'I fought the Taliban, now we have tea’: Maj Gen Cowan on landmines, aid and Ukraine
As global landmine casualties reach a four-year high, Venetia is joined by Major General James Cowan, former British Army commander in Iraq and Afghanistan and now CEO of The HALO Trust.He lays out wh...
10 Des 202541min
More Russia, less China and no Europe: Trump’s new security strategy unveiled
Donald Trump has detonated a political earthquake with a National Security Strategy that doesn’t just tweak America’s global role, it torches seven decades of US foreign policy. In a move that’s left ...
8 Des 202541min
Why can't Britain build a decent tank?
Ajax was meant to be the British Army’s modern embodiment of the mighty Greek warrior, strong, unbreakable, unstoppable. Instead, it’s become a national embarrassment. This week the Army suspended the...
5 Des 202550min
Terror insurgency or Christian genocide? Inside Nigeria’s security crisis
Nigeria is facing a security crisis. Extremist violence, mass kidnappings and deepening food insecurity has created what the UN has called the country’s worst emergency in a decade.Recent weeks have s...
3 Des 202531min
Europe is mobilising to face Russia. Is the UK falling behind?
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the return of military service in the country, 25 years after mandatory national service was phased out. And he's not alone, with the German parliament s...
1 Des 202537min
Inside Ukraine-Russia talks: Britain's Kissinger, Putin's enforcer and Trump's envoy
Donald Trump’s latest effort to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a week of diplomatic turmoil.And some of the most dramatic diplomatic twists and turns bear the finger prints of one man: Jonathan Powe...
28 Nov 202535min
Why cutting aid to buy bombs is making us less safe
With conflicts raging around the world, aid budgets are being slashed in favour of defence spending. But experts are warning that cutting aid may not just hurt the world’s most vulnerable, it could ma...
26 Nov 202531min
China bosses vanishing as Xi Jinping’s childhood traumas trigger Mao style purge
Xi Jinping is the most authoritarian and longest serving Chinese leader since Mao - and probably the most powerful man on earth. But what makes him tick, and what does is upbringing tell us about his ...
24 Nov 202533min
