The Hinduja family still leads the Sunday Times Rich List. But this year’s list records the largest fall in the billionaire count in the guide’s 36-year history. So why is it happening now and where are the billionaires moving to? Alfie Best, who remains on track to become Britain's first Romany gypsy billionaire, could have the answer. 

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Guest: Robert Watts, Contributor, The Sunday Times

Host: Luke Jones 

Clips: Sky News, Victorian Plumbing YouTube channel, CEOCAST YouTube channel, News Guardian

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The High Andes are one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, but without urgent intervention, this landscape and its surrounding natural beauty will be lost. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by conservationist and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Constantino Aucca Chutas to hear how he is working with local communities to restore ancient cloud forests on the Andean mountain range, which play a vital role in the fight against climate change.

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“Shockingly poor quality” is the verdict of a parliamentary inquiry into the UK’s maternity services. It found a system that lacked compassion and concluded, "poor care is all too frequently tolerated as normal". How did this happen? Hannah Barnes talks to Manveen about the birth that left her traumatised and her work to bring it to light. 

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Guest: Hannah Barnes, Associate Editor, New Statesman. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

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Clips: Parliament, Channel 4, Sky News. 

Birth trauma inquiry report

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A Times investigation into leaked records has identified convicts, fugitives and bankrupts who have secretly invested millions in the Emirates. More than £200 million of property in Dubai has been bought by criminals convicted in British courts and people who have failed to pay debts in the UK. What makes Dubai so attractive to criminals? 

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Guests:

• George Greenwood, Investigations Reporter, The Times.
• Emma Yeomans, News Reporter, The Times.

Clips: Visit Dubai. 

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The trial of nine suspects accused of plotting to overthrow the German government has begun in Stuttgart. The leaders of the far-right group is a 72-year-old self-styled aristocrat and a former AfD MP who was found with a bullet proof vest and night vision goggles. So who exactly are these people? And could the AfD's likely success in the upcoming European elections pose a real threat to German democracy?

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: DW NEWS, Sky News, AFP. 

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Open relationships are more popular than ever - but what's it like being in one? And what’s the history of non-monogamous, consensual, romantic relationships - from prehistoric times, via the Second World War to the modern internet age?

This podcast contains descriptions of sex and sexual acts.

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Further listening:  Are dating apps running out of steam?

Guests:

• Molly Roden Winter, author of More: A Memoir of Open Marriage.
• Dr Elisabeth Sheff, sociologist, author and polyamory expert.

Host: Jane Mulkerrins.

Clips: Challengers / Luca Guadagnino / Warner Bros. Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios, Couple to Throuple / NBCUniversal / Naked Television / Peacock.

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Even for countries with adequate water resources, water scarcity is not uncommon. But for those who live in remote and poverty-stricken areas of the world, water scarcity can be the difference between life and death. With reports suggesting that by 2025 half of the world's population could be living in areas facing water scarcity, is there a way to turn the tide? Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by Kenyan entrepreneur and Laureate of the 2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise Beth Koigi to learn more about her commitment to provide water access for those in need with her innovative solution, harvesting drinking water from the air. 

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After an international manhunt, the FBI and Interpol say they have found a man wanted on multiple charges in four US states, who faked his death before fleeing America for Scotland. But the Glasgow resident at the centre of the case insists he is the victim of a "monstrous" miscarriage of justice – that he is not Nicholas Rossi, but is Arthur Knight, an Irish-born orphan who has never visited the United States. Our reporter investigates.

This episode was first published in October 2022.

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Guest: Marc Horne, News Reporter, The Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

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Pro-Palestinian protests that started at US campuses weeks ago have now spread to the UK and many parts of Europe. The US student protests are reminiscent of the 1968 Vietnam War protests which resulted in a political shift to the right and the election of Richard Nixon. Could Donald Trump leverage this civil unrest for political gain, just as Nixon did in 1968? 

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Guest: 

• Josie Ensor, US Correspondent, The Times. 
• Mark Naison, Professor of History, Fordham University.  

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Clips: Reuters, PBS News, CNN, ITV News, Al-Jazeera, CBS News.

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The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians during the Afghan conflict. Today, in part two, we hear about the methods used to stymie, block and obstruct the course of justice. 

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Guests: - Jonathan Calvert, Insight investigative team editor, The Sunday Times, and

- George Arbuthnott, Insight investigative team deputy editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.Clips:

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