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The shadow home secretary has said he was confronted by a man with a machete and had glass bottles thrown at him while visiting a migrant camp in Calais. Chris Philp speaks to Tim and Gordon just after the “hair-raising” incident, and what is could tell us about some of the people crossing the Channel illegally.  Plus, a new documentary featuring leading medical experts has cast fresh doubt on serial child killer Lucy Letby’s conviction. We hear from the journalist behind Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? Producer: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Video Editor: Will Walters Social Producer: Ji-Min Lee Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Producer: Louisa Wells ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Three and a half years in to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the Russian and American presidents are set to meet in Alaska - possibly to decide its outcome over the heads of European leaders. Having long insisted that Kyiv would not cede any territory to Russia, Ukraine’s President Zelensky could now be softening on that position. Tim and Gordon are joined by Ukraine: The Latest hosts Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley to understand how this historic summit could play out. Plus, we read Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir so you don’t have to. The Telegraph’s best-known Scot Alan Cochrane reviews her political record. Read: Ukraine prepared to cede territory held by Russia [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/11/ukraine-prepared-freeze-war-current-frontline-summit/] Producer: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Video Editor: Will Walters Social Producer: Ece Celik Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Producer: Louisa Wells ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Labour have admitted to failing white, working-class children in Britain.  Writing in today’s Daily Telegraph, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says it’s a “national disgrace” that so many pupils are being left behind, pointing to an alarming rise in school absence whilst all-important attainment figures go the other way.  Having inherited a strong schools system from the Conservatives, Gordon Rayner is joined by former Tory education minister, Sir Nick Gibb, to try and understand what’s gone wrong. Gibb believes Labour “didn’t do the work in opposition to try and understand how to improve” and that they’ve been “listening to the teacher unions too closely”. Plus, Tim Stanley and Cleo Watson speak to Lawrence Newport - the co-founder of Looking for Growth, a campaign group that wants to kick-start our flailing economy. Newport, who made his start in political campaigning by getting XL bully dogs banned, says our politics is fundamentally broken, too slow and too ineffective - echoing one of his group’s backers, Dominic Cummings. Read: White working-class pupils ‘written off’ by society, admits Phillipson [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/11/white-working-class-pupils-written-off-phillipson/] Producer: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Video Editor: Andrew Mackenzie Social Producer: James Simmons Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Producer: Louisa Wells ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

He’s worked for some of the most controversial people to enter the dock: OJ Simpson, Harvey Weinstein, Julian Assange. Leading American defence lawyer Alan Dershowitz also represented Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted paedophile who has been causing trouble for President Donald Trump from beyond the grave. Dershowitz speaks to Tim Stanley about Epstein’s relationship with Trump and Bill Clinton; what’s really in those files; and the kind of deal Ghislaine Maxwell could do with the Justice Department. The Telegraph has also spoken to Epstein’s former butler, who makes a new set of bombshell allegations about the late financier and his ties to Trump. We put those claims to Dershowitz. We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on X, Instagram and TikTok Read: ‘I was Epstein’s butler for 18 years. There’s no way he killed himself’ [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/08/jeffrey-epstein-butler-18-years-valdson-cotrin/] Producer: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Video Editor: James England Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Producer: Louisa Wells ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Andrew Lownie – bestselling royal historian and author of acclaimed biographies on Lord Mountbatten, Edward VIII and Guy Burgess – joins Tim and Cleo in The Daily T studio to discuss his explosive new book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.  In this revealing joint biography of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Lownie explores the Duke and Duchess of York’s controversial lives - from their relationship and divorce, to Prince Andrew’s Falklands service, business ties, and infamous links to Jeffrey Epstein. Based on four years of investigative research, over 100 exclusive interviews, and multiple FOI requests, Entitled uncovers new details from palace insiders, former staff, diplomats, charity workers, and journalists silenced from reporting on the Yorks – offering an unprecedented portrait of a royal couple at the centre of scandal. We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on TikTok, Instagram and X Producers: Georgia Coan Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Video Editor: James England Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Producer: Louisa Wells ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.