'The Wild West': Trump rips up the rule book
Two weeks after his inauguration, Yalda and Richard assess the impact of the US president's assault on the old world order and the implications for America's friends and foes alike. They discuss his "...
29 Jan 202543min
President Trump: "Peacemaker"?
Donald Trump returns to the White House vowing that his success will be judged by "the battles that we win but also by the wars that we end". Yalda in Washington DC and Richard fresh back from Jerusal...
22 Jan 202528min
Peace at last in the Middle East?
After 15 months of bloodshed, have Israel and Hamas finally reached a lasting ceasefire?Richard in Jerusalem gauges the reaction of Israelis and Palestinians, while Yalda reports from Doha where the t...
16 Jan 202530min
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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202452min
