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King Charles is in the Caribbean – his first tour there as monarch. Along with the royal processions, meetings and public appearances, Charles’ recent visits have also included discussions of Britain’s historic role in the transatlantic slave trade. Now, local calls for an apology and even reparations for slavery have grown louder. So how will the King and the UK government answer them?

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Guests:
Kate Mansey, assistant editor and royal editor, The Times.
Sathnam Sanghera, writer for The Times and the author of Empireworld: How British Imperialism has shaped the globe.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Robyn Simon.
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Read more: Soaked King demands brolly as slavery row dominates Caribbean tour
Further listening: Building Britain | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 1
Clips: Sky News, Global News, BBC, GB News, The Royal Family Channel, ITV News, The Guardian, ITN, TODAY.
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Tomorrow, Americans head to the polls in the most expensive election in US political history: the 2026 midterms. Although Trump’s not on the ballot, the elections are seen as a referendum on his leadership, and alongside diesel prices and the war in Iran, there’s a new issue getting Americans nationwide to reconsider their vote: data centres. So why have data centres become such a hot button issue? What is resistance like on the ground? And how will this change how Americans vote tomorrow?

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Guests:

Susie Coen, US correspondent, The Times.
Darrell West, senior fellow, The Brookings Institution.

Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Paige Reynolds.

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Read more: We refuse to have a data centre on our farm, even for $26m
Further listening: US midterms: Can the Democrats flip Texas?
Clips: CNN, AP, NBC, KENS 5, ABC news, CBS News Chicago, MLive, CBS News, Fox News, USA Today
Photo: Glenn Hartong for The Times.
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Last month, 33 year old bodybuilder Mateusz Chmura collapsed and died during a prestigious UK competition. The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed but it’s raised fresh questions about why there are so many fatalities in the sport – some figures suggest around 50 a year, internationally. So what’s killing these athletes? And is the widespread substance abuse in this world spilling over into the mainstream?

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Guests:
Matt Lawton, chief sports correspondent, The Times.
Imran Khan, sports and exercise physiologist and director of SafePulse.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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Read more: Questions for bodybuilding after death following on-stage collapse
Clips: BBC, frontdouble1 / instagram, Fitness Routine English / Youtube.
Photo: PCA / Instagram
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The latest installment of the wildly popular Court of Thorns and Roses series hit the bookstores on Tuesday. Mega fans celebrated the midnight release with parties at Waterstones across the country. So just how did Sarah J Maas’ romantic fantasy - ‘romantasy’- series become a global literary phenomenon? The Times went to one of the parties to find out.

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Read by: Sarah Ditum, contributor, The Times.
Producer: Micaela Arneson.
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Read more: Fairies, foxtrots and sauciness — my night at the romantasy ball

Clips: @thtgrlreads - TikTok, @archgosai - TikTok, @mikaelakelling - TikTok, @fantasticalbookworm - TikTok, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Born To Make You Happy by Trisha Paytas provided by Symphonic Distribution.
Photo: The Times / Gareth Iwan Jones.
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Following this week’s elections in Israel, will Benjamin Netanyahu cling on as Prime Minister? Why did Christa Pike’s execution fail? And as Andy Burnham weighs up a return to free movement with the EU, have the political class ever accepted Brexit? You asked, so we answered, in this edition of our monthly Q&A series.

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Guests:

Gabrielle Weiniger, Israel correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times.
Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times.
Olivia Empson, US correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times.
Tom Whipple, Science Writer and Special Correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana, Luke Jones.
Producer: Jesse Fox, Paige Reynolds.
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Read more: Netanyahu edges ahead — but is facing weeks of election wrangling
Further listening: The Inside Story of Burnham’s first 100 days
Photo: Getty Images.
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