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Comedian Bassem Youssef talks about his view that Israel should be held accountable for the war in Gaza, how the Egyptian revolution was a turning point in his life, and why he feels disillusioned with the West’s “lecturing” on human rights and international law, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Suzie Miller, playwright of Jodie Comer’s Broadway hit ‘Prima Facie’, tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why rape victims are failed by the legal system, how trauma is misunderstood in the court room, and why a patriarchal system forces female barristers to become part of the problem, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Author Armistead Maupin is a pioneer – writing about AIDS and HIV for a mass audience and daring to include gay, lesbian, trans and queer lives when few others were. His ‘Tales of the City’ series, which started as a newspaper column in 1974, became worldwide best-selling novels and a Netflix series. It chronicles the…

The UK’s medicines watchdog has approved a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease – which could transform the lives of thousands of people with the debilitating blood disorder. 

Across Europe it’s been a long hot summer, with the effects of extreme heatwaves being felt even where people are accustomed to high temperatures. 

We spoke to Bryn Hughes. He worked as a prison officer for 25 years – and had to carry defendants into the dock. 

Krishnan speaks to KC Kate Bex, who has been involved in many criminal trials, both as a prosecutor and defence lawyer.

For the victims or relatives who’ve endured the trauma of a trial, the refusal of the offender, once found guilty, to attend their own sentencing, can doubtless seem a travesty of justice. 

Labour wants banks to be compelled to follow a new set of rules – rather than just leaving it up to them. 

Earlier Matt spoke to the former Brexit secretary, David Davis, who’s described the decision to close Nigel Farage’s account as “thinly veiled political discrimination”.

The boss of NatWest, Dame Alison Rose, has resigned after admitting she gave information to the BBC about Nigel Farage’s relationship with the bank, and had made a “serious error of judgement”. 

Chef and former refugee Imad Al Arnab joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about fleeing Syria and his journey from losing everything in the war to rebuilding a life in the UK, in this week’s episode of Ways to Change the World.

Wes Streeting MP joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about his journey from a Stepney council estate to the Labour frontbench in Westminster, his optimism that poverty is a trap we can escape and his vision for an NHS ‘fit for the future’ on the eve of the 2024 UK general election, on this week’s Ways to Change the World podcast.

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions will fall sooner and by more than any other major economy in the coming years.

President Trump’s state visit to the UK will coincide with Theresa May’s last days as Tory leader.