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Trump Ends Iran War After Losing Patience With Military Campaign | Matthew Savill
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- Trump Ends Iran War After Losing Patience With Military Campaign | Matthew Savill
- Runtime
- 8:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Although the US is directly reasonably well insulated from the economic pain, the second order effects of that are problematic and he has decided to basically call it quits.”
Trump’s loss of patience with the US’s military campaign in Iran means there has been a lessening of pressure on the regime, says director of Military Sciences at Rusi Matthew Savill.
Matthew Savill was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day 6-10am.
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- Trump’s Peace Deal A Massive Win For Iran As Billions To Flow In | David Charter
- Runtime
- 14:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “It sounds like a massive bonanza for the regime.”
Despite Trump’s efforts to “play down” the cash benefits to Iran, his peace deal will see the regime receive an “even greater financial benefit” than Obama’s deal in 2015, says The Times’s David Charter.
David Charter was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm.
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- Trump’s Iran War Backfires As Israel Strives To Undermine The US President | Former UK Amb To Iran
- Runtime
- 13:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “This war has not been a success, the president understands that he needs to get out of it as soon as possible, and it’s not totally within his gift of course.”
Trump’s frustration with his war on Iran comes out at G7 as Israel tries to undermine his peace deal, says former UK Ambassador to Iran Nicholas Hopton.
Nicholas Hopton was speaking to Carole Walker on Times Radio. Listen every Monday- Wednesday 10pm-1am.
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- Grooming Gangs Inquiry: We Will Publicly Name Perpetrators | Survivor And Inquiry Leader
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "It's unfortunate that people care more about the perpetrators than the actual victims."
A private inquiry funded by the politician Rupert Lowe has published its report into grooming gangs, with private prosecutions expected to follow because "we can't go to the police", says abuse survivor and inquiry leader, Sammy Woodhouse.
Sammy Woodhouse was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm.
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- Ukraine Is Winning Without Washington | William B Taylor
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “What’s good for Ukraine is what they’ve been doing for themselves.”
While world leaders agree on new steps to put pressure on Russia at the G7 summit, Washington has “lost focus” on the conflict, leaving local forces and European allies to drive the momentum entirely on their own terms, says former United States ambassador to Ukraine, William B Taylor.
Willliam B Taylor was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm.
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- Starmer’s Olive Branch To Burnham Shows He ‘Doesn’t Get It’ | Adam Boulton
- Runtime
- 11:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “We could be in for a shock, but all the external indications we have are that Andy Burnham is likely to be elected tomorrow night.”
On the eve of the consequential Makerfield by-election, the prospect of Andy Burnham’s imminent return to Westminster is being taken seriously by Sir Keir Starmer, who’s offer of a senior cabinet position shows a “totally patronising” approach to his rival, says Times Radio presenter, Adam Boulton.
Adam Boulton was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7-10pm.
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- Trump’s Closing G7 Remarks Leave More Questions Than Answers | Catherine Philp
- Runtime
- 12:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “How seriously can we take these sort of free form ambulations that he was taking through?”
Donald Trump has delivered an address on the closing day of the G7 summit filled with “extraordinary contradictions”, with many feeling that the ceasefire with Iran is just a “momentary respite” from an unresolved conflict, says The Times’s world affairs editor Catherine Philp.
Catherine Philp was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- Trump's Blundering Iran Deal Is ‘A Gross Failure’ | Lt Gen Ben Hodges
- Runtime
- 8:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “I'm thinking about the 13 American soldiers that were killed and the thousands of other people who were killed or lost everything. For what? I mean, this is embarrassing for me as an American to see that all of this was done and for no purpose.”
Following Donald Trump’s declaration of a breakthrough truce at the G7 summit in France, The White House’s shifting tactical objectives have compromised frontline troops, says the former commanding general of the US army in Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.
Lt General Ben Hodges And David Charter were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4pm–7pm.
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- Trump’s Deal ‘Is Not The End’ Of Iran Crisis | Simon Fraser
- Runtime
- 7:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “If you look at this in the round, you have to ask yourself, ‘what have the United States actually gained from this war?’”
As we await full details of President Trump’s deal with Iran, it seems unlikely the “thin” agreement will be seen as more than a “pause of hostilities”, says former permanent secretary to the Foreign Office, Simon Fraser.
Simon Fraser was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- How Murder Could Be Redefined Under British Law | Joshua Rozenberg
- Runtime
- 7:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Everybody agrees that some sort of reform is required. It's simply a question of how you do it.”
