Trump Edition: America's AI war with China & what his presidency means for Africa
US President Donald Trump has called Chinese AI company DeepSeek a "wake up call" - and he's right. As shock waves continue to reverberate through the US tech industry, The Telegraph’s AI and cybersec...
31 Jan 202540min
Hunting Assad's henchmen in Syria and Congo's war for blood minerals
New Middle East correspondent Henry Bodkin talks to Venetia Rainey about his recent trip to Syria where he went out on the road with ruling party Hayat Tahrir al-Sham looking for former Assad regime l...
27 Jan 202537min
Trump Edition: American Emperor?
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, the world braces for what comes next. Every Friday, Battle Lines will turn its focus to the US and look at how Trump’s foreign policy decisions are reshapin...
24 Jan 202545min
Trump's mission for Ukraine and Taiwan & fragile Israel-Gaza ceasefire 'holding'
As the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal comes into effect, we speak with Jotam Confino to hear why he thinks the deal is unlikely to hold and why Israelis are angry with Netanyahu’s government. We also hea...
20 Jan 202541min
Gaza ceasefire: How Hamas and Israel's worst war changed history
Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey discuss the Gaza ceasefire, how the deal happened and what it means for Israel, Hamas, and the world. Plus: reactions from Ruwaida Amer on the ground in Gaza and fro...
17 Jan 202537min
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Syria’s new leader, Russia’s quick exit and chemical weapons
The former British Army colonel and chemical weapons expert tells Venetia Rainey about his recent trip to Syria, his optimism about the country’s future, and the efforts to find the evidence of Assad’...
13 Jan 202542min
The biggest threats to Western security in 2025
With no end in sight to conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and many more places, 2025 promises to be at least as tumultuous as last year. So what is the biggest threat to security for Britain,...
10 Jan 202521min
Israel raids Gaza hospitals. Plus: inside a people-smuggling network
In late December Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, forcibly evacuating its wards of patients and medical staff and arresting the hospital’s prominent director, Dr. Hussa...
6 Jan 202532min
