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Back to Search1.5 degrees warming coming soon?
Episode 181
There has been a lot of talk this week about how the world may nose its way across the 1.5ºC line soon. It's been held up as a major landmark for so long - and generally with menaces attached. So is …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Donald Trump could be president in 2025
Episode 180
Trump's Town Hall on CNN gave him his very best day of his 2024 election campaign, by far. How did it happen at all? And how much does it really change the equation for the next election, and indeed …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Nobody tried to kill Putin
Episode 179
A drone attack hits the Kremlin building. Once again, the world is left wondering "who dunnit?". Was it a false flag attack by a Russian leadership determined to drive a wedge between Ukraine and its…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
The REAL reason Xi Jinping called Zelensky
Episode 178
He's spoken to Vladimir Putin five times since the war started - but this was the first time he picked up the phone to Ukraine's Volodymir Zelensky. What does the call say about China's intended role…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Poverty vs Climate Change - The World Bank's Dilemma
Episode 177
During the last week, a major summit that was supposed to advance climate onto the World Bank agenda hit an impasse. Meanwhile, China is rapidly gaining as the alternative lender to developing countr…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
The dismal truth revealed by the US intel leak
Episode 176
A hugely significant leak of US intelligence has dominated the week ... and it's one unlike any that came before it. But what's really interesting, is what it says about the rapidly changing place of…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Trump Indictment - America Gambles Bigly
Episode 175
Some reflections on the week that saw former president Donald Trump appearing in criminal court for the first - but surely not the last - time. Is this a shrewd political game? Or crass stupidity pus…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
China makes its move on Ukraine
Episode 174
China’s Xi Jinping to visit Putin in Moscow as China outflanks the US on the world stage. Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse – is the world economic system teetering on the edge of major meltdown? An…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Nordstream sabotage - now it's getting weird
Episode 173
Suggestions come from US intelligence that a pro-Ukraine group was responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. We learn that the UK government had an undisclosed position to reject the lab l…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
UK Covid lockdown mistakes revealed
Episode 172
It’s retro news week, apparently. A massive leak of whatsapp text messages from the heart of government shows the unedifying reality of the UK’s response to Covid. The US energy department declares t…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago