A group of former teachers and a cryptocurrency trader are teaching at a suspected illegal school, Universallkidz in Manchester, in which children are being educated to become the next generation of conspiracy theorists. The Times’ Tom Ball went undercover as a teacher to find out more.

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Guest: Tom Ball, Reporter, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

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Mentioned in this episode: Hope Sussex school trains next generation of conspiracy theorists

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William Hague sits down with Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor and one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, to discuss how tech could be the great equaliser, how we must control it and how the world will be unrecognisable in 5 years time. 

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Guest: Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor, author, thought leader.

Host: William Hague.

Further listening: Artificial intelligence: Our bright new future or the end of humanity?

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After two years of legal disputes and political debate, Parliament has approved the government's Rwanda bill to send asylum seekers from the UK to be processed in east Africa. The question now: when will the first plane to Kigali depart? And will this be a political win for Rishi Sunak who says he wants to 'stop the boats'? 

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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, Chief Political Correspondent, The Times. 

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With young people in Britain and across the world increasingly reliant on smartphones, and many teens now openly admitting they’re addicted to social media, could an entire generation be suffering serious and irreversible damage, and what should we as a society do to stop it?

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Guest: Helen Rumbelow, Times Feature Writer and Columnist.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

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Clips: NBC News, ITV News, Bloomberg Technology.

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India's PM Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third term as 970 million voters hit the polls in a six-week general election. Using an aggressive digital campaign, he’s doubling down on Hindu nationalism and promising more development. However, crackdowns on opposition and the press have intensified during his decade-long leadership, raising concerns about the future of India's secular democracy. 

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Guest: Philip Sherwell, Asia correspondent, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Maveen Rana. 

Clips: ANI, Reuters, DW News, BBC, CNN, The Wire, Brut India. 

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The call came in the dead of night. “Are you on your own?” the man said. “I’ve got in with some bad people and they’ve locked me in a flat and they want £5,000 to release me.” The caller was Mark Menzies, the Conservative MP for Fylde in Lancashire.

The Times investigation reveals a litany of allegations involving sex, drugs and a drunk dog. Mark Menzies disputes all the allegations, and says he “fully complied with all the rules for declarations.”

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Guest: Billy Kenber, Senior Investigations Reporter, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Further listening: The council house row Angela Rayner can't shake.  

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Donald Trump has made history yet again, as the first American president to face a criminal trial. It’s one of four criminal cases against him - and the legal arguments already have experts divided. But what about the woman at the centre of it? What’s her story?

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Guest: Jane Mulkerrins, Associate Editor, The Times Magazine.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: Forbes, Fox News.

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Police are investigating whether Labour’s deputy leader broke “any offences”, including under electoral law, after Tory MPs alleged that she may have given false information about her main residence - an ex council house she purchased - a decade ago. Rayner, who has promised to resign if she is found to have committed a crime, said she “followed the rules at all times”. But how damaging could this row be to her - and to her party.

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Guest: Kate McCann, Political Editor, Times Radio.

Host: Luke JonesClips: BBC, Newsnight, ITV, 5 News, Sky News.

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The Israeli government is considering its response to Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack over the weekend. Israel’s allies – led by the US – have called for restraint, so, as the world tries desperately to de-escalate the situation, what could happen next?

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• Samer Al-Atrush, Middle East Correspondent, The Times, and
• Gabrielle Weiniger, correspondent based in Israel, The Times.

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One of the world’s most successful rappers, Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs is facing multiple lawsuits, with accusations from rape to sex trafficking. So what’s going on and who are the other famous faces being named? This podcast contains descriptions of sexual assault.

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Guest: Keiran Southern, West Coast correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Good Morning America, The Recording Academy / The Grammys, Law&Crime Network, ABC, FOX, Firstpost, FREEDOMNEWS TV, New York Mickey, Vogue, J Nolan, CBS.

Further listening: Will the mystery of Tupac’s death finally be solved?

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In November 2019, a teenager pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch was found dead by the river Thames. Police investigated but the parents of 19-year-old Zac Brettler felt they still lacked answers. Now a Sunday Times' investigation has uncovered evidence that raises serious questions about the Metropolitan Police's handling of the case. 

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Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor, The Sunday Times.

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