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The economic ripples caused by the Iran war are beginning to have an impact across the globe, from fuel rationing across South-East Asia, to fuel protests in Ireland. The IMF’s recent report on the global economy makes for grim reading – and the UK comes out as one of the worst affected of the G7. So could food and fuel shortages be coming to the UK? And how will the government try to mitigate the worst effects?

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Guests:
Rob Doran, director of Black Dog Crisis Management.
Jack Barnett, economics correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Harry Stott, Micaela Arneson.
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Britain preparing for food shortages as Iran war bites
UK economy faces hardest hit from Iran war of G7, says IMF
Further listening: Trump's ceasefire with Iran - what’s in it and what next
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Behind the scenes of Iran’s war, China’s been forging alliances, stockpiling oil and building resilience in the form of renewable energy. So how could all of this help it attack Taiwan? When might it happen? And can anyone stop them?

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Guest: Cindy Yu, columnist and contributing editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.

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Read more: Iran war latest: Ceasefire with US ‘to be extended by two weeks’
Further listening: The Pope v Trump
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump posted an image of himself as a Jesus Christ like figure, which was subsequently deleted. It came after the President and the Pope exchanged a war of words over the conflict in Iran. What’s behind this latest spat, and how could it affect Trump’s standing among American’s Christians?

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Guests:
Kaya Burgess, science and religious affairs correspondent, The Times, and
Christopher Hale, Democratic operative and author of Letters from Leo substack.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Edward Drummond.
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Read more: Trump’s row with Pope Leo could cost him dearly among Catholic voters
Clips: Times Radio, Fox News, Vatican News, 9News, BBC, Forbes, USA Today, CBS News.
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Viktor Orban, the far-right prime minister of Hungary who led the country for 16 years, was ousted in a landslide electoral defeat on Sunday. He lost to his former ally turned critic, Péter Magyar, despite a strong show of support from the Trump administration. So what does Orban’s defeat mean for Trump? And for the far-right in Europe?

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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Julia Webster.
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Read more: Why Peter Magyar’s victory is a warning to Trump
Further listening: The election that could change Hungary
Clips: Al Jazeera, APT News, CSPAN, Fox, Associated Press, United 24 Media, The White House via YouTube.
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The city of Ranya– a small town in Northern Iraq– is more than 2,500 miles from Calais and Dunkirk. But it has a near monopoly on the people smuggling gangs that traffic migrants across the English Channel. The Times visited Ranya to meet the kingpins and ask: how did one village become responsible for Britain’s small boats crisis?

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Guest: Shayma Bakht, reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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Read more: I met the smuggling kingpins behind the deadly Channel crossings
Further listening: ‘Repugnant’ or necessary? The new asylum rules
Clips: Getty Images, DRM News.
Photo: Times Media Ltd.
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