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When Donald Trump flew out of the NATO summit in Türkiye last month, he switched from the newly renovated, Qatari-donated jet to an older Air Force One, telling reporters it was 'for old time's sake.'
But new details about the swap reveal that a credible threat from Iran prompted the president to then be secretly whisked off the old plane, into a catering container and transferred to another aircraft, leaving the press pack and some of his top officials behind.
Today, Washington Post White House reporter Dan Diamond on the ruse.
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Dan Diamond, White House reporter for The Washington Post

After its latest meeting, the Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold.
But should we get used to rates being higher than we've become used to in recent history?
Today, ABC finance expert Alan Kohler on what to expect in the months ahead and why the real housing price slump has only just begun.
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Alan Kohler, ABC finance presenter and columnist

For years, Anthony Albanese has stood firm on how far he’s willing to go on gambling reform.  
But after former NRL player-turned-influencer Luke Bateman delivered compelling testimony on his years as a problem gambler to a senate inquiry last week, the Prime Minister now looks ready to go further.  
Today, chief digital political correspondent Clare Armstrong on what changed and how Bateman’s testimony helped convinced him. 
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Clare Armstrong is the ABC's chief digital political correspondent

It’s one of the strangest showdowns in political history: a man dressed as a bin taking on a populist right-wing leader. 
But this week, British voters in the seaside electorate of Clacton will decide between Count Binface or Reform's Nigel Farage. 
Today, Jemma Forte, co-host of the Trawl podcast on Nigel Farage’s controversial decision to resign and spark a by-election, and why a win for the bin can’t be ruled out.
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Jemma Forte, UK politics commentator and co-host of The Trawl podcast.

It’s been dubbed the 'Mamdani effect': support for democratic socialists has been surging since Zoran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York last year.  
Now another progressive, Abdul El-Sayed, has defeated a moderate to win Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. 
Today, Geoff Kabaservice from the centre-right think tank, the Niskanen Center, on what this shift means for the Democratic Party, and whether the party’s leftward momentum poses a threat to Donald Trump and the Republicans. 
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Geoff Kabaservice, Vice President for political studies at the Niskanen Centre