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Keir Starmer has said that Donald Trump’s plan to put tariffs on the UK and seven other countries which oppose his takeover of Greenland is ‘completely wrong.’ Europe is considering its response, from counter tariffs to more radical options. So is this the start of a trade war or something even more serious?
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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case, Sophie McNulty.
Read more: Trump-Greenland latest: US president not serious about invasion, says Starmer
Further listening: Can Nato survive a hostile takeover of Greenland?
Clips: CBS, BBC, Al Jazeera, CBC.
Photo: Getty Images.
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China is on the cusp of constructing the biggest embassy in Europe– right in central London– despite a growing chorus of concern it could be used for a number of spying operations. So why is Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expected to approve the project? And how worried should we really be?

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Guests:
Cindy Yu, columnist and contributing editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Geraldine Scott, assistant political editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Micaela Arneson.
Read more:
It’s a mega mistake to allow the new Chinese embassy
Why China’s embassy plan should be approved
Further listening: Will 2026 be the year of China?
Clips: The Mirror, Daily Express, Sky News, Channel 4.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Over forty years ago in a lab in Boston, biochemist Svetlana Mojsov made an astonishing discovery. She'd conjured up a mixture, GLP-1, that successfully increased insulin levels when blood sugars are high - a mammoth breakthrough for diabetes treatment. It's now the secret sauce in weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, which are taken by 1.6 million people. So why wasn't Mojsov recognised for her work? Why was she, like so many women before her, erased from the story?

Guest: Aimee Donnellan, journalist and author 'Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity'.
Host: Tom Whipple, science writer and special correspondent, The Times.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
Buy Aimee Donnellan's book from The Times Bookshop

Clips: Sky News
Photo: Stephanie Diani for the Sunday Times Magazine.
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A new study has revealed a surprising truth: men’s sex drive peaks in their early forties. As a man hitting this milestone, Ben Machell explores what makes midlife libido so potent, from confidence and emotional stability, to life experience. We dive into why testosterone isn’t everything, how stress affects younger men, and what makes fortysomething men the “libido elite.”

Read by: Ben Machell, features writer, The Times, and Zak Asgard, contributor. The Times.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
Read more: I’m 43. Are men my age really having more sex than anyone else?
Clips: Working Title/Universal.
Photo: Getty.
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After a whirlwind day in Westminster, Robert Jenrick announced that he was defecting to Reform UK after being sacked by the Conservatives. But how much trouble does his defection spell for the Tories? Can he work with Nigel Farage? And what does this mean for the future of the British right?

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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Harry Stott.
Read more: Ambush of Robert Jenrick opens new front in war with Reform
Further listening: Will mounting scandals sink reform?
Clips: Kemi Badenoch / X, BBC, Reform UK / Youtube.
Photo: Getty Images.
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