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When the UK Conservative Party won the election in 2010, they took a butcher's knife to the budget.
David Cameron's money-man George Osborne — the young heir to a wallpaper fortune — had a big plan called "austerity," but it put the country on a journey to total chaos.
This is the first episode in a four-part series called Who Broke Britain.
It's about the past 14 years of Conservative Party leadership, all the way up to the general election that's happening next month.
London was once the largest city on Earth — capital of a global empire larger than any other in the history of the world.
Even as recently as 17 years ago, Britons were the richest people in any of the world's large economies.
Since then, they've gone backwards, more than any other large economy.
Britain feels broken. So, who broke it?
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We're still on a break from our regularly scheduled programming but don't worry, we're hard at work.
Next week we'll be launching a four-part series leading up to the UK election called Who Broke Britain?
The country that was once the centre of the world's greatest empire now seems a lot smaller, and in many ways — broken.
So — who broke it?
Until then, check out the latest ABC podcast Not Stupid, from our colleagues in ABC News.
It's hosted by Jeremy Fernandez and Julia Baird, and this week they're diving into Trump's guilty conviction and whether we should raise the minimum age for social media.
You can subscribe to it on the Listen app.
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The island of Taiwan, just off the coast of China, is shaping up as the most likely spark for the next global conflict.
China's president Xi Jinping wants to claim all the territory he thinks belongs to China, without triggering a nuclear war.
It's a century-old civil war, which has been frozen in place for decades.
It's an almost unimaginably dangerous situation, and one mistake could lead to catastrophe.
This is a repeat episode. It was first broadcast on the 6th July, 2021 as part of the China, If You're Listening series.
If you want to listen to the whole series you can find it here, or scroll back in your podcast feed.
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Earlier this week the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in bad weather.
Raisi was a phenomenally important figure in Middle Eastern politics — not just Iran's President, but the likely next Supreme Leader of Iran.
He got there through acts of extreme brutality, showing his willingness to do anything to defend the Iranian status quo.
How did Ebrahim Raisi become the heir-apparent to the Iranian Supreme Leadership, and what could happen now he's gone?
Listen to our other episodes about Iran:
Iran, Israel and the calculus of revenge
The Ayatollah who dreamed of an Iranian caliphate
How the Shah's cancer led to Iran's rift with the US
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Australia's first domestic violence shelter Elsie opened in the 1970s, and researchers have been analysing the problem ever since.
In the last three decades more than 1,500 women have been killed by intimate partners in Australia and we're still no closer to finding out why.
Campaigner Rosie Batty has compared domestic violence to terrorism, and called for similar levels of funding.
Is that comparison extreme, or is it the best way to get us closer to fixing the problem?
*EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode incorrectly states that Luke Batty was 14 years old at the time of his death. He was 11 years old when he died.
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Michael Cohen is the star witness in the Trump 'hush-money' trial.
He was once Trump's personal attorney and said he would "take a bullet" for his boss, but then everything changed.
He has served years in prison for lying, tax fraud, bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
But he thinks everything he's gone through will be worth it if he can take Trump down.
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Plans for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics are not going well.
It's a political quagmire, with plans for billion-dollar stadium upgrades or massive new venues being thrown around like confetti.
There are concerns that Brisbane is going to blow its budget.
Fifty years ago, the 1976 Montreal Olympics suffered a financial disaster so massive it nearly heralded the end of the Olympic Games.
Is Brisbane repeating the mistakes of the past?
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
He is doing everything he can to stay in office, because if he holds office, he can't be thrown in jail.
Sound familiar? It's a bit like Donald Trump's situation in the United States.
But Netanyahu's case has an old-school flavour. It's a fierce battle between media tycoons, and it even involves Australian media nepo baby James Packer.
It's a rollicking tale. But with a military campaign against Gaza and tensions with Iran rising, it could also change the fate of the war in the Middle East.
For more on Benjamin Netanyahu's history, check out this episode: Can Israel rescue the hostages?
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Narenda Modi loves to promote India's status as the largest democracy in the world, and experts agree that the country's elections are free and fair for all. Modi is now an unbackable favourite to win a third term as Prime Minister in the weeks ahead, with polls suggesting he is heading for another victory. So why is he so sensitive to criticism, and aggressive in pursuing his detractors? In this final episode, Avani learns of the consequences of her own reporting on Modi after so many months searching for the truth.
