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    Fifa ordered to explain World Cup ticket pricing

    27/05/2026 | 37 mins.
    Authorities in New York and New Jersey probe allegations that some 2026 World Cup ticket prices may have been artificially inflated. We hear the reaction of former Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce.
    Also in the programme: how India is coping with temperatures as high as 45C. And the head of UK spy agency GCHQ urges the public to ditch their online passwords in favour of passkeys. We speak to the head of the consortium that developed the technology.
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    Sir Tony Blair: Government has no "coherent plan" for country

    26/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    In a highly critical essay, Sir Tony Blair says the current government has no coherent plan for the country. We hear reaction from two Labour MPs.
    Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney invokes Brexit as a cautionary tale as he tries to head off an independence referendum in the province of Alberta. We speak to one of the leaders of the independence movement.
    And after orbiting the moon, NASA unveils its plans to land - and build - there. What would that involve?
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    WHO says the Ebola outbreak in DRC is 'spreading rapidly'

    25/05/2026 | 37 mins.
    Journalist Declan Walsh reports from the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Also in the programme: we speak to the publisher granted permission to translate Irish novelist Sally Rooney’s book Intermezzo into Hebrew, despite the author’s boycott of other Israeli publishing houses; and as the UK records its all-time highest May temperature, an architect explains how to keep your home cool at night.
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    Trump reverses decision on Poland troops

    22/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    After threatening to withdraw 4,000 troops from Poland, President Trump today reversed the plan and promised 5,000 troops would now be deployed in the country. Former US Ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, gives us his view on the confusing messages from Washington.
    Also on the programme, we hear about the potential schism appearing between the US President and Senate Republicans, take a look back at CBS Radio on the night is closes down for good, and the founder of the slow movement, Carlo Petrini has died.
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    Government publishes single-sex spaces guidance

    21/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    The government has published its long-awaited guidance on single-sex spaces. The guidance states that spaces such as changing rooms and toilets must be used on the basis of biological sex. We'll find out what this means for businesses, organisations and transgender people who access these spaces.
    Also on the programme - the streets of Birmingham are a sea of claret and blue as Aston Villa revels in its Europa League triumph, but we'll hear about a Villa fan club in Ghana that is also celebrating. And a marine mammal scientist explains how she's proved that beluga whales can recognise themselves in a mirror.
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