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Sensemaker: Who is the lawyer suing Jay-Z?
Episode 514
Billionaire rapper Jay-Z is the first celebrity to be named as a co-defendent in an allegation concerning Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Jay-Z vehemently denie…
1 year, 4 months ago
News Meeting: Syria’s disappeared and Fifa’s 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia
Episode 513
Jess Winch and guests debate what should lead the news. They discuss the thousands of people disappeared by Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the controversy…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Syria’s prisons
Episode 512
The ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has revealed the full scale of how he used the prison system to lock up, torture and execute his opponents. W…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Could Nigel Farage’s Reform party be backed by mega donors?
Episode 511
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and property tycoon Nick Candy have been named as considering multi-million-pound contributions, which could change the fa…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: France’s political tailspin
Episode 510
France’s government has been toppled, making Michel Bernier the shortest serving prime minister in the history of the modern French Republic. What do…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: How did Syrian rebels overthrow Bashar al-Assad?
Episode 509
For more than half a century, the Assad family ruled Syria with brutality and repression. It took less than two weeks for rebels to bring that rule t…
1 year, 4 months ago
The News Meeting: The end of the house of Assad
Episode 508
Giles Whittell is joined by three guests pitching an angle on the toppling of the Syrian regime - the only story leading the news.
Guests:
Charlene Wh…1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: The assisted dying bill has passed its first House of Commons hurdle, what happens next?
Episode 507
MPs voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill has many more stages to pass before it becomes law. So wha…
1 year, 4 months ago
The News Meeting: France’s political turmoil and will Musk fund Farage
Episode 506
Jess Winch is joined by three guests who bring a story they think should lead the news. They debate reports that Elon Musk may donate millions to Nig…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sensemaker: Are targets for the rollout of electric vehicles too high?
Episode 505
The carmaker behind Fiat, Jeep, and Citroën says the closure of its Vauxhall factory in Luton is due to new zero-emission policies. But is that the f…
1 year, 4 months ago