access’ breakfasts

05 Aug 2025

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A Times investigation has found companies have been offered sponsorship deals involving private meetings with an ‘influential Labour figure’. The ...

How Ukraine was betrayed by corruption at home

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our Ukraine correspondent Maxim Tucker returns from the frontlines of the country's defence against Russia's invasion. With its soldiers under constan...

 Mummies on cannabis gummies: meet the mothers getting high at home  

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Frazzled American parents are swapping a nightly glass of chardonnay for chewable THC gummies. But are they ignoring the health risks?This podcast was...

The Tinder Swindler: how his victims took revenge - the Sunday Story

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is one of Netflix’s most watched documentaries – The Tinder Swindler told the story of scammer Simon Leviev and how he conned women out of more...

Was British involvement in Afghanistan worth it?

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been four years since the Taliban retook control of Kabul, marking the end of the UK’s 20-year military presence in Afghanistan. This week, P...

Why rivers need human rights

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A council in Hampshire has passed a motion to grant ‘personhood’ to the River Test, an ancient chalk stream which runs through the county. Althoug...

Recognising Palestine - and why it matters

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UK government will recognise Palestine as a state in September, unless Israel meets certain conditions to ease the situation in Gaza. But what wou...

The far-right party spreading ‘sensible nationalism’

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Protests outside an hotel housing asylum seekers have spread across the country - and turned violent. Where is this heading? And how much is being org...

Why the Lionesses' victory will change the beautiful game

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

England's Lionesses beat Spain in the most dramatic fashion on Sunday night, to retain their title as the Queens of Europe. With a victory parade due ...

Inside the AI workplace

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The AI revolution is upon us, with entry level jobs plunging by a third since the launch of ChatGPT. What does that mean for the future of work? We ta...

'I feared the cult would kidnap my children' - the Sunday Story

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Roundy left a polygamous church rife with abuse in 2020, taking her children with her. Four of them have since disappeared. Who is to blame?...

Ozzy Osbourne: Working class wild-man who changed the sound of rock

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ozzie Osborne, who died this week, was the Black Sabbath front-man who became an unlikely TV personality. The 'Prince of Darkness' leaves behind a leg...

A "tipping point" in Gaza. What happens now?

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With starvation spreading across Gaza, over a thousand Palestinians have been killed while trying to get aid, according to the UN. As negotiation...

Why are the doctors striking?

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Britain’s resident doctors due to walk off the job tomorrow, the government is planning changes to the law that could make this kind of strike ...

Can Trump shake his Epstein problem?

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With President Trump due to touch down on British soil this week, he seems unable to escape the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein. So why is Trump finding thi...

The Afghan leak: what next?

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After last week’s shocking revelations that a list of tens of thousands of Afghans who’d helped the British was leaked, has that already led to de...

We demanded help for our sick children. We were accused of abuse.

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An investigation by The Sunday Times has found that hundreds of parents are being falsely accused of fabricating their child’s illness, facing alleg...

"Crazy Rich Asians meets War of the Windsors” - the Sunday Story

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The city-state of Singapore has been scandalised by a bitter row tearing apart its first family. The two sons of the country’s founder, Lee Kwan Yew...

The trials of Constance Marten - the Saturday Story

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Born into an aristocratic family, Constance Marten and her unlikely partner Mark Gordon's became the target of a police manhunt launched to find them ...

Why AI is making us stupid and what we can do about it

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Students are getting AI to write their essays and it’s hard to spot the difference. Professor Niall Ferguson says AI is bad for our brains, but he h...

The NHS and the changing room trans row

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife, the employment tribunal that gripped the nation last February, resumed this week. It all started after nurse Sandie Peggie ...

Kill list and cover-up: how I took on the government and won

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For years, the British government used a court superinjunction to conceal a data leak that could have handed the Taliban a “kill list” of innocent...

The downfall of Gregg Wallace

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The self-styled "cheeky greengrocer" and MasterChef host has been sacked by the BBC after an inquiry substantiated dozens of complaints. So how did we...

Beauty and the tweaks: is everyone you know using fillers and Botox?

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New figures show the beauty industry is growing four times faster than the wider economy. The fastest growth is in beauty services and non-invasive tr...

The Sunday Edition: I live with two men. Both are my ex-husbands.

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Kristie De Garis moved two male companions into her house in rural Scotland, her neighbours assumed they were a throuple. The truth was even more...

How The Populists Are Coming (From Left And Right)

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the political masterminds consider what's happening on the populist left and right, with more Tories defecting to Reform UK and talk of a ne...

What Virginia Giuffre’s diary tells us about the Epstein files

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the FBI investigation that Trump promised would reveal all about Jeffrey Epstein concluded there was no evidence to implicate anyone else i...

Are we close to a Gaza ceasefire?

