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The Murdaugh family had power, wealth, and influence until two brutal killings exposed a world of stolen millions and deadly secrets. As the lies unravelled, a once-untouchable dynasty collapsed into one of America’s darkest true crime cases. But what really happened that night, and who is to blame?

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Guest: James Lasdun, author of The Family Man.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Dave Creasey and Jesse Fox.
Clips: CNN, CBS, Fox News, CourtRoomTV, WCSC, WIS News, WJCL, NBC.
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Times Book Shop: The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh
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More revelations are coming out about donations to Reform UK. The Sunday Times Insight team have discovered that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a £500,000 donation from the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell. How will this affect Farage’s chances in the Clacton by-election now scheduled for August? And what does it say about the state of political donations in the UK more widely?

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Guests:

Gabriel Pogrund, insight editor, The Sunday Times.
Richard Tice, Reform UK MP.
Peter Geoghegan, investigative journalist.
Host: Ayesha Hazarika.
Producer: Musty Aziz.
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Read more: Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage
Further listening: Posh George: The criminal behind Farage
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Summer 2026 is another scorcher, with temperature records being broken across Europe. Infrastructure in the UK is creaking; with trains cancelled, schools closed and people sweltering in their homes. Why does Europe seem to be heating up more than other continents? And could outlandish ideas hold the answer to cooling us down long term?

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Guest: Tom Whipple, science writer and special correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Harry Stott.
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Read more: Heatwave exposes flaws in Britain’s ability to supply fresh food
Further listening: Have we stopped caring about climate change?
Clips: Channel 4, BBC, Sky News.
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Weeks of protests in Albania show no signs of stopping. Tens of thousands have been taking to the streets to oppose the proposed purchase and development of land by Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law. As the country’s tourist industry booms, there is a divide over the cost of development and the country’s sense of self. Our writer went to the island at the centre of a political and national identity crisis.

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Guest: Richard Assheton, features writer, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Taryn Siegel.
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Read more: Is this the Kushners’ $5bn Albania resort? 350 yachts and a water park
Clips: David Senra podcast, APT, X/@IsamyzyrajAlb, IG/@thebrickobserversatire, DW News.
Photo: Richard Assheton.
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It’s been a rollercoaster 24 hours for Nigel Farage and Reform – a by-election called, a major party boycott, and now the spectre of a two horse race against Count Binface. So will his high risk play pay off as he takes his case to the people? And what do the voters of Clacton really think about it?

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Guests:
Terry Stiastny, political correspondent, Times Radio.
Rosie Wright, presenter, Times Radio.
Peter Kellner, pollster and former president of YouGov.
Host: John Pienaar.
Producers: Sandra Mitchell, Sofia Johanson.
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Read more: Will voters in Clacton back Nigel Farage second time around?
Further listening: Nigel Farage resigns. What now?
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