Tom Grant

European leaders are raising the alarm over the unravelling of the Western alliance as President Trump continues to move further away from an old world order.

JD Vance told European leaders to get over their “crazy overreactions” to Trump’s designs on Greenland and work to improve the island’s security and UK ministers are concerned that Trump is cooling relations with Russia, increasing the possibility for new security threats on the continent.

Is the US-UK "special relationship" dead?

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The first episode of The State of It, a new podcast from The Times and Sunday Times, discusses the rise of Reform UK, whether Nigel Farage is ready to lead a government and asks if they be trusted to manage Britain’s economy. Join political heavyweights Steven Swinford, Caroline Wheeler, Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund as they give you the latest tea room tip offs, reveal insider conversations and bring analysis, authority and insight.

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The foreign secretary has ruled out joining President Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza while there are still concerns about President Putin’s involvement. Yvette Cooper confirmed that the UK had been invited to join the board, but said ministers would instead discuss a “different supportive role” that the government could play in the peace process with the UK’s allies.

#trump #gaza #putin

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Cooper said Britain strongly backed Trump’s wider 20-point plan for peace in the Middle East, but when asked about joining the board, said there was a “huge amount of work to do”.

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Tehran’s bitter winter had penetrated the dungeon and left the frail inmate shivering with cold. Houshang Asadi, a communist dissident, took pity on his cellmate and gave him his sweater. The man refused it at first before tearfully accepting the gift. “Houshang,” the man said, “when Islam will come to power, not a single tear will be shed.”

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That memory of Ali Khamenei in 1975 as an idealist who suffered for his opposition to the Shah stayed with Asadi for decades to come. Years later, in 2003, Khamenei, now the undisputed dictator of Iran who threw young men and women into those same dungeons, repaid Asadi’s kindness by forcing him into exile.

“He changed from a man who fought for freedom into a dictator,” Asadi told an interviewer. “Now Mr Khamenei is more of a dictator than a shah.” If he met him again, he said, he would ask: “Who are you, Mr Khamenei?”

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In 2024, violent anti-immigration protests erupt across Britain. A year later, and Britain is again grappling with a wave of similar fury. Hundreds of angry locals and hard-right activists have been taking to the streets and protesting outside asylum hotels in scenes that threaten widespread unrest.

Ireland, too, is experiencing a similar surge in anti-immigration violence. But why is this happening again? What makes the protests this year different? And who are the hard-right players driving them?

The latest series of protests ignited in Epping in July 2025. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the town's Bell Hotel, where he had been housed alongside other migrants.

The demonstration became violent as some of the protesters brawled with police and counterprotesters, leading to several arrests.

Anti-immigration protests have also been taking place in Ireland and Northern Ireland. A wave of violence swept through the town of Ballymena in June 2025 after two Romanian boys were accused of an attempted sexual assault. They deny charges.

Successive governments have ramped up rhetoric to solve the political crisis that asylum has become — but the technicalities of planning law could put a spanner in the works for Labour.

Appeal judges last week overturned a decision from the High Court in August that migrants should be removed from an Essex hotel, which threatened to scupper the government’s accommodation scheme and its statutory duty to house asylum seekers.

In the High Court, Mr Justice Eyre had granted a temporary injunction to Epping Forest district council to prevent the Bell Hotel from housing asylum seekers and gave its owner, Somani Hotels, until September 12 to rehouse its 138 residents.

00:00 Intro
00:41 What is going on?
02:22 Protests Spread to Ireland
03:13 Southport Riots
03:33 Hard-right Goes Mainstream
05:23 Misinformation
07:42 Politics

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Recently, Elis James and John Robins were imagining what it would be like if the world's biggest popstar, Taylor Swift, hadn't broken up with Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Alwyn and Matt Healy, but instead had dated a 42 year old comic from Bristol.

American musician and comic Charlene Kaye stepped in and with listener lyric suggestions created a hilarious and original parody, which John has described as a "two minute long character assassination".

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Tom Grant looks at the stories of students impacted by Coronavirus, and highlights the financial and mental strains lockdown has brought.

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Reclaim the Night is our annual campaign against sexual harassment and gender-based violence.

Each year, we take the streets to march for an end of sexual violence and ensure safety and autonomy for all women and marginalised genders in Manchester.

This year we're raising awareness of sexual violence on campus, building a speak-up culture and calling it by its name.

Find out more here https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/reclaimthenight

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Fuse TV Today brings you the latest news and interviews from behind the scenes at Fuse TV! On this inaugural show, Tom chats to Tegwyn from the new comedy series 'Teatime with Tegs', whilst Rob catches up with the team behind the 'Fuse Live Sessions'.

Originally Broadcast LIVE on 9 February 2021.

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