Deep Dive

Last week, more than 70,000 migrants stormed into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on the North African coast, almost doubling the population of the city in 48 hours. More than 80 people died. Ceuta was overwhelmed: shops shut, residents barricaded themselves indoors and unaccompanied children slept rough on the streets as the city's only migrant reception centre filled within hours.Despite most having returned to Morocco, the crisis has left many questions unanswered: what triggered the mass crossing? Why did the border fail so spectacularly? And can Spain's left-wing government stop it happening again?The Mail on Sunday's chief reporter Ian Gallagher has been in Ceuta, gathering the stories of those who made the crossing. On this special episode of Deep Dive, he sits down with senior foreign news reporter Eliana Silver to piece together how the crisis unfolded and ask what happens next.Host: Eliana SilverProducer: John RogersExecutive 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

After a World Cup mired in scandal, Gianni Infantino sparked an all-out revolt against his FIFA presidency with a proposal to sell a $4.2 billion stake in the World Cup's commercial rights to a venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner - brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared.Just three days after the plan was announced, it was scrapped. But football hasn't forgotten. The leaders of the game's biggest governing bodies - UEFA, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation - have reportedly formed an alliance to force the FIFA president out.On this week's Deep Dive, host Henry Williams and Football News Reporter Bobby Manzi ask whether one of the most reviled men in the game has finally run out of road.Host: Henry WilliamsProducer: Sally McLennanEditor: Alex GrahamExecutive 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

Unprecedented wildfires four times the area of Paris have ravaged southwestern France, forcing over 260,000 residents to evacuate their homes. The inferno is fast closing in on Bordeaux, France's wine-making capital - an area nearly a million people call home.On this week's episode of Deep Dive, Chief Foreign Correspondent Andy Jehring is joined by senior reporter James Fielding, who's been in Bordeaux since the fires broke out. With yet another heatwave forecast this week, they discuss whether the worst is yet to come, and how local people are handling the devastating loss of property and risk to life.Host: Andy JehringProducer: Sally McLennanEditor: Artemis IrvineExecutive 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

Andy Burnham - the 'King of the North' - has finally become Prime Minister, Britain's seventh in just a decade. In his first speech as PM, the former Greater Manchester mayor promised his government would be a 'circuit breaker', a departure from years of political chaos and economic decline.Yet Burnham governs without a mandate, an anxious bond market is breathing down his neck, and his Cabinet is full of familiar faces. He's vowing to make big political changes, but his policy platform - reindustrialisation and devolution - harks back to the 1970s.Our Political Editor James Tapsfield has been in Westminster to witness Burnham's coronation. In this episode of Deep Dive, Tapsfield sits down with columnist and host Robert Hardman to break down everything we've learned so far from our new Prime Minister's first week in the job.Host: Robert HardmanProducer: Sally McLennanEditor: Alex GrahamExecutive Producer: Joseph 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

Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton and triggered a by-election in his own constituency; a dramatic gamble designed to get ahead of a parliamentary standards inquiry into his failure to declare a £5 million personal gift from a crypto billionaire and the undisclosed use of a townhouse near Buckingham Palace rented by close ally, and convicted felon, George Cottrell. The Reform leader says he's the target of a hostile establishment trying to destroy him; his critics call it a desperate stunt.On this week's episode of Deep Dive, the Mail's Robert Hardman sat down with political editor James Tapsfield to unpack the donations row, the case for and against Farage's anti-establishment brand, and whether his gamble will pay of - or simply hand Count Binface his greatest moment. Host: Robert HardmanProducer: Artemis IrvineEditor: Alex GrahamExecutive Producers: Bella Soames and Joseph Palmer

This week, we unpick the government’s long-awaitied Defence Investment Plan (DIP) and ask very simply: is it enough?Joining Chris Pleasance for a deep dive into the document is the Daily Mail’s Defence Editor Mark Nicol, who’s been pouring over the details since Keir Starmer unveiled it on Tuesday.Read Mark's reporting here: https://www.dailymail.com/profile-881/mark-nicol.htmlHost: Chris PleasanceProducer: Artemis IrvineExecutive Producer: Bella Soames & Joseph Luke Palmer

David Beckham was handed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this month, flanked by Victoria, Tom Cruise and three of his four children. The fourth, Brooklyn, was nowhere to be seen. Six months on from the explosive Instagram statement that tore the lid off the family's private war, the rift is only getting messier, with a "choreographed" doorstep visit from sister Harper and a reported £750,000 DoorDash advert that pokes fun at Brooklyn's own estrangement. Daily Mail Showbusiness Editor Katie Hind joins Jamie East on Deep Dive to unpack the latest chapter in Britain's unofficial Royal Family saga and ask where it goes from here. Host: Jamie East Guest: Katie HindEditor: Alex Graham Executive Producer: Bella Soames

After American and Israeli airstrikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February, many wondered whether Iran's theocratic regime was finally facing collapse. That came after tens of thousands of protesters had died earlier in the year rising up against the regime. But four months later, the US has signed an interim peace deal extending the ceasefire between the two countries. That deal has drawn criticism from Donald Trump's Republican Party and Reza Pahlavi - the son of the last Shah who the ayatollahs deposed in order to take power, forcing him into exile for the last 46 years.In this episode, the Mail's Middle East correspondent Natalie Lisbona sits down with Mr. Pahlavi to discuss what the deal means for ordinary Iranians. Pahlavi argues the regime cannot be reformed, only replaced, and warns that rewarding it with sanctions relief and billions in unfrozen funds provides a financial lifeline that will simply fuel its proxies abroad while executions and repression continue at home.Host: Natalie LisbonaEditor: Alex GrahamExecutive Producer: Bella Soames