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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, is in trouble. His party failed to secure an overall majority in last month’s elections, so his former ally-turned-chief-rival Gadi Eisenkot has been invited to try and form a new government. So who is Eisenkot? And as members of the Knesset are sworn in, will he succeed in ousting Netanyahu and bringing peace to Israel?

Guests:
Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times
Gabriella Weiniger, Israel correspondent, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Micaela Arneson and Paige Reynolds
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Read more: What does Israel want to be? I travelled the land to find out
Further listening: Will Netanyahu win the most critical election in Israel’s history?
Clips: Middle East Eye, AFP, DW News, RoyanewsEnglish via YouTube.
Photo: Getty Images.
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The comedian and children’s author David Walliams has been accused of using his power and celebrity status to exploit young women for sex. An investigation from ITV and The Guardian alleges that Walliams sexually assaulted a 15 year old girl and contacted other teenagers who he went on to have sexual relationships with when they were older – allegations he denies. The revelations come after Walliams attempted to quash the reporting through a highly publicised injunction in the High Court, before a judge dismissed the claims last week. But what do these allegations tell us about the state of the UK entertainment industry? And has anything changed today?
Our colleagues at Times Radio have the latest.

Guests:
Ollie Cole, Times Radio reporter.
Hadley Freeman, columnist, The Sunday Times.
Hosts: Jane Garvey and Fi Glover.
We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com
Read more: David Walliams accused of preying on girls as young as 15
Further listening: What the celebrity injunction means for press freedom
Photo: Getty Images.
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Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. The potential breach at the world’s most valuable AI company has raised huge national security concerns and taken $200 billion off their value. But what does it mean for the relationship between China and America, fierce competitors in the AI race? And how serious is this for the world's stock markets – and all of our money?

Guest: Chris Stokel-Walker, technology journalist, author and contributor, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Robyn Simon and Olivia Case
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Read more: Who is Alice Huang? The Nvidia scandal explained
Further listening: How North Korea became a crypto-theft world leader
Clips: BBC, CNBC, Alaska’s News Source, Channel News Asia
Photo: Chu Yung-Chiang
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Today's UN climate conference follows a year in which Britain suffered extreme heatwaves while fires, droughts and flooding devastated countries around the world.

Ministers are talking about a new "electric century" - but have also just approved new fossil fuel projects. So, as delegates head to COP31 in Turkey, what will be Britain’s role on the world stage? And are the COP meetings really doing anything to help?

Guest: Adam Vaughan, environment editor, The Times
Host: Luke Jones
Producers: Robyn Simon, Harry Stott
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Read more: Britain pushes for ‘electric century’ deal at Cop31 climate summit
Further listening: Cop30 - is climate diplomacy cracking
Clips: BBC, Channel 4, CBS, Sky News, The Independent, Vertex/ Youtube
Photo: Getty Images.
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With her husband Donald left reeling after last week's US midterm elections, Melania Trump is quietly having a moment.

She helped secure a ceasefire in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky and now has her sights set on further peace in the war torn country - she’s just hosted a meeting at the White House between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

How - and why - did Melania get involved in this war, when she once seemed so keen to stay out of politics? And who’s really benefitting?

Guest: Maxim Tucker, Ukraine correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.

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Further listening: How North Korea became a crypto-theft world leader
Clips: First Post, CBS, NBC, SKY, Forbes, MS Now, America’s Let’s Move, The Carter Centre, YouTube, StartUp Health, Fox5 Atlanta, CNN, ABC, Kyiv Independent, BBC, MS Now, MSNBC, Nine Network, Melania / Amazon MGM Studios, The National News Desk.
Photo: Getty Images.
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