Why James Talarico could go all the way to the White House
A blue tsunami annihilated Donald Trump’s Republican party in the US midterm elections – and one candidate rode the wave higher than anyone....
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Why interest rates have gone up
The Governor of the Bank of England blamed Donald Trump's war with Iran for the first rise in interest rates in more than three years. They...
Why can’t we name the celeb who lost his High Court injunction bid?
An anonymous celebrity asked the High Court to permanently prevent two news organisations from publishing his identity, amid claims of sexua...
Why can’t Britain build warships on time?
The Ministry of Defence has committed billions of pounds to building a new generation of warships. But there's a problem. Older vessels are...
Why a trip to Hull and back took 28 years
In October 1998, Karl Bushby left his mum’s house in Humberside to fly to the southern tip of South America. The journey home would take him...
Why King Charles can't apologize for Britain benefitting from slavery
The King is in the Caribbean, and, so far, he's faced hardly any protests from people campaigning for reparations for transatlantic slavery....
Why your council tax band dates back to 1991
Prime Minister Andy Burnham joked on TikTok that demand from people trying to find out their council tax band crashed the government website...
Israel’s ‘AI Election’
The World and This Is Why join forces for a special episode on Israel's election - a contest that could have significant consequences for th...
Why leaving Spurs won Harry Kane the Ballon d'Or
Aged eight, Harry Kane risked being written off when he was released by Arsenal. But Kane persisted, and he was taken on by Tottenham Hotspu...
Why Melania's ceasefire will be a lifeline for besieged Ukrainians in Oleshky
People are surviving on plants, have no power and hardly any water in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city occupied by Russia since the first days of t...
Why is Sally Rooney pulling her books from shops in the UK?
There's been a rush to buy Sally Rooney's books after she said she can no longer sell them in the UK. Rooney, known for best-selling novels...
Why web attacks show we’re all vulnerable
PHP. The three little letters few people realised were so vital for most of the websites in the world. But a vulnerability in a piece of pro...
Why do we need new North Sea gas?
Winter is coming. So, a decision to finally allow drilling at the controversial Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea should be welcome. Well,...
Why Putin and Xi want to control the Arctic
Europe’s leaders are joining the fight for the Far North – but is it already too late? The European Union has announced a new security strat...
Why France protests are spreading across Europe
Violent clashes, burning buildings, widespread looting and thousands of arrests. Even for France, the scale of the current protests across t...
Why didn’t Trump trust Katie Zacharia?
Surely, the first rule of being a press secretary is never to be the story. But it took Donald Trump's newest spokesperson just 14 minutes t...
Why now? Burnham’s Brexit backtrack explained
Remember when Brexit meant Brexit? Well, a decade on from the referendum to leave the European Union, Andy Burnham thinks now is the right t...
Why tiger death won’t stop zoo visits
Donald Trump decided to mark the death of a man mauled by a tiger in a Yorkshire zoo by posting an AI-generated video of himself wrestling w...
Why Ukrainians are angry with Trump’s Russian diesel deal
Donald Trump just loves a long-running feud, and in recent days he’s returned to an old favourite. America’s mudslinger-in-chief is calling...
Russell Brand: On Trial – A New Podcast
In today’s episode of This Is Why, we’re introducing our new podcast – Russell Brand: On Trial Listen to Russell Brand: On Trial on your pod...