Wagner Group: The private army leading Russia’s fightback
Ukraine continues to deny Russia’s claims of victory in Soledar, where the Wagner Group – a private army – has been fighting. Why is Russia fighting for such a small town? And who are the mercenaries ...
18 Jan 202326min
Thermonuclear fusion: A star on earth to power the world?
At an experimental nuclear reactor in the south of France, 35 countries are trying to build a star on earth. It's just one of several facilities around the world where scientists are trying to create ...
17 Jan 202330min
Could Boris Johnson really bounce back?
Six months since his resignation, Boris Johnson has been keeping busy. Leadership chatter won’t go away, but he is happy to let his old friends do the talking. Meanwhile, his influence looms over Rish...
16 Jan 202330min
Andrew Tate's malign online influence
This week, the controversial influencer Andrew Tate’s appeal against his detainment on charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania was rejected. Tate gained notoriety through his often violent an...
13 Jan 202332min
Sam Bankman-Fried: The unravelling of a crypto whizz kid
Last week, the disgraced boss of crypto firm FTX pleaded not guilty to fraud-related charges. Just months before, billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried had been rubbing shoulders with supermodels and world le...
12 Jan 202336min
Prince Harry: Going Spare
With the publication yesterday of Prince Harry's hotly anticipated memoir – Spare – it's been another explosive week for the royal family. So what's in the book? And, as the dust starts to settle, how...
11 Jan 202326min
Can the NHS be fixed any time soon?
After fraught crisis talks, the government announced its plans to fix the NHS. So what's really going on behind hospital doors? How did we get here? And what are the solutions?This podcast was brought...
10 Jan 202330min
China's Covid gamble
A month after the Chinese government announced an abrupt end to its “zero-Covid” policy, lifting virtually all the restrictions its citizens had been living under for three years, the country is now e...
9 Jan 202334min
