Five Americans are expected to be freed today in a swap deal with Iran. The disappearance of China's defence minister is the latest in a string of upheavals in the country's top ranks. What does it all mean for President Xi Jinping's rule? Russia goes head to head with Ukraine at the U.N.'s highest court. Plus, desperate homeowners in China resort to despera ... Show More
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Hormuz, Lebanon, Giuliani and the Met Gala
President Donald Trump says the United States will start helping to free ships stranded in the Gulf by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. A tense ceasefire with Israel frays in Lebanon. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized. Plus, the fashion world gears up fo ... Show More
12m 35s
May 2
U.S. troop withdrawal, EU auto tariffs, Spirit collapses and Banksy
The Pentagon says its pulling 5,000 troops from Germany, while the White House is fast-tracking $8.6 billion in weapons sales to Israel and Middle East allies, bypassing Congress. U.S. President Donald Trump is raising tariffs on EU cars and trucks to 25%. Al Qaeda-linked insurge ... Show More
12m 33s
Aug 2022
Ukraine's counteroffensive, China's economic meltdown and the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling assesses Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy against Russia. David Rennie, The Economist's Bejing Bureau Chief, discusses China's slow growing economy and whether it poses any risk to Xi Jinping. Then, will Iran accept a revived nuclear deal ... Show More
40m 18s
Oct 2023
China rebukes Russia over last week's missile attack & live from Eastern Ukraine
Day 592. Today, we hear how China has rebuked Russia for the killing of 52 civilians last week and we go live to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.Colin Freeman (Foreign Correspondent ... Show More
54m 38s
Oct 2022
Will Putin use nukes in Ukraine? Could Iran’s protestors do real damage to the regime?
Fareed sits down with retired US Army Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to discuss Ukraine's recent successes in the war and whether Putin might respond with nuclear weapons. And, as protests for revolution in Iran continue, Fareed speaks to Ira ... Show More
41m 4s
Feb 2024
Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the dark side of El Salvador's dramatic transformation; the disturbing rise in antisemitism since October 7th; Indonesia's stunning election
This week on the show, as the war in Ukraine marks two years since Russia's invasion, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski joins Fareed to discuss Donald Trump’s comments about letting Russia “do whatever the hell they want” with NATO countries that don’t “pay [their] own bills ... Show More
34m 20s