The Law Commission has proposed that murder should be split into two degrees as it is in the United States, placing greater emphasis on intent along with other “sensible” considerations, says legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg.
Joshua Rozenberg was speaking to Sebastian Payne on The Times At One. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 1pm.
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- The Loopholes In Trump’s Unverified Iran ‘Deal’ Explained | David Charter
- Runtime
- 10:19
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "It's pretty thin stuff ... There's no stipulation that they can't simply reconstruct their navy once they get back on their feet.”
As Donald Trump fiercely defends his fragile agreement from the G7 summit in France, a closer examination of the “memorandum of understanding” reveals unaddressed threats, says the assistant editor of The Times US, David Charter.
David Charter and Haleh Blake were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4pm–7pm.
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- Starmer Hopes G7 Has ‘Impressed’ His Critics As He Fights To Stay In Power | Anna Mikhailova
- Runtime
- 10:10
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “He seemed, I have to say, quite relaxed in the face of the barrage of questions he got once again over Andy Burnham and his own leadership.”
Sir Keir Starmer has used the G7 to project an image of determination and confidence to those expecting his resignation, but his return home will force him to confront the “really difficult stuff” domestically, says Times Radio’s political editor Anna Mikhailova.
Anna Mikhailova and Oliver Wright was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- How Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain Is Dominating On TikTok
- Runtime
- 8:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Since the Makerfield by-election was called, Restore's engagement on TikTok is up nearly 50%. And that's in part because content that focuses on immigration performs seven times better than equivalent content on local government issues.”
New data reveals that anti-establishment “insurgent” movements are completely shutting out mainstream cabinet ministers on social media, says partner at Knox Digital, Laura Wright.
Laura Wright was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2pm-4pm.
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- Zayd Ayers Dohrn explains how was growing up in a household at war with the federal government.
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Society often overlooks the extent of female-on-female hostility
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "Women absolutely do bring other women down."
Society often overlooks the extent of female-on-female hostility as online spaces have amplified “internalised misogyny” that has long existed in schools, workplaces and communities, says parenting writer and broadcaster Liz Fraser.
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- talkSPORT's Max Scott schools Hugo Rifkind on how to fit in at a World Cup trip down the pub.
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Trump’s ‘Strategic Defeat’ As Iran Plans Strait Of Hormuz Fees
- Runtime
- 14:17
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Iran has really won this conflict.”
The agreement between the US and Iran still has a great deal of misunderstanding on both sides but Iran will be able to be compensated for the war via Strait of Hormuz fees, says former special envoy for the US State Department David Goldwyn.
David Goldwyn and Matthew Bryza were speaking to Carole Walker and Kait Borsay on Times Radio.
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- MoD Accused Of Echoing Moscow’s ‘Fog’ Cover Story Over Channel Warning Shots | Adam Sage
- Runtime
- 8:16
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The MoD are repeating elements of this Russian line because they feel that the incident is inflammatory ... and that the government and the MoD are trying to play it down."
The passengers of the British civilian yacht, that was fired at by a Russian frigate, remain “absolutely adamant” that there was “no danger of a collision” and the “conditions were not foggy”, says The Times’s France correspondent, Adam Sage.
Adam Sage was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2pm-4pm.
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- Iran Has ‘Driven A Wedge’ Between The US And Israel | Jake Wallis Simons
- Runtime
- 8:34
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Trump... has been manipulated hook, line and sinker.”
Trump has grown “resentful” of Israel as he becomes more “desperate” to make a deal with Iran, says journalist, broadcaster and former editor of The Jewish Chronicle, Jake Wallis Simons.
Jake Wallis Simons was speaking to Seb Payne on The Times at One. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 1-2pm.
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- Burnham Will Win Because Reform Voters Won’t Turn Out | Robert Crampton
- Runtime
- 8:41
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Reform and Labour have both got the votes to win it, but it’s about who gets people to the polls.”
Labour is more likely to get its people to the polls at the Makerfield by-election than Reform, which has also had a good chunk of its support taken by Restore, says The Times’s Robert Crampton.
Robert Crampton was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every day from 10am-1pm.
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- Healey's Resignation Overshadows Starmer's G7 Talks | Anna Mikhailova
- Runtime
- 11:15
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The timing was, of course, absolutely awful for the prime minister.”
At a time where defence is top of the agenda for the G7 summit, it’s hard for other heads of state to ignore John Healey’s resignation just days before.
Anna Mikhailova and Andy Silvester were speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live everday 10am-1pm.
