“Menendez may be exiting politics, but he’s hardly the last American that Doha has charmed.”

Natalie Ecanow exposes how Qatar is quietly expanding its influence across the West through funding of key political players to push its agenda. From the bribery scandal that landed U.S. Senator Robert Menendez behind bars, to Europe’s explosive “Qatargate” corruption case, the evidence is mounting. Are we paying enough attention? This could be happening closer to home than we would like to think.

“It would seem that the BBC, Britain’s state broadcaster, has forgotten that Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organization in the UK”

Following the alarming revelations surrounding the BBC’s recent documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, where Arabic was mistranslated to dilute the participant’s anti-Semitic sentiment and the leading boy was revealed to be an actor and son of a Hamas official, our team reports on the implications this has for Britain. Although the film has now been taken down following the public’s backlash, the BBC still deflects responsibility onto the independent production company it hired. Can the broadcaster still claim a commitment to unbiased reporting?

“Conflict was bound to brew after Lowe surpassed Farage as Elon Musk’s favoured leader of Reform.”

Connor Tomlinson reports on the latest internal conflict within the UK’s Reform party. The story follows the suspension of MP Rupert Lowe over allegations of bullying and threats against party chairman Zia Yusuf. Lowe denies these claims, suggesting his suspension stems from criticisms of Nigel Farage’s leadership and calls for internal reforms. This discord threatens to derail the party’s momentum and raises questions about its future direction.

Mike Pompeo is a former director of the CIA and was Secretary of State during President Trump’s first term in office. He joins Ayaan to talk about why the post-world war order is breaking down, the importance of American leadership on the world stage, and why the Muslim Brotherhood should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization.