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I'm Edvazian. We're going to be unpacking the politics of the day and the stuff that's even more important than politics with me today are two of the finest minds from the Times and the Sunday Times. They are of course Michael Binion,

welcome to the show. Thank you. And Cindy, you, welcome to the show. Thank you. Michael, you

hosted your first ever radio show while all of us were off on holiday. How did it go? It went all right. I mean,

I managed to avoid some dreadful gaff. We had some slight hiccup when on a line to Jerusalem.

I asked a question, fine first answer. I asked a second question, silence, absolutely nothing.

So all about recognising Palestine. And I thought, what are you now? You know, the guys just disappeared. And so luckily, there was somebody else in the studio. So I said, and so, Ben, what do you think about Palestine? Our transport correspondent, he was very good talking about it. So we managed to get over the hitch. Excellent. Cindy, when are you going to host a radio show? Ooh, I don't know. Do you want me to take your show?

Yeah, I think you could fit in a few Fridays when I'm away, gallivanting somewhere.

Do I get paid extra for it? That's the new.

Yeah, I'm going to go to China in November. Maybe you could host it then.

That's exciting. What are you doing in China?

You could call me in. I'm going to the Hainan Intellectual Property Conference. It's a bit flash, isn't it? Yes, that is. It's a long way to go. Weather will be nice, I think. I'll tell you where it is even further to go. It's Alaska, depending which way you travel. It's eight hours until talks begin in Anchorage, the highly anticipated summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

So it kicks off really 8 o'clock British time in the evening.

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