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White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president. The White House says Saturday’s attack is the third 'assassination attempt' on Donald Trump in the last two years. But what do we know about Allen? And what does this all tell us about the rise of political violence in America?

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Guests:
David Charter, assistant editor, US, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Nick Bryant, journalist and author of Forever War America's Unending Conflict With Itself and the Substack History Never Ended.
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Julia Webster and Olivia Case
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Read more: Cole Tomas Allen: who is the alleged gunman at correspondents’ dinner?
Further listening: Can King Charles fix the special relationship?
Clips: The Obama White House / YouTube, C-SPAN, OverDriveGamesAnime / YouTube, ABC, CBS, NBC, The New Yorker, KATU News.
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This episode was recorded before the events at the White House Correspondents’ Association on Saturday.

King Charles arrives in America today for a state visit to mark the country’s 250th birthday. But with US-UK relations at a low over Iran - and the Epstein scandal still looming large - the stakes are high. Last week Trump said the monarch could help repair the special relationship so will soft power bring the allies back together?

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Guests:
Kate Mansey, assistant editor, The Times.
Sir David Manning, former British Ambassador to America and former advisor to the Royal Household.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.

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Read more: King’s US visit can ‘absolutely’ repair relations, says Trump
Further listening: The Pope v Trump
Clips: The Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback / Instagram, BBC, DailyMotion, The Royal Family Channel / YouTube, ABC.
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Shane Christie was one of the brightest rugby stars in New Zealand before suffering multiple concussions, leading to a brain injury that would slowly take everything from him. And his experience is far from unique. In this deeply personal account, David Walsh talks to Shane's former partner, Holly Parkes, to ask, What happened? What does Shane's story reveal about the sport he loved deeply? And can rugby survive the fallout?

This is part one of a two-part special investigation into the crisis facing this global game.

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Guest: Holly Parkes
Host: David Walsh, chief sports writer, The Sunday Times
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: The concussion files
Clips: Harlequins - YouTube.
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Hidden in a quiet Belgian archive, century-old colonial maps of the Democratic Republic of Congo may hold the key to an estimated $24 trillion in untapped minerals. Now the United States, backed by Trump, together with the likes of Jeff Bezos, want them. The curators, however, are in no hurry to hand them over.

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Written by: Madeleine Spence, deputy editor for News Review, The Sunday Times.
Read by: Olivia Case.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Read more: The $24trn question: who owns these 100-year-old mining maps?
Clips: DW, BBC.
Photo: Getty Images, The Sunday Times.
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The American Dream is as old as the United States itself. But as the country marks its 250th anniversary, with economic uncertainty, political turbulence and social divisions all on the rise, do ordinary Americans still believe? The Times and YouGov spoke to 1800 of them to find out – and we've got their analysis.

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Guests:
David Charter, assistant editor (US), The Times.
Tom Calver, data editor, The Times and Sunday Times.
Host: Rosie Wright.
Producer: Callum Martin and Olivia Case.
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Read more: The American Dream is dying, Times poll reveals
Further listening: Five years on from the Jan 6 riots, how has the US president changed America?
Clips: SullenToys / YouTube, Zohran Mamdani / YouTube.
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