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Iran and Israel are caught in a cycle of revenge.
On April Fools' Day, there was a huge escalation in the conflict when an Israeli air strike killed 16 people, including two Iranian Generals.
Two weeks later, the skies over Israel lit up with a counterattack.
It might seem like in this conflict, anything goes, but each response and retaliation is a calculated move.
Israel knew the attack was coming and almost every drone and missile was intercepted.
So, when the game of chess begins, how does it end?
Last time the revenge cycle started to turn, Donald Trump was in the White House, and the wheel only stopped because of a tragic mistake.
This time, Israel's response could change the trajectory of the conflict in the Middle East.
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Lifting Indians out of poverty lies at the core of Narendra Modi's wildly popular political strategy. And it's worked: during his Prime Ministership, India has risen from the tenth largest economy in the world to the fifth. But this rising tide has also widened the gap between the rich and the poor in India, and has raised questions about Modi's ties to business leaders who have turned the nation's rise to their own advantage.
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People don't like wind farms. They say they're bad for wildlife, they affect property values and they create pollution.
But are any of these claims true?
Today, the wind farm debate and how it nearly tore the small Australian community of King Island apart.
This episode of If You're Listening is a live recording from the Newcastle Writers Festival.
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In 2002, Narendra Modi's carefully crafted political story was rocked by a series of deadly attacks in his home state of Gujarat, where he was the highly popular Chief Minister. Thousands were killed in a wave of riots that lasted for three days and became a major national scandal.
Modi's role in the violence has been heavily contested in the decades since, but he has never been able to shake the association in the minds of some Indians. How did he manage to survive such a high-profile catastrophe, and what is the legacy of those terrifying riots today?
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The Duterte and Marcos families are the Montagues and Capulets of the Philippines.
They are, depending on who you ask, the country's most famous statesmen, thieves, murderers or heroes.
They have tussled for power for nearly 60 years, and now there are talks of secession splitting the country in two.
Could this family feud literally tear the Philippines apart?
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In January 2024, Narendra Modi travelled to the northern Indian town of Ayodhya to attend the consecration of a Hindu temple with a very contested history. The site had previously been occupied by a 500-year-old mosque, and had become a focal point of broader disputes between India's Hindu and Muslim communities.
That fight over one hill in Ayodhya resulted in a demolition, mass protests and deadly retaliations across India. It also gave Modi a cause he could champion throughout his rapid political rise.
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Australia’s housing market is, like many places in the Western world, in the midst of a crisis that feels like it will never be solved. Owning a property in an Australian city has only drifted further out of reach for most Australians in the last decade, and there are very few practical solutions on offer. Is it possible to actually unpick this situation?
Japan offers a useful example. Thirty years ago, property in Tokyo was the most expensive in the world. Today, home ownership in that same city is comparatively affordable, with plenty of available stock on the market. How was this massive turnaround achieved, and how can other countries learn from the Japanese model?
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When Narendra Modi left home, it wasn't to begin a career in politics. He wanted to be a monk. Modi's teenaged pilgrimage would take him across India, following the trail of his country's most influential religious leader. It was a journey that would ultimately steer him towards politics, and lay the foundation for some of his most popular and controversial philosophies.
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The Princess of Wales has barely been seen since Christmas and everyone is asking, where is Kate?
The Royal Family released a photo meant to squash the rumours, but when it became obvious it had been photoshopped, the speculation just got worse.
Fake photos are everywhere, and there's a long history of people doctoring them, from photocopying to photoshopping, to straight up AI.
But is there a time coming where we won't be able to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake?
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For most politicians, the image of a stable marriage and a happy family is a crucial part of their pitch to voters. But in India, being single is a selling point: leaders want to show that they are dedicated only to their country. Narendra Modi's carefully crafted image of a bachelor was up-ended when it emerged that he had a wife who had been kept secret for decades.
Since this scandal broke, Modi's estranged wife has barely been seen or spoken to the media. In this episode, we're going to find her.
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Russia is in the midst of an election, but we already know Vladimir Putin will win. He always wins.
So why does Russia bother holding elections? What’s the point?
Putin learned a lesson many years ago about the illusion of democracy, and it’s one he has never forgotten.
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