In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
First—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, and the rest of the 22-member Arab League have signed a formal declaration condemning Hamas’s barbaric 7 October massacre, calling on the terror group to disarm, surrender control of Gaza, and release the remaining Israeli hostages. We’ll have the details.
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August 25th, 2025: Nuclear Power Plant Struck Inside Russia & U.S. Jets Intercept Russian Spy Planes Near Alaska
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of crossing a dangerous line with a drone strike on a Russian nuclear power plant, sparking a fire and escalating concerns over the war’s trajectory. The United Nations declares famine in Gaza for the fir ... Show More
25m 7s
Aug 22
PDB Afternoon Bulletin | August 22nd, 2025: Russia Strikes An American Target In Ukraine & FBI Raids John Bolton
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Russia unleashes one of its largest aerial assaults of the war, with missiles and drones pounding Ukraine. Among the targets: an American-owned electronics factory in the country’s far west. Later, the FBI raids the Maryland home of ... Show More
15m 44s
Aug 18
Trump says Zelensky can end Russia war 'if he wants to'
Three days after President Trump's meeting in Alaska with President Putin, he's due to see President Zelensky in Washington. But this time, the Ukrainian leader will be getting back-up from his heavyweight European allies, who'll also be seeing Mr Trump. We gauge the mood in Russ ... Show More
28m 57s
Mar 2025
Signal scandal: The US and its shifting alliances
This week, Mark Leonard joins forces with Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s director of research and US programme director, to unpick two momentous geopolitical disruptions. First, a stunning scandal emerged from a Signal group chat, where senior US officials—including the vice president, s ... Show More
14m 21s
Aug 15
What Hangs in the Balance of Trump's Meeting With Putin
Today, President Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, are meeting on U.S. soil for the first time, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the wide range of possi ... Show More
27m 3s