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The News Agents

The  International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Israel’s Prime Minister, a former defence minister, and separately for the Hamas commander  - saying it has dismissed Israel’s appeal. 

1 day ago • 31m 22s

Wanted for war crimes: Benjamin Netanyahu

Kim Leadbeater MP tells Lewis Goodall her assisted dying bill is difficult for MPs to navigate

1 day ago • 3m 52s

Assisted dying bill 'difficult to navigate' for MPs

 MP Kim Leadbeater tells Lewis Goodall why she supports the assisted dying bill

1 day ago • 4m 6s

Why MP Kim Leadbeater supports the assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater MP speaks to Lewis Goodall about her late sister, Jo Cox.

1 day ago • 4m 16s

'My sister Jo Cox and I were raised to see good in everyone'

Whatever happens on the streets of Britain, there's always an Elon Musk tweet. Often misinformed. Now parliament wants to take Musk on - or "invite him to explain" what's going on. 

2 days ago • 37m 17s

Can parliament control Elon Musk?

The News Agents reflect on the legacy of former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott.

2 days ago • 3m 32s

'A young John Prescott would do well in politics today'

Emily, Jon and Lewis discuss what the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu means for both Israel and the UK.

2 days ago • 3m 20s

What does the Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant mean for Israel – and the UK?

We start on the streets of Whitehall with the farmers storming Westminster,  and their rallying cry - "Starmer Farmer Harmer". How has the new government got on their wrong side so quickly? 

3 days ago • 39m 52s

Why are farmers storming Westminster?

Chi Onwurah tells The News Agents why the government wants Musk to answer for disinformation over UK unrest.

3 days ago • 2m 12s

Elon Musk summoned to parliament over X role in summer riots

On Remembrance Sunday the Telegraph columnist, Allison Pearson, had a visit from Essex police. Her report sparked a media frenzy, talk of a witch hunt, and an interjection from Elon Musk. 



4 days ago • 35m 45s

Why one journalist’s tweet sparked a media frenzy

Farmers protesting in London explain why they are angry at Labour's inheritance tax plans.

4 days ago • 56s

Farmers' protest: This is the final straw

Protesters tell The News Agents that Labour can't be trusted and that "paedophiles are walking the streets".

4 days ago • 38s

Farmers' protest: How can we trust this government?

Emily, Jon and Lewis discuss why an investigation into Allison Pearson's alleged tweet is causing a free speech row.

5 days ago • 3m 18s

Why is a journalist's tweet being investigated by Essex Police?

Lord Peter Mandelson urges Starmer to build ties with the X owner, as Musk is 'simply too big to ignore.'

5 days ago • 3m 43s

Should Keir Starmer work with Elon Musk?

Lord Peter Mandelson dismisses claims that Trump fuels 'fear and division.

5 days ago • 4m 2s

'Calling Donald Trump a fascist is all hyperbole'

Donald Trump has named a Fox News anchor as his pick for Defence Secretary. And the former governor of South Dakota, known better in this country as the woman who shot her own dog, is set to be his head of Homeland Security. 

5 days ago • 25m 33s

The Manhattan Project for our time

We talk through the ethics of appointing Matt Gaetz and the persuasions of Tulsi Gabbard.
And, we speak exclusively to Steve Hilton, former Downing Street advisor to David Cameron.

1 week ago • 34m 51s

Could an alleged sex trafficker become America's next Attorney General? | The News Agents

The former CNN host says podcast appearances were the key to the Republican's success.

1 week ago • 3m 33s

Don Lemon on how media helped Trump win the election

Right-wing commentator Steve Hilton praises the political talents of Trump's pick for the top legal job in America.

1 week ago • 1m 55s

'Would you vote to approve Matt Gaetz as attorney general?'

The News Agents discuss Donald Trump's controversial pick to become the next US attorney general.

1 week ago • 3m 9s

'Matt Gaetz's nomination a massive middle finger from Trump'

Elon Musk is the world's richest man, owner of the biggest media platform and the new President's latest bed fellow. Is X now an arm of the US government? And what’s happening to the podcast space in America?

1 week ago • 36m 57s

Has Elon Musk changed the media forever?

Emily and Jon speak to Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.

1 week ago • 3m 35s

Estonia's Foreign Minister says they are prepared for a “probable” Russian invasion

When the COP29 host country opens its own conference by extolling the virtues of fossil fuels, you know you’re off to a good start. Keir Starmer didn’t let that put him off. 

1 week ago • 38m 14s

Will Donald Trump 2.0 destroy the planet?

The Lib Dem leader responds to the resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.

1 week ago • 2m 34s

Ed Davey: Church sex scandal 'takes your breath away'

A survivor of child sexual abuse in the church tells The News Agents why Justin Welby was right to stand down as Archbishop.

1 week ago • 3m 37s

'A conspiracy of silence in the Anglican church'

What does the MAGA movement sound like second time around? Dan Cox is a Republican legislator, heavily backed by Donald Trump for Maryland governor last time around. 

