Battle Lines
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Nov 25, 2023
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Battle Lines is The Telegraph’s foreign policy, geopolitics and global conflict podcast. It offers expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting everywhere from China and the United States to the Middle East and Europe.
Twice a week, veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you on-the-ground dispatches from the world’s most volatile regions and informed analysis from world-class experts.
Whether it’s the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Gaza conflict, Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific, tensions between India and Pakistan, or the civil war in Sudan, Battle Lines covers the world’s most critical flashpoints with depth and clarity.
When will China invade Taiwan? Can Trump bring peace to the Middle East? What should Europe do to help Ukraine beat Russia? Is Iran building a nuclear bomb? What is the point of NATO? Can the United Kingdom still defend itself?
Created by David Knowles, Battle Lines answers all these questions and more, bringing together the best of The Telegraph’s international, geopolitical, and conflict reporting in one place.
Plus, every Friday, the podcast delves into the seismic impact US President Donald Trump is having on the world - from peace talks to tariffs to migration policy.
Don’t forget to follow and leave a review to stay updated on the latest in global conflict and foreign affairs.
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Famine denials, dead journalists and disinformation: the war on truth in Israel
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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‘We can’t future-proof our defence, but we can be future-ready’
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Did Trump really stop six wars?
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Remembering WWII's 'forgotten army': VJ Day
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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What Ukrainians want from Trump and Putin's meeting
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Frenemy: why Australia can't live without China
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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How Putin, Xi and Trump sparked a new nuclear arms race
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Israel's growing isolation - and why it benefits Hamas
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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China’s military (3/3): Why, when and how it might invade Taiwan
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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China’s military (2/3): Its three major flaws and how Xi is trying to fix them
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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China's military (1/3): How it went from obsolete to world-class
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Why Gaza is starving, plus Thailand-Cambodia conflict explained
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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War with China: Inside Taiwan's biggest ever drills
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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'If it flies it dies': Why America's ever-evolving Patriot missiles are so popular
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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'Prepare for war with Russia by 2030': ex-army chief Gen Sir Patrick Sanders on Putin, Iran and troop cuts
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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You can't trust Putin or Trump': Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Ukraine, Russia and chemical weapons
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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How Israel has reshaped the Middle East + Dalai Lama takes on China
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Trump wants a new armada. Can America still build one?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Embed with UK's elite paratroopers on the Swedish island ready for war with Russia
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Chinese naval drills put Indo-Pacific on edge plus inside Gaza's 'killing fields'
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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How Trump took us to the brink of World War 3 and back again
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Inside Trump's Iran attack and why Tehran can still build a nuclear bomb
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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"A taste of their own medicine" - how Israel's neighbours look at its war with Iran
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Is Trump about to topple the Iran regime?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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The missile war: Iran's nuclear bunkers and Israeli air power
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The battle for LA: How Donald Trump's Californian crackdown could define his presidency
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Inside Hamas leader's secret Gaza tunnel & North Korea doubles nukes
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Can the UK afford to defend itself from Russia?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Britain put on war footing
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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'Trump is enthralled by Putin' & farewell Elon Musk
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May 30, 2025 |
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Gardening in war
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May 26, 2025 |
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Inside Trump’s new Star Wars program, plus HIMARS dispatch
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May 23, 2025 |
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Israel's new offensive to seize "all" of Gaza
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May 19, 2025 |
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Has Trump brought peace to the Middle East?
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May 16, 2025 |
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Who won India and Pakistan's four-day war?
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May 12, 2025 |
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Trump edition: How MAGA Catholics won the White House
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May 08, 2025 |
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‘Russia is now but China is the long-term threat’ - reporter roundtable
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May 05, 2025 |
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How Trump changed the world in 100 days
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May 02, 2025 |
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Record global rearmament plus India-Pakistan war fears
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Trump edition: Breaking the Pentagon
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Who would win a war in space?
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Trump edition: ‘This is Trump unleashed and unfiltered’
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Spies, terrorists and state collusion: Investigating The Troubles
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Will Trump attack Iran's nuclear sites?