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- Dam Holding Together Starmer’s Cabinet Is About To Burst | Steven Swinford
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “There is such bad blood between the prime minister and Ed Miliband, between the prime minister and Shabana Mahmood … everyone is just waiting for that dam to burst.”
Starmer’s dam is about to burst as the Makerfield by-election will kick-start a leadership race, says The Times’s political editor Steven Swinford.
Steven Swinford was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day 6-10am.
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- Kate McCann: Keir Starmer is on 'the cusp of arrogance'
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "There is quite a fine line between the idea of duty and that flipping into arrogance."
Keir Starmer may believe he has a duty to continue as prime minister, but that argument risks becoming harder to sustain when many of his colleagues are losing trust in him, says Kate McCann.
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- Russian Frigate Shots In Channel Are A Warning Signal | Roger Boyes
- Runtime
- 8:21
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “There’s a lot of stuff happening that could trigger something serious.”
The shots fired by a Russian frigate in the English Channel are a warning shot for everyone to “keep your distance”, says The Times’s diplomatic editor Roger Boyes.
Roger Boyes was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live Monday-Thursday 10am-1pm.
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- LIVE PMQs Unpacked: David Lammy Stands In For Keir Starmer
- Runtime
- 46:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Hugo Rifkind is joined by Times chief political commentator Patrick Maguire and Rachel Reeves’s former political director Matt Pound to pause and unpack the live action from the House of Commons as David Lammy takes PMQs on behalf of Keir Starmer.
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- US Ban On Anthropic AI Models Forces Europe To Sit And Watch | Laura Gilbert
- Runtime
- 9:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "What we'll see probably is people sitting back and trying to do some more work to understand the capabilities of these models."
Security concerns surrounding Anthropic AI models Mythos and Fable have caused the US to block access temporarily while AI researchers survey the capabilities of these models, says senior director of AI & Innovation at the Tony Blair Institute, Laura Gilbert.
Laura Gilbert was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live Monday-Thursday 7-10pm.
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- Labour Is Living In A ‘Fantasy Land’ Of Economics Rather Than The Real World | AO Boss John Roberts
- Runtime
- 8:31
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The politicians have got to get out of the way and allow businesses to do the great work we do.”
Labour has stifled the “growth engine of the economy” by making running a business more expensive, says John Roberts, CEO of AO.
John Roberts was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am.
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- Title
- Prostate Cancer Risks Explained As Jeremy Clarkson Reveals Diagnosis
- Runtime
- 4:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “We're so grateful to Jeremy and others who raise awareness of prostate cancer, make men aware of their risk.”
Head of health services at Prostate Cancer UK Nick Ridgman praises Jeremy Clarkson for making his diagnosis public, and explains what men should do to check themselves for risk.
Nick Ridgman was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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- Title
- Gianni Infantino: Career, FIFA Presidency, and Controversies
- Runtime
- 27:51
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- As England kick off their World Cup campaign tonight, one man will be impossible to ignore: FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Hailed by supporters as the man who transformed football’s governing body and accused by critics of chasing power and influence, he's become one of the most powerful figures in global sport. But who is the man at the centre of football's biggest stage?
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- Reform And Restore Split Is The ‘Shoe-In’ For Burnham | Giles Coren
- Runtime
- 9:25
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “You don’t get consensus from extremist politics.”
The Reform and Restore split vote is “amateur extremist politics” and could be the beginning of the end for them both, says The Times’s Giles Coren.
Giles Coren and Edwina Currie were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am.
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- Title
- Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Is ‘Incredibly Vague’ | Steven Erlanger
- Runtime
- 9:31
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Both sides are trying to spin it.”
Trump’s Iran peace deal makes “certain kinds of promises” but leaves a lot still on the table, says chief diplomatic correspondent at The New York Times, Steven Erlanger.
Steven Erlanger was speaking to James Kitchin on Times Radio Early Breakfast. Listen live every day from 5-6am.
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- Title
- Ben Wallace Calls For Keir Starmer To Put His Money Where His Mouth Is On Defence
- Runtime
- 9:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "Now is the time for Keir Starmer to back up what he has been vocalising for the last year."
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace calls for Keir Starmer to “stop doing defence policy through press release” and to sit down and tell the chancellor to find the money.
Ben Wallace was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day 6-10am.
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- Starmer Broke UK Defence Spending Promise | John Foreman
- Runtime
- 8:31
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The bottom line is... we’re going to have to step up.”
