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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by The Story as a bonus weekly series each Sunday.
Even for countries with adequate water resources, water scarcity is not uncommon. But for those who live in remote and poverty-stricken areas of the world, water scarcity can be the difference between life and death. With reports suggesting that by 2025 half of the world's population could be living in areas facing water scarcity, is there a way to turn the tide? Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by Kenyan entrepreneur and Laureate of the 2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise Beth Koigi to learn more about her commitment to provide water access for those in need with her innovative solution, harvesting drinking water from the air. 
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After an international manhunt, the FBI and Interpol say they have found a man wanted on multiple charges in four US states, who faked his death before fleeing America for Scotland. But the Glasgow resident at the centre of the case insists he is the victim of a "monstrous" miscarriage of justice – that he is not Nicholas Rossi, but is Arthur Knight, an Irish-born orphan who has never visited the United States. Our reporter investigates.
This episode was first published in October 2022.
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Guest: Marc Horne, News Reporter, The Times.
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Pro-Palestinian protests that started at US campuses weeks ago have now spread to the UK and many parts of Europe. The US student protests are reminiscent of the 1968 Vietnam War protests which resulted in a political shift to the right and the election of Richard Nixon. Could Donald Trump leverage this civil unrest for political gain, just as Nixon did in 1968? 
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Guest: 
Josie Ensor, US Correspondent, The Times. Mark Naison, Professor of History, Fordham University.  Host: Manveen Rana. 
Clips: Reuters, PBS News, CNN, ITV News, Al-Jazeera, CBS News.

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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 two, we hear about the methods used to stymie, block and obstruct the course of justice. 
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Guests: - Jonathan Calvert, Insight investigative team editor, The Sunday Times, and
- George Arbuthnott, Insight investigative team deputy editor, The Sunday Times. 
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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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Guests: - Jonathan Calvert, Insight investigative team editor, The Sunday Times, and
- George Arbuthnott, Insight investigative team deputy editor, The Sunday Times. 
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Military.com.
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The former MI5 double agent, Anthony Blunt, was unmasked as a Soviet mole in 1979 but the full extent of what he did isn’t known. Could he have been more dangerous than we thought? A new book has uncovered how he may have helped Hitler during the Second World War. 
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Guest: Robert Verkaik, Author of The Traitor of Arnhem. 
Host: Luke Jones. 
Clips: Channel 4, UK Parliament/Hansard, Netflix/The Crown Season 3, AP Archive.  
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