The Story

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.
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‘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

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Read more: Why my friends talk about leaving Britain.
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The largest single illegal border crossing in the history of the European Union took place last week as 60,000 migrants arrived in the Spanish city of Ceuta on the north coast of Africa. But why did they all come at once? Was a Spanish legal change to blame, or foreign actors annoyed at Spain’s lenient migration policy? And how did it reignite questions about migration in the UK?

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Guests:

Katie Gatens, Europe correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case and Jennifer Kennedy.
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Read more: Reform pledges to send in the navy to stop small boat crossings
Further listening: Europe on fire
Clips: Al Jazeera, GB News, CSPAN, 9 News Australia, The Mirror, Reform UK, El Debate, The New York Post.
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A six-part investigation by the French newspaper Le Monde has portrayed the luxury conglomerate LVMH as in the midst of a Succession-style drama, controlled by an ageing king: Bernard Arnault. Arnault made his first appearance on X to post a three-page sarcastic takedown of the piece. So what’s really going on?

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Taryn Siegel, Olivia Case.
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Read more: France’s last monarch? Not moi, says luxury king Bernard Arnault
Clips: Dior, Sephora, Fenty, IG/Puckdotnews, CNN, CNBC, Legend podcast.
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President Trump wants American women to have more babies. But despite policies like offering a baby bonus of a thousand dollars, birthrates continue to fall. So why are fewer Americans choosing to have children? And what does the answer reveal about the country today?

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Guest: Louise Callaghan, US correspondent, The Sunday Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Emily Webb, Jennifer Kennedy
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Read more: Why can’t Trump persuade US women to have more children?
Clips: Washington Post, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, CBS Chicago, Bloomberg.
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