Afghanistan: how the world got “sucker punched” by the Taliban
The Evening Standard’s Defence Editor Robert Fox and Political Correspondent Sophia Sleigh join the show to breakdown what’s happening in Afghanistan and what’s next?Robert tells us how the US got “su...
16 Aug 202110min
In Greece with a UK firefighter tackling the devastating wildfires
This week, 21 firefighters from the United Kingdom volunteered to help Greece battle some of the worst wildfires the country has ever seen. They included experts from London, Merseyside, Wales, the We...
13 Aug 20217min
The GCSE exam results raise so many questions about Covid’s effect on education
The Evening Standard’s education editor, Anna Davis, is back on the show as the GCSE results are revealed. They show another record year, with 28.9 per cent graded 7/A and above, compared with 26.2 pe...
12 Aug 20218min
Could Prince Andrew appear in a US court?
The Evening Standard’s courts correspondent Tristan Kirk joins the show as the lawyer representing the Duke of York’s accuser has warned against anyone ignoring the US courts, claiming the royal’s leg...
11 Aug 20215min
Record A-level results, but why did girls do better than boys?
Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are celebrating record-breaking success in this year’s A-Levels, with London doing the best in the country. Our Education Editor Anna Davis tells us...
10 Aug 20216min
Is it really too late to stop dangerous climate change?
A UN report into global climate change has laid bare how extreme weather events are set to increase in coming years with global temperatures set to rise by more than 1.5C. We're joined by one of the c...
9 Aug 20217min
In Tokyo as an Olympics like no other comes to an end
The Evening Standard’s Anthony France joins us from Tokyo where he’s been reporting on a unique Olympic Games. There have been Cold War-style defections of athletes, a typhoon, an earthquake, Covid-19...
6 Aug 20216min
Another travel shake-up: Which places are green, is France amber now... and why’s Mexico red?
The Evening Standard’s Jonathan Prynn tells us about the latest changes to England’s traffic light travel list system. He tells us which countries have been put onto the green list and has the ‘amber ...
5 Aug 20216min
