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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…
2 months, 3 weeks 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…
2 months, 3 weeks 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…
2 months, 4 weeks 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months ago
Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme
Two years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian penal colony. There was an outcry and many suspected foul play, but nothin…
3 months, 1 week ago
North Korea 'names' 13-year-old nuclear heiress & inside Europe’s race to rearm
North Korea’s dynasty dictatorship has taken on a new leather clad, second-in-command. Reports from South Korea have suggested that Kim Jong Un’s dau…
3 months, 1 week ago
Vance’s ‘Enemy Within’: How the US shocked Europe into rearmament
A year ago, JD Vance gave an explosive speech at the Munich Security Conference. It marked a fundamental shift in the relationship between the US and…
3 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s 9 million death gamble: One year since he axed USAID
Nearly a year after Donald Trump shuttered USAID, the world is still reckoning with the consequences. But what really happened next?
Venetia Rainey ex…
3 months, 2 weeks ago