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5462 - The Weekend Intelligence: The hunt for Austin Tice
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  • 5462 - The Weekend Intelligence: The hunt for Austin Tice

    On December 8th, 2024, rebels swept into Damascus and ousted Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad. One of the first things they did was open up the prisons. Syrians who disappeared years earlier began to emerge from their grim detention cells. Would missing American journalist Austin Tice be among them?


    In a new three-part series on The Weekend Intelligence, Middle East correspondent, Gareth Browne investigates what happened to Austin and explores what his story reveals about Assad's Republic of Fear.


    In episode one, Gareth tells the story of Austin’s time in Syria leading up to his capture.


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    Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic.


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    Sat, 12 Jul 2025 - 38min
  • 5461 - At your services: Britain’s economic bright spot

    Growth is abysmal; wages are low. But seen from the outside, Britain is a great place to contract services and buy bargain-basement bonds. We explore the opportunities amid the challenges. After months of reporting, our correspondent shares what he learned about Austin Tice, a missing American journalist. And our obituaries editor remembers Jimmy Swaggart, a famed and fallible televangelist.


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    Fri, 11 Jul 2025 - 23min
  • 5460 - Migration roots: the broken asylum system

    Immigration is a political lightning rod in part because the ageing global asylum pact is no longer fit for purpose. We examine how best to update it. As paycheques for top-notch AI researchers go stratospheric, demand for rank-and-file coders is quickly cooling. And what a gimmicky free show in London reveals about the city and the nature of modern fame.


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    Thu, 10 Jul 2025 - 21min
  • 5459 - Sprawl of duty: Trump’s tariff drama

    Once again President Donald Trump extended the deadline for spine-stiffening tariffs to go into effect on trading partners. We look at the effects of all the uncertainty. Brazil once dominated the world of football; we ask where it went wrong and assess the route to a comeback. And England’s historic obsession with trim, green lawns is fading (except at Wimbledon). 


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    Wed, 09 Jul 2025 - 21min
  • 5458 - The French reconnection: Macron in Britain

    Anglo-French relations have not been so good since before the Brexit vote. Beneath the state-visit pageantry, though, there is much co-operation for President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss. Gangs have infiltrated many of Latin America’s mining operations—with violent results. And an ode to Britain’s Shipping Forecast, an inscrutable radio feature that is turning 100.


    Additional audio courtesy of Alexander Seale @alexseale.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2025 - 21min
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