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The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians during the Afghan conflict. Today, in part one, we hear about the senior special forces commander, codename N1466, who blew the whistle. 

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- George Arbuthnott, Insight investigative team deputy editor, The Sunday Times. 

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An alleged Russian spy was an Afghan refugee who had worked his way into the British Foreign Office. According to court documents, he had met two Prime Ministers, the King and Prince William during the course of his work. The man, known only as ‘C2’ denies all the allegations.

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Sam Harris speaks with Rory Stewart about the fraying world order. They discuss the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the problems with nation building, cultural ignorance, tolerance for corruption, our catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the role that Islam played in our failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, conspiracy theories, the influence of social media, cults of martyrdom, the war in Ukraine, the age of populism, Trump and the future of NATO, Brexit, the current state of politics, GiveDirectly, and other topics.

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Gold Star Families demanded answers for the deaths of their loved ones in the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, Florida Governor Ron Desantis says he will debate California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Portland, Oregon is losing a large portion of its population, along with their tax dollars. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. 

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Their return to rule is unequivocally bad for the country’s women and girls. But wholesale collapse has not come and some aspects of government have improved; it turns out threats of grotesque violence change behaviours. We investigate the curious case of Morocco’s absent king—and his unlikely mixed-martial-artist pals. And how the mobile phone has shaped cinema for half a century.

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Marianne Williamson going on Fox News to talk about the DNC barring primary debates, the Taliban killing an ISIS leader, Charles Barkley and Gale King announce their new CNN show "King Charles", we take one last look at Don Lemon's highlights of the past as he leaves CNN, Krystal speaks with The Funky Academic on new constitutional amendments, Matt Stoller talks about the monopoly power of EquiFax a company that sells Americans tax records, and Ken Klippenstein updates us on the governments handling of the supposed "Havana Syndrome".

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Polling of Democratic voters show they’d prefer a different candidate as the President gets ready to announce a second bid for the White House, the U.S. Embassy in Sudan is evacuated by special forces as violence in the country continues, and a federal adoption case out of Oregon pits gender identity against religious freedom. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. 

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John Bolton thought he could create a coherent foreign policy for Trump, but now sees he was naive. Plus, Charlie Sykes asks Bolton about his early defense of Trump's relations with Putin — and why he didn't testify during the first impeachment. Bolton spoke with Sykes at the Principles First Summit.

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The response to the death of the 29-year-old has differed from that of previous cases of police killings; we ask what the tragedy indicates about how America deals with police violence. Our correspondent says a lawmaker’s murder in Afghanistan highlights the misery of women under the Taliban. And why a decades-old model of animal and human learning is under fire. 

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