Deep Dive

The Defence Investment Plan: Has Starmer Laid a Trap for Burnham?

This week, we unpick the government’s long-awaitied Defence Investment Plan (DIP) and ask very simply: is it enough? Joining Chris Pleasance for a deep dive into the document is the Daily Mail’s Defence Editor Mark Nicol, who’s been pouring over the details since Keir Starmer unveiled it on Tuesday. Read Mark's reporting here: https://www.dailymail.com/profile-881/mark-nicol.html Host: Chris Pleasance Producer: Artemis Irvine Executive Producer: Bella Soames & Joseph Luke Palmer A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Beckham vs Beckham: The Next Chapter

David Beckham was handed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this month, flanked by Victoria, Tom Cruise and three of his four children. The fourth, Brooklyn, was nowhere to be seen. Six months on from the explosive Instagram statement that tore the lid off the family's private war, the rift is only getting messier, with a "choreographed" doorstep visit from sister Harper and a reported £750,000 DoorDash advert that pokes fun at Brooklyn's own estrangement. Daily Mail Showbusiness Editor Katie Hind joins Jamie East on Deep Dive to unpack the latest chapter in Britain's unofficial Royal Family saga and ask where it goes from here. Host: Jamie East Guest: Katie Hind Editor: Alex Graham Executive Producer: Bella Soames A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Iran's Exiled Crown Prince: The Iranian People Feel Betrayed by Trump's Deal

After American and Israeli airstrikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February, many wondered whether Iran's theocratic regime was finally facing collapse. That came after tens of thousands of protesters had died earlier in the year rising up against the regime. But four months later, the US has signed an interim peace deal extending the ceasefire between the two countries. That deal has drawn criticism from Donald Trump's Republican Party and Reza Pahlavi - the son of the last Shah who the ayatollahs deposed in order to take power, forcing him into exile for the last 46 years. In this episode, the Mail's Middle East correspondent Natalie Lisbona sits down with Mr. Pahlavi to discuss what the deal means for ordinary Iranians. Pahlavi argues the regime cannot be reformed, only replaced, and warns that rewarding it with sanctions relief and billions in unfrozen funds provides a financial lifeline that will simply fuel its proxies abroad while executions and repression continue at home. Host: Natalie Lisbona Editor: Alex Graham Executive Producer: Bella Soames A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Are Reform Losing Steam?

Andy Burnham has won a landslide in the Makerfield by-election, a result that puts him in a commanding position ahead of the looming Labour leadership contest. Reform came second with 35%, with Restore Britain - the hardline party founded by Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe after his explosive fallout with Nigel Farage - taking 7%, votes that may otherwise have gone to Reform. Earlier this week, host Chris Pleasance spoke to the Daily Mail's policy editor Martin Beckford about Restore Britain, to ask: with the right of British politics fracturing, is Reform losing momentum? Host: Chris Pleasance Producer: John Rogers Exec Producers: Bella Soames and Joseph Palmer A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Belfast Riots

Twenty seven people are homeless. At least twelve police officers have been injured. Burnt out cars litter the streets. How did this happen? This week, senior reporter James Fielding has been on the ground in Belfast following a vicious stabbing and a spate of anti-immigration riots.  He joins Deep Dive host Chris Pleasance to make sense of the unrest as shellshocked communities pick their way through the rubble. Follow James's reporting here: https://www.dailymail.com/profile-345/james-fielding.html. Host: Chris Pleasance Editor: Alex Graham Executive Producer: Joseph Luke Palmer A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.