Trump trial date, vacationing in a conflict zone and France's Muslim abaya ban
Trump gets a trial date – smack in the middle of the 2024 campaign. The tourists heading to Crimea for summer vacation despite the sound of rockets over the beach. A French ban on robes worn by Muslim...
29 Aug 202311min
China’s bankers take up cards, Wagner’s leaderless fighters and Spain’s isolated soccer chief
China’s bankers are learning to play a poker-like card game to woo domestic investors. Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is officially dead -- what next for his Wagner fighters? Plus, Spain wan...
28 Aug 202311min
Weekend episode: Jackson Hole and the Powell Rorschach test, Zambian rock returns and Europe reins in Big Tech
We check in on the state of the global economy at the annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole. Plus Europe's latest crackdown on Silicon Valley. And a Zamrock legend returns after 40 years. Visit th...
26 Aug 202311min
Trump’s mugshot, Wagner’s money and DeSantis tests the orchestra pit theory
Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia and posts his mugshot on X. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s lucrative legacy in Africa is up for grabs. The Christians living in fear after mob attacks in Pakistan. Plus, the U....
25 Aug 202312min
What now for Russia after Prigozhin? Plus, Trump in Georgia
The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash. Donald Trump says he will turn himself in to a jail in Georgia to face charges of e...
24 Aug 202311min
Thailand’s political drama, Zimbabwe election hopes and ‘General Armageddon’ removed
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been moved from prison to hospital, just hours after his return to the country from a 15-year exile. Cash-strapped Zimbabwe heads to the polls. ...
23 Aug 202312min
Fukushima's release, Prigozhin's video, Panama Canal gridlock and HRW's Saudi report
Japan said it would begin the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant this week. Human Rights Watch accuses Saudi border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian ...
22 Aug 202312min
Hilary hits California, Russia fails but moon race goes on and Ukraine dusts off old tanks
Tropical storm Hilary has lashed southern California with flash floods, prompting some to flee. Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years ended in failure. But the new space race is still on, with Indi...
21 Aug 202312min