The UK has “no path” to reaching defence spending of 3.5% by 2035, despite Starmer’s promise to Trump, says former Royal Navy officer John Foreman, who served as defence attaché in Moscow and Kyiv.
John Foreman was speaking to Carole Walker on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 10pm to 1am.
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- Title
- Warning Shots At British Civilian Yacht In The Channel Were Likely A ‘Russian Overreaction’
- Runtime
- 6:35
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “What Russia is trying to do by having these warships in the channel is to seek to deter the UK and others from countering those shadow fleet tankers going through.”
By firing warning shots at a British yacht just south of the Isle of Wight, Russian forces could be attempting to bully international shipping vessels following the seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker, says former UK ambassador to Russia, Sir Laurie Bristow.
Sir Laurie Bristow was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm.
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- Title
- Iranians Will Have To ‘Set Themselves Free’ As Nuclear Deals Won’t Stop The Resistance
- Runtime
- 17:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Who thought that President Donald Trump and the Israeli army were going to have boots on the ground and go and save the Iranians and hand flowers to children? That stuff was never going to be reality.”
After Donald Trump says he is not interested in regime change, it is up to Iranians who “have been fighting this regime for the best part of five decades” to decide who they want to be in power, says member of the Stage of Freedom protest movement, Bita.
Bita and Bronwen Maddox were speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2pm-4pm.
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- Trump’s ‘Fragile’ Peace Deal Welcomed By Europe, But Reviled By Israel | David Charter
- Runtime
- 13:17
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Everyone in Israel is making political capital at Netanyahu’s expense, and Trump is really surfing on that wave.”
While European leaders “really want to believe” in Trump’s deal with Iran, the as-yet undefined terms of the agreement pose multiple problems for Benjamin Netanyahu at home and abroad, says The Times’s assistant US editor, David Charter.
David Charter, Noa Hoffman and Kevin Schofield were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4pm–7pm.
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- Title
- ‘Left Out To Dry’: Donald Trump Delivers Public Rebuke To Netanyahu Over Lebanon Strategy
- Runtime
- 7:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The fact that Israel is now effectively being muzzled by America is very bad for Israel's standing in the region.”
Donald Trump has has left Israel "out to dry” with Netanyahu is stuck between “trying to keep Trump’s goodwill” and showing Israel he can “deliver results”, says Israel Correspondent for The Economist and biographer of Benjamin Netanyahu, Anshel Pfeffer.
Anshel Pfeffer was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4pm–7pm.
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- Title
- ‘Putin Is Trying To Deprive Ukraine Of Its Future’ | Speaker Of Ukrainian Parliament
- Runtime
- 15:48
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Now there is a clear chance to achieve just, comprehensive and lasting peace in Ukraine, but we can only do that by joining the efforts of all our allies.”
As world leaders meet to discuss the conflict in Ukraine at the G7 summit, a concerted effort between allied countries to sanction Russia and maintain military pressure must ensure Putin remains on the backfoot, says the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk.
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- Title
- How Trump’s Iran Deal Left Netanyahu Stranded | Catherine Philp
- Runtime
- 8:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The idea that [Netanyahu] is the bridge through whom all good relations with America go, looks in pieces now, the way that he's being publicly berated. He's got a lot to think about.”
With Donald Trump’s “fast-diminishing patience” pushing through a nuclear deal with Tehran, Benjamin Netanyahu has been left completely cut off from Washington, says world affairs editor at The Times, Catherine Philp.
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- Title
- UK Social Media Ban: An End To Brain Rot And Doomscrolling?
- Runtime
- 30:38
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The government has announced a ban on some social media platforms for under-16s. It’s a move that echoes a similar ban introduced by the Australian government, which came into effect in December. So what are teens actually looking at on social media? And will a ban help?
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- Why Armed Forces Minister Al Carns Quit | Larissa Brown
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Al Carns has said some extremely powerful stuff. He doesn't like the Defence Investment Plan. He only saw it about two weeks ago ... when he saw it, he didn't think there was enough investment in drones, autonomous kit, and artificial intelligence.”
Al Carns wasn't allowed to see the government's military spending plan because his boss just “wouldn't let him”, he believed that the government was “preparing to fight the last war, not the next”, says The Times’s defence editor Larissa Brown.
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- UK Needs ‘Robust Response’ After Russian Ship Fires Warning Shots Near British Yacht | Tim Marshall
- Runtime
- 5:48
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “The UK needs to say something. The UK needs to have a robust response saying, 'Please don't fire even near our vessels.' But I don't think they're going to escalate it.”
