This week the political masterminds consider what's happening on the populist left and right, with more Tories defecting to Reform UK and talk of a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn. How small has the Conservative coalition become, do the voters expect Keir Starmer to wield a 'magic wand', and what would a new party be called?

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This week, the FBI investigation that Trump promised would reveal all about Jeffrey Epstein concluded there was no evidence to implicate anyone else in his abuse. But diaries from Epstein’s most prominent victim, Virginia Giuffre, released exclusively to The Times, tell a different story.

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Guest: Josie Ensor, US Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Anna Dowell.

Further reading: Jeffrey Epstein victim’s diary ‘contradicts’ FBI blackmail claims.

Clips: MSNBC, Sky News Australia, The Dan Bongino Show, The Washington Examiner, ABC News, Tucker Carlson, Breaking Points.

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With people around the world calling for a lasting peace in Gaza, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu has been schmoozing US President Donald Trump. What chance is there that the two will bring an end to the bloody conflict? And what hope that any peace will hold?

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Guest: Gabrielle Weiniger, Israel Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Shabnam Grewal.

Further reading: IDF defies Netanyahu’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza

Clips: AP, Reuters, Fox News.

Photo: Getty Images.

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Over 100 people, including dozens of children, are dead after flash flooding in Texas. Could this have been avoided given a nearly identical tragedy took place in 1987? Did Trump’s cuts contribute? And what went wrong with the flood warning system?

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Guest: Lara Spirit, Washington Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further reading: Where is it flooding in Texas? The devastation in maps and video.

Clips: NewsNation, France 24, KPRC 2, CBS, YouTube / History Corner, KVUE, FOX, YouTube / Camp Mystic, YouTube / Allie Coates, Democracy Now!, YouTube / Meidas Touch, Bloomberg, WOAI, Sky, WUSA9.

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Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives by lacing their beef wellington with death cap mushrooms. She was also found guilty of attempting to murder a fourth person. The prosecution said she did it on purpose; she says it was an accident. It took a jury in Australia six days to reach a verdict after listening to 40 days of extraordinary evidence.

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Guest: Bernard Lagan, Australia Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Edith Rousselot.

Further reading:

How Erin Patterson became the mushroom murderer

Erin Patterson found guilty of murder in death cap mushroom trial

Clips: 9 News Australia, The Australian.

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Twenty years after the 7/7 London bombings killed 52 people, what’s changed since the deadly suicide attack? Thelma Stober suffered life-changing injuries that morning and former police officer David Skiffins spent the weeks after working underground to recover the bodies of those murdered. They describe what happened and how it changed their lives.

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Guests:

• Fiona Hamilton, Chief Reporter, The Times
• Thelma Stober, 7/7 survivor
• David Skiffins, former Metropolitan Police counter terror Detective Constable

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Edward Drummond.

Further reading:

• 7/7: ‘There was a white light. I looked around and saw bodies’
• ‘I spoke to victims of 7/7 as I retrieved their bodies’

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Poison is the podcast series behind the new two-part TV documentary 'Poisoned', which airs on Channel 4 this Wednesday, 9 July and Thursday, 10 July.

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Part One: In October 2021, David Parfett’s 22-year-old son, Tom, took his own life.

Listen to the full series: Poison.

Further reading: The moment I confronted the poison poster who is accused of 14 murders

Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide.

If you or someone you know has been affected by suicide or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.

Host: James Beal, Deputy Investigations Editor, The Times.

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