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Democrats have stormed to victory in the US midterms, flipping seven Senate seats and seizing control of both the House and the Senate. Republican strongholds like Texas, Kansas and South Carolina fell one after another, as Trump’s MAGA allies were swept away.Kayla Brantley is joined by the Daily Mail’s White House Correspondent Jon Michael Raasch to unpack what he calls an ‘annihilation’ for the Republican Party – and what comes next for the President.Will Trump accept his new status as a lame duck? What could the Democrats have in store for the Commander-in-Chief and his allies? And is MAGA dead?Host: Kayla BrantleyProducer: William ColledgeExecutive Producer: Joseph Luke PalmerFollow the work of the Daily Mail's award-winning Deep Dive team by clicking here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/deep-dive/index.html

This episode discusses allegations involving child sexual abuse, which some listeners may find distressing.The Daily Mail has reported the Duchess of Sussex’s father, Thomas Markle Senior, to the FBI. It follows the paper’s discovery of a stash of child pornography in an abandoned storage unit three miles from his former home in Rosarito, Mexico. Mr Markle denies the unit is his, and no charges have been brought.Meanwhile, in the Philippines, police in Cebu have been granted a warrant to examine the devices inside four boxes handed over by his son, Thomas Junior, which are alleged to contain child sexual abuse material.On this episode of Deep Dive, Senior Features Writer Guy Adams, just back from Cebu, brings host Chris Pleasance up to date on what the Daily Mail found in Mexico, why the Markles may have moved to the Philippines in the first place, and where the two investigations could go next.Host: Chris PleasanceProducer: William ColledgeExecutive Producer: Joseph Luke PalmerRead Guy's report from Cebu here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249621/Seedy-truth-Thomas-Markle-Srs-fresh-start-Philippines.htmlAnd the Mail's Mexico exclusive here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249247/Thomas-markle-sr-allegations-storage-unit-device-search.htmlFollow the work of the Daily Mail's award-winning Deep Dive team by clicking here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/deep-dive/index.html

This episode discusses allegations involving child sexual abuse, which some listeners may find distressing.Last week, police in the Philippines confirmed they are investigating Thomas Markle Sr, the 82-year-old father of the Duchess of Sussex, over allegations he possessed child sexual abuse material. He strenuously denies the allegations.On this episode of Deep Dive, Senior Features Writer Guy Adams joins host Chris Pleasance to unpick what exactly police are investigating, what Scotland Yard did, and didn’t do, with an accusatory letter about Mr Markle it received in 2019, and who’s who among Meghan’s estranged family.Host: Chris PleasanceProducer: William ColledgeExecutive Producer: Joseph Luke PalmerRead Guy's Thomas Markle feature here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16238013/Thomas-Markle-alcoholic-ex-wife-wayward-son-royal-scandal-GUY-ADAMS.html?ico=authors_pagination_desktopFollow the work of the Daily Mail's award-winning Deep Dive team by clicking here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/deep-dive/index.html

Next Wednesday, Chancellor John Healey will lay out the first Budget of Andy Burnham’s premiership.Last month, in his first conference speech as Prime Minister, Burnham promised the Labour party faithful ‘a new social contract for the 21st century’: greater public control of water and energy, a National Care Service and more council homes. Although he was careful to say his plans for Britain stretch across multiple Parliaments, next week his Chancellor has to pay for the first step towards that vision - with the nation’s finances under serious strain.Inflation is higher than in France or Germany, borrowing is £8.1 billion above forecast for the first five months of the year, and national debt is close to 95% of GDP. The 30-year gilt yield, the same bond market measure that brought down Liz Truss, briefly topped 6%, its highest level since the late 1990s.So, with financial markets breathing down Healey’s neck, what can we actually expect? Tax and spend? Steady as she goes? Or something totally unexpected? And what can you do to protect your hard-earned cash? On this special episode of Deep Dive, This Is Money’s Simon Lambert is joined by Political Editor James Tapsfield, fresh from Prime Minister’s Questions, to speculate.Host: Simon LambertProducer: William ColledgeExecutive Producer: Joseph Luke PalmerFollow the work of the Daily Mail's award-winning Deep Dive team by clicking here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/deep-dive/index.htmlWant to beat the Burnham Budget? Simon Lambert reveals how to protect your money in our subscriber-only newsletter series. Click here to sign up

Donald Trump caught the world’s press by surprise last week, announcing a shock diesel deal with Russia after a phone call with Vladimir Putin meant to be about a suspected plague outbreak in Siberia.In a Truth Social post, the President promised that 300,000 tonnes of highly coveted diesel would immediately enter global markets, with a further 4.5 million mooted for release in time.Reaction to the deal at home and abroad has been far from enthusiastic. Six senators, four of them Republicans, demanded it be immediately reversed. Volodymyr Zelenskyy branded it a ‘weak decision’, and in the Mail on Sunday, Trump admirer Boris Johnson described the President’s behaviour as ‘sickening’.With the backlash still coming thick and fast, we ask: is the deal worth it? Will cheaper diesel actually help Republicans at the ballot box? And how do Ukrainians feel about their biggest backer bankrolling their enemy?To answer these questions, Chris Pleasance is joined by Chief Foreign Correspondent Andy Jehring, just back in London from Ukraine, and White House Correspondent Jon Michael Raasch.Host: Chris PleasanceProducer: William ColledgeExecutive Producer: Joseph Luke PalmerFollow the work of the Daily Mail's award-winning Deep Dive team by clicking here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/deep-dive/index.html

In 2017, reports emerged that Britain’s Special Air Service - the country’s most celebrated regiment - was being investigated over allegations that its soldiers had executed scores of captives in Afghanistan. These accusations led to a damaging shift in perceptions of the armed forces, with soldiers widely castigated as war criminals.But Daily Mail Defence Editor Mark Nicol argues these reports misrepresented the reality of operations in Afghanistan, and the impossible position the SAS was put in.His new book, Blades: The Untold Story of SAS Operations in Afghanistan, lifts the lid on what really happened and details why he believes Britain’s most elite soldiers were failed by their government.Mark joins host Chris Pleasance to reveal what he’s uncovered, and the troubling questions his investigation raises about the state of Britain’s armed forces.Host: Chris PleasanceProducer: William ColledgeExecutive Producer: Joseph Luke PalmerFollow the work of the Daily Mail's award-winning Deep Dive team by clicking here: https://www.dailymail.com/news/deep-dive/index.html