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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 …
1 year, 4 months ago
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 arr…
1 year, 4 months ago
The art of the war memoir
On another special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests look at the war memoir. How have war memoirs shaped our understanding of wars?…
1 year, 4 months ago
The best war films of 2024
On this special end of year episode, Roland Oliphant is joined by The Telegraph's Chief Film Critic Robbie Collin to look back at the best war films …
1 year, 4 months ago
Why the Aztecs lost the war with the Spanish
In another special episode looking back at history, Venetia Rainey talks with the author of ‘Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs’, a book that cam…
1 year, 4 months ago
Who was Napoleon's greatest general?
On this special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests tackle the late David Knowles’ favourite conversational gambit: Who is your favou…
1 year, 5 months ago
'I bought a drone and killed my boss - it was easy'
As mysterious drone sightings near US military bases continue to unsettle anxious citizens, we look into what a new drone age means for the future of…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why the Taliban won in Afghanistan
In the first episode of our special holiday series taking a left-field look at conflict and war, we hear personal stories from two countries that hav…
1 year, 5 months ago
Inside Homs with Syria's White Helmets
On today’s episode we speak to Farouq Habib from Syria’s White Helmets about returning to his home city of Homs for the first time in over a decade. …
1 year, 5 months ago
A new dawn for Syria? Plus: Paul Conroy on reporting from Homs
Within the space of 10 days, opposition forces have toppled the Assad regime, ending five decades of the family’s authoritarian rule. In the streets …
1 year, 5 months ago