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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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When a man in Birmingham died unexpectedly last year, a question was asked: was he assassinated? At first, it sounds unbelievable, but as the story unfolds the answer becomes less clear and the world more complicated. This is the story of India's assassins.

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Guangcheng escapes house arrest, but he’s not free yet. Without a real plan or a place to hide, he turns to the US embassy in Beijing. His moves set in motion a diplomatic maelstrom, where top officials from the two most powerful countries in the world negotiate over his fate – and their own.

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The Times Briefing for the morning of Tuesday 26th December.

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In 2015, Sergei Leontiev's life's work — a Russian banking business — was taken away from him overnight. Why were he and the bank being targeted? This is the first episode of The Russian Banker, a new three-part series from the Financial Times. The remaining episodes will air the following two Wednesdays on Behind the Money.

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Friday briefing: Trump pleads not guilty; Biden’s asylum rules; Florida AP Psychology ban; how to watch U.S. vs. Sweden; and more

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Tara Reade, author and activist, for an exclusive interview to talk about how she ended up in Russia, why she believes she was in danger of being arrested, who told her about the potential warrants, whether there's a Biden DOJ grand jury investigation into her, why she now wants Russian citizenship, media and political operatives claiming she's a "Russian asset," her efforts along with Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene to make her senate records public, the pushback they received and her next potential move, concerns for her personal safety, the Biden administration's response to her announcement about Russia, and more. Then Gregg Jarrett, author of "The Trial of the Century" and Fox News legal analyst, joins to discuss what we know now about then VP Biden's influence peddling, what the oversight committee has found so far about the financial gains of the Biden family, how the corporate media is still covering for Biden, the FBI continuing to evade a subpoena, media coverage of a supposed Trump "tape" related to the classified documents case, The Daily Wire's Twitter speech controversy, the legend of Clarence Darrow and the relevance of the Scopes Monkey Trial today, and more.

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President Trump deploys troops to confront a migrant caravan, and Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter discusses the Players' Tribune and his Turn 2 Foundation.

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