Canadians are angry, very angry. US president Donald Trump is not backing down from his annexation plans - and this week he even called the country "nasty".

On last week's episode, we looked at a small minority of Canadian separatists who said they would…

Heathrow Airport, Britain’s busiest, has closed after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a mass power outage.

The airport will not reopen until at least midnight on Friday. A statement posted on the airport’s X account read: “Due to a fire at…

Day 1,122.

Today, we report on accusations from Ukraine that Moscow has staged a false flag attack on energy infrastructure in the Kursk region, and examine Germany’s proposed defence reforms, how much room Friedrich Merz actually has and how long he has…

IRA spycatcher Freddie Scappaticci has been outed as FRU agent Stakeknife – but he’s not going to disappear without a fight. The British state takes unprecedented measures to make sure their spy gets away with murder. Cara teams up with veteran reporter John…

The far-right activist Tommy Robinson has lost a High Court challenge today over the conditions of his imprisonment at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes.

Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is currently serving an eighteen month sentence in solitary confinement…

Sprawling over a park next to president Aleksandar Vucic’s offices in down town Belgrade, Serbia’s pro-government protest camp styles itself as just another grassroots student movement. There are tents to sleep in, stoves serving hot food and coffee, and…

A “sophisticated” UK-based spy ring passed secrets to Russia for nearly three years before they were prosecuted. It was revealed that the ring leader, a man named Orlin Roussev, had exchanged messages with a mysterious man code named ‘Rupert Ticz’. 

The…

Nigel Farage is unveiling Reform UK’s candidate for the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.

The Reform leader is holding a press conference in the constituency as his party launches its attempt to take the seat from Labour.

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury won…

Day 1,125.

Today, amid ongoing US-mediated proximity talks in Saudi Arabia between Ukraine and Russia, we discuss the remarks of US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to Tucker Carlson, and what they tell us about the mentality of Donald Trump’s administration.…

Several days on from Heathrow Airport’s eighteen hour shutdown caused by a fire at an electrical substation that powers it, the recriminations and the blame-shifting are well underway.

Thomas Woldbye, Heathrow’s CEO, is taking the brunt of the criticism…

A Russian missile attack hit a children’s hospital and residential area in the northeastern city of Sumy, leading Ukraine to accuse Moscow of making “hollow statements” on peace.

At least 74 people were injured, including 14 children, in the daylight attack…

Yesterday saw the fifth anniversary of the UK entering its first Covid lockdown. 

Schools were shut and pupils forced to be educated at home, and it's become increasingly clear that - as a result - those children have borne the brunt of the consequences.…

Turkey and Israel: two Middle Eastern democracies in crisis. Venetia Rainey talks to Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist Raphael Geiger in Istanbul about why President Recep Tayyep Erdogan's arrest of the city's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has sparked rare protests,…

On the fifth anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown, Kamal Ahmed asks Ash Green Community Primary School head teacher Mungo Sheppard whether Britain did enough for the pandemic generation

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It recently emerged that a Tui plane came within 20 minutes of running out of fuel. What would have happened, if it had?

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Spring Statement 2025: What to Expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, will deliver the 2025 Spring Statement in the House of Commons tomorrow, outlining the latest economic policies and fiscal plans.

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Day 1,126.

Today, following the latest updates from the battlefront, we look at the extraordinary security breach that saw a journalist invited into a secret chat group for Donald Trump’s war cabinet, and then hear about the mood of Ukrainian soldiers at…

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John Ratcliffe, the CIA director, has confirmed he was part of a leaked group chat where top members of the Trump administration discussed plans to bomb Yemen.

The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a forum on the messaging…