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How world events spiralled out of control in 2022
Stig Abell says 2022 was the biggest year for news he has ever seen.---Times Radio brings you the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed dis...
Is NATO too slow to stop Putin?
"NATO has to be faster" in putting forward a clear response to Putin's illegal annexation of regions in Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Diplomat Solomiia Bobrovska tells
Mahsa Amini protests spread to 80 cities in Iran | Aghileh Djafari Marbini
Mahsa Amini's death showed "that under an oppressive regime, even if you're going about your daily business, you can be a target." These protests 'feel different' from previous demonstrations, says Aghileh Djafari Marbini , who helped organise the protest...
Putin announces a partial mobilisation in Russia
"Putin's point of view is once the referendums have taken place...those territories will be part of Russia. So any Ukrainian attack on them supported by the West, is an attack on Russia itself." Putin has announced a partial mobilisation, conscription of...
Why Putin was not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral
"What Putin has done is on a different scale... it was appropriate to tell him to stay away." Sir Kim Darroch talks to Ayesha Hazarika about who will be at the Queen's funeral tomorrow and who hasn't been invited.
Grieving in front of the eyes of the world | Sir Nicholas Soames
“The Queen’s funeral tomorrow marks the end of the post-war era.” Sir Nicholas Soames anticipates the enormity of tomorrow’s ceremony, the first full state funeral since that of his grandfather Sir Winston Churchill, speaking to Calum Macdonald on #TimesR...
British pubs face winter crisis as pints soar to £20, thousands face closure
Thousands of pubs will shut and the price of a pint could soar above £20 unless something is done to help our beloved boozers. Times Radio brings you the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion on the biggest stories of the day.
"Putin is weaponising Russian history" | Rodric Braithwaite
"Putin has weaponized and exploited Russian History." The Russia/Ukraine conflict can be traced back a thousand years, says Rodric Braithwaite, former British Ambassador to Moscow, who read out his diary from his time in Moscow during the collapse of the...
What will be the aftermath of the Ukraine war if Russia is defeated | Sir Richard Barrons
A strategic defeat for Russia is cataclysmic for Putin's hold on power in Russia." Russia "will be tempted to reach for the small nuclear weapons" if it senses it's lost the war in Ukraine, says General Sir Richard Barrons.
Peter Zeihan: The end of the old world order, and what happens next
On the hottest day in British weather history Stig Abell sat down to speak with Peter Zeihan. Peter Zeihan argues that we are heading towards a period of deglobalisation, with ensuing chaos and disaster. In his book, The End of the World is Just the Begin...
Has Putin run out of trained soldiers? | General Sir Richard Barrons
"They are really scratching around for people and pulling in new battalions of volunteers who have no more than 30 days military training. That's a clear sign of running out of places to find people." General Sir Richard Barrons, former commander of the j...
Does the United Kingdom need to get ready to confront Putin? | Lord West, former First Sea Lord
"I think for the General to say to his chaps, you must think about the fact you might have to fight the Russians, is alright." Lord West, former First Sea Lord reacts to British Soldiers being told they might have to fight Russians.