1 week ago • 35m 7s

What does MAGA sound like in 2024?

Could Josh Shapiro or Pete Buttigieg become the next Democrat nominee?

1 week ago • 3m 27s

What next for the Democratic Party, and who will lead it next?

What would it take for the election winner to change the constitution – and would he do it?

1 week ago • 4m 16s

Can Donald Trump run for a third term as president?

Younger generations were expected to vote for Kamala Harris. So why didn't they?

1 week ago • 3m 10s

What happened to the Gen-Z vote in the US election?

Emily, Jon and Lewis bid farewell to the United States by answering your questions on the US election. 

2 weeks ago • 29m 49s

Q&A Special: "Live" from Washington DC

The Democrats are only just beginning to digest what went wrong and what a Trump presidency might mean for America for the second time around. But in Britain and Europe alarm bells are already off the charts. What does Trump mean for Starmer?

2 weeks ago • 30m 43s

How will Keir Starmer handle Donald Trump?

The News Agents discuss why Trump's re-election is validation for every claim he's made about the 2020 election.

2 weeks ago • 2m 9s

'Trump can do what he likes now; he has proven he is above the law'

Donald Trump’s result last night was astounding. He reached corners of America few republicans had reached, both geographically and demographically. The Democrat post-mortem will begin before she’s even conceded. What went wrong? 

2 weeks ago • 30m 40s

Trump takes BACK control

Watch Emily, Jon and Lewis report on the US presidential election from Washington DC.

2 weeks ago • 1m 41s

Is this Trump victory even more devastating for the Democrats than 2016?

It's still early in Washington DC but in a remarkable and unprecedented night Donald Trump is on the verge of the greatest comeback in political history. He's on course to pick up the key swing states he needs to secure a return to the White House.

2 weeks ago • 19m 12s

Donald Trump: The Sequel

Emily, Jon and Lewis update you on the the latest in the US presidential race.

2 weeks ago • 2m 36s

Donald Trump is "on the verge of the greatest comeback in political history."

2 weeks ago • 1m 53s

More to follow from Washington as the night goes on...

The stakes could hardly be higher as US voters turn out to vote for the next President. Is it the White House or the jailhouse for Donald Trump? Could America be on the cusp of its first female POTUS? 

2 weeks ago • 27m 28s

Hope and fear as America heads to the polls - who will win?

We’re high on the rooftops overlooking the White House for our last full day of this election. How has each candidate closed the campaign? What should we be looking out for on election night itself as early results come in? And what has Jon learned f

2 weeks ago • 35m 27s

Harris vs Trump: The final arguments

The News Agents are in Washington. And we’re asking one big question - will this be the election that brings women out for Kamala Harris in such numbers that she can seal the deal? That in essence is where we start the final lap of the campaign. 

2 weeks ago • 32m 40s

Is there a real surge for Kamala Harris?

Lewis reports on how abortion laws are diving America this US presidential election. 

2 weeks ago • 2m 17s

Lewis Goodall questions protesters outside an abortion clinic in Florida

Voters who were 10-years-old when Donald Trump became president are just discovering the infamous Access Hollywood video. 

2 weeks ago • 3m 36s

Gen Z voters are discovering Trump's 'grab them by the p***y' video for the first time

Former Tory chief of staff explains why politicians need to stay out of active court cases.

3 weeks ago • 2m 2s

Are conspiracy theories taking hold of UK politics?

The membership voting has now closed on the Tory leadership race. By Saturday we will have a new leader of the opposition. What flavour will that conservatism be?

3 weeks ago • 35m 53s

Is the next Conservative leader trying to be the Tory Trump?

A trip to America to cover the US election – or promote his News Agents colleague's new book?

3 weeks ago • 1m 11s

Is Lewis Goodall 'sowing Jon Sopel's Strangeland seeds far and wide'?

We speak to Bob Woodward, of The Washington Post and Watergate fame, about Trump and democracy. And we ask whether Madison Square misogyny and minority group racism will put Trump voters off - or turn them on.



3 weeks ago • 16m 27s

Bob Woodward: ‘Donald Trump is a danger to the country’

Former Conservative chief of staff Gavin Barwell on Jenrick's strategy to become the party's next leader.

3 weeks ago • 1m 34s

'A mistake' for the Tories if Robert Jenrick becomes leader?

Emily and Jon ask the Chancellor if cutting winter fuel allowance for the elderly was a mistake.

3 weeks ago • 2m 36s

Was cutting the winter fuel allowance a mistake?

If there’s one thing Rachel Reeves drilled into us in the months before delivering her first budget, it’s that none of her tax rises would target working people. 

3 weeks ago • 21m 39s

Has the chancellor just raised the most painful tax of all?

Emily and Jon sit down with the Chancellor following the biggest tax-raising budget since 1993.