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The Times

The biggest stories, told in depth, daily. Join the world's best journalists to uncover what really matters. Hosted by Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. Published seven days a week and ready for you every morning.

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The Story

It’s been five years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital. Since then, the country has been plunged into economic crisis and women have all but disappeared from society. The Times’ special correspondent Anthony Loyd has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years. He’s been back on the streets of Kabul and on patrol with the Taliban’s morality police finding out what life is like for ordinary Afghans.

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Guest: Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Emily Webb, Jennifer Kennedy.

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Read more: On patrol with the Taliban’s ‘Virtue and Vice’ police

Clips: BBC, Al Jazeera, DW News, ABC News, Fox 59, CBS, ARB 24.

Photo: Getty Images.

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On the streets with the Taliban’s ‘Virtue and Vice’ police

A Scientology whistleblower told Times journalist Tom Ball that the church’s Edinburgh branch had children as young as thirteen working there during school hours. The church denied the allegation. Tom went undercover to investigate. 

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Guest: Tom Ball, news reporter, The Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Sophie McNulty

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Read more: Revealed: how Scientology recruits children as 'staff'

Further listening: Undercover at Britain’s ‘conspiracy school’

Clips: Apostate Alex - YouTube.

Photo: Ian Rutherford for The Times. 

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Undercover at the Church of Scientology

Andy Burnham is facing the first big test of his premiership. With jails reaching a crisis point, the government has announced an emergency early release scheme to avoid running out of prison spaces by the end of this year. But Burnham’s proposals have faced an outcry from victims. So what options are left?

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Guests:

 • Oliver Wright, policy editor, The Times.
 • Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, The Howard League for Penal Reform. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Olivia Case.

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Read more: Who is in our overflowing prisons — and why?

Clips: Thames Valley Police, BBC, Sky, TalkTV.

Photo: Getty Images.

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The impossible dilemma of early release

Nigel Farage has had a tricky summer. With his party down in the polls and beset by scandal, it hasn’t been ideal preparation for Thursday’s by-election. So Times Radio's Rosie Wright heads to the seaside in Essex to see how locals are feeling about the vote, before asking one of our politicos if the whole stunt has actually backfired.

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Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Rosie Wright, Times Radio breakfast show presenter.

Producers: Harry Stott.

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Read more: To stop Reform’s slump, Nigel Farage needs to win places like this

Further listening: Posh George: the criminal behind Farage

Clips: The Telegraph / Youtube, LBC, BBC, Whitehall Sources, Rupert Lowe / X.

Photo: Getty Images.

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Has Farage’s Clacton by-election backfired?

The UK produces around half of the food we eat but this year's droughts have led to shriveling crops and farmers struggling to feed their animals. Is our changing climate jeopardising our food security?

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Guests:

 • Olly Harrison, cereals farmer.
 • Ben Cooke, environment correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producer: Olivia Case.

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Read more: Drained reservoirs may not prevent harvest being worst on record

Further listening: Why young high achievers are leaving Britain

Clips: Sky News. 

Photo: Getty Images.

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Why this summer's drought could lead to food shortages

This week, Jason Arday, who made history as Cambridge’s youngest black professor, resigned after facing serious allegations of plagiarism. How did Arday's dramatic downfall unfold? And why has this academic row sparked global headlines? 

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Guest: Emma Yeomans, news reporter, The Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Sophie McNulty

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Read more: Jason Arday: Times analysis finds ‘impossible’ data in his work

Clips: Channel 5, Sky News, Channel 4, BBC, The Telegraph.

Photo: Joshua Bratt for The Times.

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Why has the Jason Arday plagiarism row become a global story? - The Sunday Story

The Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila smashed the speed record for the world’s 14 highest peaks. But soon after, her career unravelled. Could she have done more to help another mountaineer in trouble?

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Read by: Matthew Campbell, foreign features editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Emily Webb.

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Photo: Getty Images.

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The climber who was accused of leaving a guide to die – The Saturday Story

In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, citizens are facing escalating missile attacks from Russia and the country is out of interceptor missiles to prevent them. But behind the scenes, Ukraine has been plotting to bring down Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries. If successful, it could be ruinous for the Russian economy.

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Guest: Catherine Philp, world affairs editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Emily Webb.

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Read more: Ukraine is hammering Wildberries warehouses. What is its strategy?

Clips: BBC, Sky News, CNN, The i Paper, Radio Free Europe, CBC.

Photo: Getty Images.

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The Ukrainian plot to sink the Russian economy

After breaking the story of a secret scheme to sell off the World Cup, our reporter unpacks the growing rebellion threatening to end Gianni Infantino's presidency. But how did Infantino’s plans unravel so quickly? And can FIFA be redeemed after yet another leadership scandal?

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Guest: Martyn Ziegler, chief sports reporter, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Harry Stott, Jennifer Kennedy.

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Read more: How Gianni Infantino engineered World Cup to sell his doomed plan

Further listening: Who is the “king of soccer" Gianni Infantino?

Clips: Sky News, Sky Sports News, 7News, BBC News, CBC, TalkSport.

Photo: Getty Images.

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The man who revealed Infantino’s World Cup disaster

‘There’s something wrong when aspirational high achievers see no future for themselves here,’ says Times columnist Cindy Yu. The exodus is small, but growing - the Office for National Statistics says there’s been a fivefold increase in 25-to-34-year-old British nationals leaving the UK since 2022. But why are they off, what are they searching for, and could anything encourage them to stay?

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Guests: 

 • Cindy Yu, columnist and contributing editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
 • Dan Lowe, physiotherapist and content creator.
 • Jessica Ye, doctor.

Host: Luke Jones

Producers: Olivia Case, Jennifer Kennedy, Shabnam Grewal

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Read more: Why my friends talk about leaving Britain.

Photo: Getty Images

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Why young high achievers are leaving Britain

Andy Burnham’s plans to shift power out of London are already taking shape, with No 10 North open for business in Manchester. The city sees yet more political action tomorrow, with Labour expected to win Britain’s biggest ever by-election and usher in a new mayor. But what will Burnham’s plans for devolution really mean for the country? 

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Guest: Darryl Morris, presenter, Times Radio.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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Read more: Andy Burnham vows to put practical education on par with academia

Further listening: Can Burnham learn from Starmer's mistakes?

Photo: Getty Images.

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Burnham’s devolution revolution

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