Whitehall faces calls to respond after a Russian missile fired warning shots near a civilian yacht near the Isle of Wight, says foreign affairs expert Tim Marshall, just days after Royal Marines boarded a sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker.
Tim Marshall was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4pm–7pm.
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- Title
- Trump Issues More Empty Threats To Iran Amidst Peace Deal Breakthrough | Katy Balls
- Runtime
- 9:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "He's threatening what he's been threatening for a long time, which is escalation."
Trump has threatened "consequences" for Iran if they don't comply at the G7 summit, but with no one yet clear on what's in the peace deal, these threats fall flat, says The Times's Katy Balls.
Katy Balls was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every day, 10am-1pm.
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- Title
- "He then was forced to cook human hearts."
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "He then was forced to cook human hearts."
Andrew Neel's documentary How to Feed a Dictator explores the lives of the chefs who cooked for dictators including Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot and Idi Amin, and the moral dilemmas faced by those working inside authoritarian regimes.
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- Reports Of Russian Warning Shots In The Channel | Amb. Kurt Volker
- Runtime
- 10:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “I think Russia, as it gets weaker and as it is showing more and more difficulty in prosecuting this war against Ukraine, it is trying to lash out and try to portray itself as powerful even as its power slips away.”
The Ministry of Defence is investigating reports of “warning shots” fired at a British yacht 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight, just days after Royal Marines seized a Russian shadow fleet tanker, as Russia looks increasingly pressured into a ceasefire with Ukraine, says former US ambassador to Nato, Kurt Volker.
Kurt Volker was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- ‘Forced To Cook Hearts’: The ‘Moral Scars’ Of Dictators' Personal Chefs
- Runtime
- 13:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Otonde in Uganda completely knew what was happening. He knew that [Idi Amin] had murdered his wife and perhaps chopped her up, and eventually, he was forced to cook human hearts. If he had resisted, he would have been killed.”
There is a razor-thin boundary between complicity and survival inside the private kitchens of history's “bad guys”, says the director of How to Feed A Dictator, Andrew Neel.
Andrew Neel was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2pm-4pm.
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- Title
- British Leadership On Russian Shadow Fleet Is Not Enough To Thwart Putin’s War Machine
- Runtime
- 13:15
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “It's not just sanctions being incomplete or deterrence being inadequate. Russia is very clever in how it uses the shadow fleet.”
Sir Keir Starmer is using the G7 summit to assert Britain’s leadership on supporting Ukraine while trying to distract from turmoil at home, but true progress in countering Russia’s efforts must be “multilateral”, says associate fellow at RUSI, Dr Samuel Ramani.
Samuel Ramani and Anna Mikhailova were speaking to Sebastian Payne on The Times At One. Listen live every day from 10am-1pm.
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- Trump Has Been 'Fatally Wounded' By The War In Iran | Sarah Ditum
- Runtime
- 9:56
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "Any claims of victory are incredibly hollow."
Trump has been "fatally held under water" by the consequences of the Iran war, which has left him in a "much worse" position than he was in to begin with, says The Times's Sarah Ditum.
Sarah Ditum and James Marriott were speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every day, 10am-1pm.
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- ‘Wry Smile, Defiant Words’: Keir Starmer's Body Language Analysed | Anna Mikhailova
- Runtime
- 10:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “When you ask him about the leadership question, his body language, it's not so much he changes. He gets a sort of smile on his face, almost like a wry, 'oh, here it goes, I've heard this one before.'”
Despite Keir Starmer's on-the-record declaration that he “will fight” a leadership challenge, he is showing an underlying irritation with the momentum building behind Andy Burnham, says Times Radio’s political editor, Anna Mikhailova.
Anna Mikhailova was speaking to Seb Payne on The Times at One. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 1pm.
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- ‘Teenage Hacking Gangs' On The Rise, Cyber Expert Warns
- Runtime
- 11:39
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Teenage hacking gangs rise up and they cause a huge amount of damage, disruption, and chaos in the world, then they drift back into the corners of the internet they came from ... It’s not always the Russians and the Chinese and the North Koreans. Sometimes it’s little Johnny upstairs.”
The greatest threat to corporate infrastructure might simply be an unmonitored child on a bedroom laptop, and parents should be “inquisitive” and ask what kids are getting up to on their tech, says cybersecurity expert, Joe Tidy.
Joe Tidy was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 10am–1pm.
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