
Covid and accusations of cronyism
Transparency rules have been cast aside by ministers in their coronavirus panic. The result? Privileged access for friendly lobbyists and £1.5bn of contracts to Conservative-linked companies. We speak...
30 Marras 202031min

Bring Me Home: (Pt 5) A legal battle over Shamima Begum's future
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether Shamima Begum should be allowed to come back to Britain to fight for her citizenship. It's a legal battle that could have enormous con...
27 Marras 202029min

Bring Me Home: (Pt 4) Lessons from Europe
The UK is not alone in having to decide what to do with its citizens stuck in Syrian camps and Iraqi prisons. Thousands of European nationals travelled to the Middle East to take part in the conflict ...
26 Marras 202033min

Bring Me Home: (Pt 3) Deradicalising Shamima Begum
Supreme Court judges are now deliberating on whether Begum should be allowed back to Britain to fight for her citizenship. But would happen if she did return? How does deradicalisation work and when c...
25 Marras 202038min

Bring Me Home: (Pt 2) Life in the camps
In the second part of our series on Shamima Begum, we explore the experience of British nationals detained in Syria. What are living conditions like inside refugee camps? And should Britain repatriate...
24 Marras 202036min

Bring Me Home: (Pt 1) Shamima Begum's story
It was a chance meeting in a Syrian camp. A veteran war reporter, a young mother, and an interview that polarised a nation. Shamima Begum was just 15 years old when she and two of her school friends f...
23 Marras 202039min

Next week: Bring Me Home, a series about Shamima Begum
All next week Stories of our times will examine the effectiveness of the UK’s policy towards those detained in Syria; discuss de-radicalisation; and look at the dissenting views on the idea of repatri...
21 Marras 20201min

Meeting the fugitive CEO: Carlos Ghosn
When Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled house arrest in Tokyo and turned up in Beirut in December 2019, the details read like they’d come straight from the pages of a spy thriller. Accused of financial mis...
20 Marras 202029min






















