The return of ISIS: A global threat we can't ignore?
After the deadly New Year's Day terrorist attack in New Orleans, just how worried should we be about ISIS? That is what Richard and Yalda examine on this week's episode of The World.From the frontline...
8 Jan 202535min
A kidnapping in Syria and a close call in Ukraine
In this special episode, Richard and Yalda recount their toughest moments while reporting on the road. For Richard, that was when he was kidnapped in 2012 for five days while in Syria reporting for NB...
1 Jan 202532min
Looking Back at 2024: A World in Turmoil
In this special episode, Richard and Yalda take a look back at the biggest world news stories of 2024.From reporting on the frontlines of Ukraine and Lebanon, to witnessing the election of Trump in Wa...
18 Des 202425min
Syria: Inside the fall of Assad
Richard and Yalda meet in rebel-held Damascus after the fall of one of the world’s most brutal dictators, Bashar al-Assad. With gunfire echoing across the Syrian capital, they ask what the future h...
11 Des 202448min
Former MI6 Chief Sir Alex Younger on Russia, Syria and Cyberwarfare
On this week’s episode of The World podcast, Yalda and Richard are joined by former MI6 'C' Sir Alex Younger who was head of the Service from 2014-20. He warns how Russian cyberthreats will be a "fe...
4 Des 202452min
Russian roulette?
As the death toll rises in Ukraine, what is the endgame for Putin and Zelenskyy? On this week’s episode of The World, Richard and Yalda discuss the possibility of World War III and dissect an alleged...
27 Nov 202435min
United States of Emergency? Rachel Maddow on her fears for the US under Trump
Millions interned in camps? Assassinations? Political imprisonments? That is what one of America's leading liberal commentators Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" - and also The W...
20 Nov 202456min
Peacemaker? Warmaker? Kingmaker? Trump 2.0 in the world
Donald Trump has already made it clear there will be a seismic shift in foreign policy when he is President. Will there be less funding for Ukraine? Where does Trump 2.0 leave the war in Gaza? What wi...
13 Nov 202431min