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With people around the world calling for a lasting peace in Gaza, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu has been schmoozing US President Donald Trump. Wh...

Texas floods: could the deaths have been prevented?

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over 100 people, including dozens of children, are dead after flash flooding in Texas. Could this have been avoided given a nearly identical tragedy t...

The mushroom killer: what the jury heard

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives by lacing their beef wellington with death cap mushrooms. She was also found guilty ...

‘There was a white light. I looked around and saw bodies’: looking back at 7/7

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty years after the 7/7 London bombings killed 52 people, what’s changed since the deadly suicide attack? Thelma Stober suffered life-changing in...

A new age of nuclear weapons

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick and Tom unpack a troubling question - are we entering a third nuclear age? With Iran’s nuclear programme back in the headlines and countries...

Trump v Musk round 2: One Big Beautiful Bill

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trading blows again after Musk criticised the President’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax and spending bill. Trump has threa...

Sex with your sister: true stories of the sperm superdonors

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I’ll just go and get some fresh seed” - we reveal growing concerns about mass sperm donation. One man found his father ran a corrupt fertility ...

Why your gig tickets will get even more expensive

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From dynamic pricing and VIP packages to ‘priority entry’, there seem to be more ways than ever to squeeze money out of music fans - and that’s ...

The welfare row threatening to bring down the government

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the most contentious week of Keir Starmer’s premiership so far, MPs will gather in the House of Commons later today to vote on the controversi...

The New York mayoral candidate making left-wing economics trendy again

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tomorrow 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will be officially confirmed as the Democratic Party candidate for New York mayor, putting hi...

The Sunday Edition: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: I had Mom killed. I hope she’d be proud of me now

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in February.In 2016, 24-year-old Gypsy-Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in the US State of Missouri, for...

Sometimes I look into your eyes

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Danny meets up with Alex Blania, the CEO and one of the co-founders, alongside Sam Altman, of Tools for Humanity. Their project Worldcoin, aims t...

One day in the life and death of an AI chatbot

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Rob Burley started talking to an AI chatbot for feedback while writing his book, he had no idea where the conversation would lead, only 24 hours ...

Trump's billionaire Iran dealmaker: who is Steve Witkoff?

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump’s golfing buddy Steve Witkoff was a property developer before Trump came to power. Now he’s the president's right-hand-man in all things dip...

Could Iran's leader fall?

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has the crisis over Iran driven its already weakened leader to the brink? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is unpopular but do the people of Iran want regime ch...

Iran strikes back: what next?

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Iran has launched missiles at US airbases in response to US strikes on its nuclear facilities. Donald Trump says US bombers obliterated Iran’s three...

J’Adore Anderson: the Brit taking over Dior

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Anderson, the Northern Irish designer who made Loewe a billion dollar brand, has just taken on the biggest job in fashion: the first sole cre...

The Sunday Edition: The tragedy of Mike Lynch and the sunken yacht

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast was originally published last August.Just hours before the sinking, the party aboard the yacht had been celebrating a spectacular legal v...

How To Call A Cobra Emergency Meeting

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The government has held a meeting of the Cobra committee to discuss the Israel-Iran crisis - but how important is it really during a national emergenc...

OO7's new boss: Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to run MI6

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The first woman to run MI6, the foreign branch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Services has been named. Blaise Metreweli takes over the role of ‘C,...

 My mother, my best friend and my misdiagnosis

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Decca Aitkenhead was nine when a GP risked jail to help her mother to die. Years later she watched her best friend succumb to the slow torture of Hunt...

Can ketamine cure PTSD?

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As thousands of Ukrainian soldiers struggle with debilitating PTSD since the Russian invasion, one unconventional therapy has proved surprisingly effe...

Why Israel and Iran are at war - and what could happen next

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did Israel pull off the most devastating attack on the Iranian regime in its 45 year history and did it achieve its aim of destroying the country'...

Why weight loss drugs will change even more than you think

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy aren't just changing bodies - they're rewiring society. Half a million Britons have tried them and that num...

The Sunday Edition: Trump and the surprising history of American authoritarians

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published in March.The word "unprecedented" is often used to describe Donald Trump's presidency. He's broken with conventi...

The shadowy world of targeted killings

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A pattern is seemingly emerging with a series of high profile targeted killings taking place inside Russian territory, blamed on Ukrainian forces. Thi...

The governor's stand: Newsom, Trump, and the battle for LA

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The protests in Los Angeles have created a political opportunity for California’s Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom. He has called Donald Trump a “s...

Mohamed Al-Fayed: the monster of Harrods

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For years, the Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed used his power to abuse and rape women who worked for him. He was never prosecuted. In her new book The ...

Greta’s mission to Gaza

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday a boat of twelve activists, including Greta Thunberg, was intercepted by Israel on its way to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza. More...