The News Agents

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Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond. With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player. .

“You can trust Donald Trump to walk into a situation and automatically make it worse.” Donald Trump has said the 'Cornell 7', who are alleged of gang-raping a woman, won’t get a “fair shake”. Why’s he involved at all?

"This kind of trauma takes time to process. Your mind shuts it out, so you need people to help you piece it back together." "That’s what she’s doing on this phone call, and they’re gaslighting her." The ‘Cornell 7’ case is posing questions about life for women on US campuses.

“People knew our finest hour was fighting Nazism. It’s not very British to be turning on a tiny minority", says Jonathan Freedland. Will the electorate take Polanski seriously in the upcoming by-election after the Greens pass the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion?

Zack Polanski’s absence from the ‘Zionism is Racism’ vote “doesn’t look like leadership, it looks like cowardice”, says Jon Sopel. "If Polanski wants to lead the party, he should lead in support of the motion. "If he opposes the motion, why isn't he leading in opposition to it?"

"The leads to Andrew are not going away, there may be more of them than we currently know about..." Andrew's "brazen" legal action against Thames Valley Police suggests he thinks he's in the clear - but @maitlis, just back from the US, suspects otherwise.

“The Greens are more extreme than mainstream Palestinian opinion - they’re saying violence is now legitimate.” The Green Party's ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion calls for “the eradication of the Israeli state”, says Jonathan Freedland. “And they’re happy to see that achieved by violence”.

"Andy Burnham showed willingness to go beyond what his focus groups told him, and do what he thinks is fundamental to reshape British society." The Prime Minister gave his first party conference speech as leader. Did it win the public over? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-...

Did Andy Burnham deliver the best Labour speech in decades? | The News Agents

Andy Burnham gave his first Labour Party conference speech as leader, one full of pledges and private pain, and it seems like he landed every single punch.

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"Diana was a star, and that was the problem, she eclipsed the other members of the Royal Family. They didn't like that." Why Princess Diana still has so much power, and why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/annu...

Annus horribilis: Why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals | The News Agents

The Royal Family is battling new allegations about its dealing with the death of Princess Diana, but have its troubles only just begun?

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"We joke about our kids living at home until they're 30-35, but it's not funny" Deputy Green leader Rachel Millward backs a three-year “emergency brake” on private rent increases. But will landlord Green MPs stick this themselves?

“Your motion, it could be argued, is very crude and very blunt, and will only seek to further alienate and polarise.” The News Agents clash with group who want the Greens to classify Zionism as racism.

"Without question, Iran is a threat to the UK." EXCLUSIVE: The Head of Counter Terrorism Policing gives his first interview since RAF Fairford - on what happened and the surge in Iranian-backed threats.

"Is all the money clean in any Premier League club? There's associations with regimes around the world - that's the way it is." In 2023, Andy Burnham said no one would be "completely comfortable" if Man U was owned by Qatar. Today, it's Man City caught in a funding scandal...

“It’s a long way from the EU of 2016. “Including the foreign leaders we might be trying to negotiate with - the populist right is on the rise across Europe." Burnham is facing pressure for a return to the EU - but would we recognise it even if we did?

“This is about geopolitics, it's about economics, it's about the power of a nation, and not just about a football club", says Jon Sopel. Is the Man City funding controversy Andy Burnham's 'dirty little secret'?

“There is a sense among sexual abuse victims, that rich and powerful people are treated differently.” There is outrage over an alleged gang rape of a woman at Cornell University. The men were made to write essays. Is this endemic in America, from President Trump down?

The difference between Burnham and Starmer's conference speeches? "Let's be honest, it was a Jaguar vs Robin Reliant." "Today is vindication for Labour's decision to get some guts and replace Starmer."

"Andy Burnham showed willingness to go beyond what his focus groups told him, and do what he thinks is fundamental to reshape British society." The Prime Minister gave his first party conference speech as leader – and you know what? It went pretty well www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-...

Did Andy Burnham just deliver the best Labour speech in decades? | The News Agents

Andy Burnham gave his first Labour Party conference speech as leader, one full of pledges and private pain, and it seems like he landed every single punch.

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"Diana was a star, and that was the problem, she eclipsed the other members of the Royal Family. They didn't like that." Why Princess Diana still has so much power, and why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/annu...

Annus horribilis: Why 2027 is set to be a dreadful year for the Royals | The News Agents

The Royal Family is battling new allegations about its dealing with the death of Princess Diana, but have its troubles only just begun?

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"We've got the same box of goodies – debt too high, government borrowing too high, the impossibility of reforming welfare. "Andy Burnham has put it in nice wrapping paper with a ribbon and bow. What's inside hasn't changed at all" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-h...

Is ‘hope’ enough to run a country? | The News Agents

John Healey gave a speech at the 2026 Labour conference that was big on hope, small on ideas. Has the government changed under Andy Burnham, or are we being sold the same old thing?

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