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Trump edition: Blowing up the global economy to take on China
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Emily Thornberry: Trump's positives, sanctioning Israel and working with China
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Khartoum recaptured plus inside the Gaza ambulance attack
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Trump Edition: Why a third term is possible and the Chagos Islands deal
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Australia boosts anti-China defences, plus inside Myanmar's rebel mountains
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Trump edition: Annexing Greenland, Signal-gate and inside the battle for America’s foreign policy
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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How Erdogan broke Turkey's democracy
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Trump edition: The Canadians fighting back against annexation
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Why Israel has restarted the war with Hamas
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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US bombs Houthi leaders and South Sudan on brink of civil war
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Trump Edition: Annexing Canada, negotiating with Russia and containing China
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Exiled Crown Prince: ‘Iran is on the brink of a revolution’
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Nukes, drones and aircraft carriers - inside Iran's military buildup
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Trump edition: Why he hates Zelensky and loves Putin
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Six steps for Britain to survive in Trump's new world order
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Trump edition: 'Woke' Pentagon chiefs in firing line
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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What Britain learnt from the Ukraine war & Germany's east-west election divide
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Trump edition: America's embrace of Russia and how to end a war
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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500 days of war: what has Israel achieved?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Trump Edition: Can Europe defend itself without America?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Musk and Trump’s war on ‘Marxist’ foreign aid
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Trump Edition: US president unleashed on Gaza, tariffs and China
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Iran's underground missile city masks a regime 'on brink of collapse'
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Trump Edition: America's AI war with China & what his presidency means for Africa
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Hunting Assad's henchmen in Syria and Congo's war for blood minerals
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Trump Edition: American Emperor?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Trump's mission for Ukraine and Taiwan & fragile Israel-Gaza ceasefire 'holding'
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Gaza ceasefire: How Hamas and Israel's worst war changed history
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Syria’s new leader, Russia’s quick exit and chemical weapons
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The biggest threats to Western security in 2025
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Israel raids Gaza hospitals. Plus: inside a people-smuggling network
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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The art of the war memoir
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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The best war films of 2024
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Why the Aztecs lost the war with the Spanish
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Who was Napoleon's greatest general?
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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'I bought a drone and killed my boss - it was easy'
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Why the Taliban won in Afghanistan
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Inside Homs with Syria's White Helmets
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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A new dawn for Syria? Plus: Paul Conroy on reporting from Homs
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Inside Russia's secret Libyan airbase
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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How Syria’s rebels launched a surprise offensive to retake Aleppo
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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The view from Kharkiv's frontline. Plus: Sudan’s war
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal - is Gaza next?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Two women's stories behind the war in Gaza
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Why are foreign fighters joining Myanmar’s civil war?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Hezbollah's latest blow. Plus: Trump and China
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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What do Trump’s appointments tell us about his foreign policy agenda?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Why reporting the Lebanon war is harder than Iraq or Syria
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Trump's new world order
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Will Iran attack Israel again? Plus Beirut's community kitchen
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Will the US election spark a civil war?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Israel strikes Iran, plus inside Gaza's hospitals
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Putin's new world order
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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What next for Hamas after Sinwar's death
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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China's wargames, a royal trip to Sudan border
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Hezbollah drone attack, UNIFIL-Israel row, Russia and Iran deepen ties
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Israel expands offensive in Lebanon, is Israel nuclear?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Israel's Oasis of Peace one year later
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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October 7 one year on: Hostages' relative, ex-soldier and journalist reflect
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Iran strikes Israel as the IDF invade Lebanon
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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What next for Lebanon after Nasrallah assassination?
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Israel prepares for ground offensive in Lebanon
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Why Israel attacked Hezbollah and what will happen next in Lebanon
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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The world's forgotten war: Sudan
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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In memory of David Knowles, creator of Battle Lines
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Mass protests in Israel & what's behind the rise of the far-right in Germany
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Naval lessons from the Black Sea & how China’s enormous new invasion mothership rewrites the rules of war
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Israel's West Bank raid & Al Qaeda linked attack in Burkina Faso
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Ceasefire deal looms over the DNC, Taliban soldiers long for war
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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How does climate change lead to violence?
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Diplomatic efforts to avoid full-scale war in the Middle East, Ukraine's incursion into Russia
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Israel prepares for Iranian strikes, France’s view of Britain’s riots & political turmoil in Bangladesh
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders rock the Middle East amid anarchy in Israel & Venezuela's disputed election
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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How tyrants fall
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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The future of the Israel-Gaza war & the geopolitics of the Olympic Games
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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How close is the world to nuclear war?
