Podcast Episodes

Shock and awe but no regime change: one week of Trump’s Iran war

It’s the seventh day of the US-Israeli war with Iran and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said America is about to dramatically increase the amount …

4 weeks ago

How the Iran war was years in the planning

On the sixth day of the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Strait of Hormuz is remains effectively closed to shipping, despite the US Navy crippling Iran’…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Is Europe being dragged into Trump’s Iran war?

In the wake of an attack on a British military base in Cyprus, the UK has said it will send an extra warship to the region. Does this make Britain mi…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

US obliterates Iranian navy, exclusive Trump chat & voices from inside Tehran

Battle Lines is now Iran: The Latest! Roland and Venetia are going to be covering the new conflict every day for the weeks to come, bringing you the …

1 month ago

Iran bombs entire Middle East after Ayatollah Khamenei assassinated by Israel and US

Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in an Israeli and US strike on Saturday morning, kicking off a major war that has since expanded to the e…

1 month ago

Trump attacks Iran with 'major combat operations' to oust regime - what next?

The US and Israel have launched what President Donald Trump has described as "major combat operations" to try to bring about the end of the Iranian r…

1 month ago

Cuba 'very close' to regime change: John Bolton on Trump, Venezuela and Iran

For sixty years Washington and Havana have been having a geopolitical tango fuelled by obsession and ideology. The island nation of Cuba has been a s…

1 month, 1 week ago

Drugs, HIV and gangs: the Pacific island paradise hit by a triple epidemic

Drugs and gangs have created an explosion in HIV cases in Fiji.

This week on Battle Lines: Global Health Security, Arthur Scott-Geddes is joined by Sa…

1 month, 1 week ago

The 'super secret' Chagos island airbase at heart of Trump-Starmer row

The British Indian Ocean Territory, AKA the Chagos Islands is home to the American super-base of Diego Garcia. Located on the largest island in the a…

1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s Iran plan: 'kick the door in' and hit the regime where it hurts

The drumbeat of war in the Middle East is getting louder - and once again it’s Iran in America’s crosshairs.

A second round of talks over Iran’s alleg…

1 month, 2 weeks ago