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Political extremism in America, China's secret military base in Tajikistan
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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How to catch a Russian submarine
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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How will Labour govern, a look inside the NATO summit, shock French election
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Chaos in an unprecedented US presidential race & the West Bank's medical crisis
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Wikileaks' impact, China's crackdown in Tibet, Gaza update
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Could Iran be due for yet another revolution?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Fareed Zakaria: Are we entering a new age of revolution?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Israel hostage rescue, far-right gains in EU election, judges resign in Hong Kong
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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What D-Day means for the future of international security
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Labour's defence spending, devastating attacks in Rafah, South Africa goes to the polls
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May 31, 2024 |
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Anti-colonial riots in New Caledonia, humanitarian crisis in Sudan, oil rush in the South Pole
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May 24, 2024 |
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Assassination attempt on Slovakia's PM, Georgia protests controversial 'foreign agent' law
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May 17, 2024 |
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A war reporter reacts to the film 'Civil War'
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May 15, 2024 |
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Biden blocks weapons to Israel, the dire state of Iran's economy, war correspondent responds to Civil War film
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May 10, 2024 |
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Special report: What it’s like to be attacked by Beijing in the South China Sea, and why is China stockpiling gold?
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May 03, 2024 |
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"The Russians are definitely beatable, but it needs a coherent approach" : How to build an army in the 21st century
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May 01, 2024 |
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Will Israel invade Rafah and what's behind the protests in Georgia
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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The mood inside Iran as Israel plans retaliatory strike
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Could Iran's strike on Israel lead to full-scale war in the Middle East?
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Will Iran strike Israel, rebels winning war in Myanmar, NATO's Deputy Secretary General
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Blood, chaos and suffering: Six month anniversary of the Israel-Gaza war
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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China's hacking campaign exposed, the Baltic states prepare for war & Tensions rise between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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How would the EU react to a nuclear strike by Russia?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Famine in Gaza, Mongolia's valuable resources, Hong Kong's controversial new law
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The war on Ecuador's gangs, famine in Sudan, captivity in Hamas' tunnels
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Trump dominates Super Tuesday, Ramadan during war, chaos in Haiti
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Israel ceasefire & a mother's dilemma over fleeing Gaza
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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The Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Invasion of Rafah, US push for ceasefire & two years of war in Ukraine
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Pakistan's political turmoil & US plan for a Palestinian state
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Inside the 'Oasis of Peace' in Israel
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Israel rejects ceasefire, how Iranian drones changed warfare, and what's going wrong for China's economy
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Israel wants security buffer zone in Gaza, Thai farmer taken hostage by Hamas, complexities of civil war in Sudan
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Army chief says public face call-up if UK goes to war with Russia & hostage families protest in Israel
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Iran & Pakistan trade airstrikes, Myanmar's civil war & who are the Houthis?
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Blow to Beijing as Taiwan chooses candidate Xi fears the most
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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UK & US strike Houthi positions in Red Sea barrage and Ecuador in state of emergency after drug boss’s prison break
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Drones, missiles and warships: the battle for the Red Sea
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Israel continues Gaza assault, confrontation in the Red Sea & Taiwan goes to the polls
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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'The children ask me, Santa, are you coming, despite the war?'
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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'Christmas is officially cancelled in Bethlehem'
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Israel attacks Khan Younis in the south & a dispatch from Gaza
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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'A nightmare I hope we can wake up from': A journalist from Gaza speaks out
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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'I want my baby back. I want my son back': Reflecting on a week of hostage releases
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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‘If the Middle East sneezes, Europe catches a cold': Interview with Lebanon's Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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'Torn between hope and fear': Israel's desperate families wait to hear if their loved ones are alive
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Testimony of an October 7th survivor: ‘I knew at any second they might kill me’
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Israel hunts for Hamas while Gaza's hospitals collapse
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Israel 'cuts Gaza in two', disagreements with the UN & Gaza's hospitals on the brink
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Urban warfare, the Merkava tank and taking the battle underground
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Israeli troops push deep into Gaza & investigating Hamas' property portfolio
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the economic impact of the war in Israel and Gaza
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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'Gazans are living through a bombardment like they've never experienced before'
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Watching unedited footage of Hamas atrocities, on the ground in the West Bank, and China's wave of anti-semitism
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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"The smell of bodies hangs in the air" - reporting on the ground in Israel
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Oct 20, 2023 |