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Introducing... The Wargame
A bunker. A scenario. A group of former senior ministers, military chiefs and other experts. Russia knows our weaknesses – but do you?
Sky News' security and defence editor Deborah Haynes presents…
Published on 4 months ago
Has Ukraine proved Trump wrong?
This week, Richard and Yalda talk about ‘Operation Spiderweb' - the Ukrainian drone attack that is being described by some analysts as 'Russia's Pearl Harbor'.
How did Ukraine pull this unprecedented…
Published on 4 months ago
Could a ceasefire deal in Gaza be close?
As international criticism of Israel’s latest military offensive in Gaza mounts, Richard and Yalda ask how likely a ceasefire is in the coming weeks.
Also, one of Richard’s contacts tells him how Is…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Former spy chief on Gaza, China, and cyberwarfare
Former GCHQ director Sir Jeremy Fleming joins Richard and Yalda for a wide-ranging conversation covering the war in Gaza, Donald Trump’s foreign policy, the threat of China and the dangers of AI.
What…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
'A Golden Age of the Middle East'? Trump visits the Gulf
This week, Yalda is in Riyadh and Richard is back in Tehran as they discuss President Trump's trip to the Gulf states.
He hails a "Golden Age of the Middle East" and vowed to stop sanctions on Syria …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
India and Pakistan clashes
In a special extra episode, Yalda talks to Sky News' India reporter and producer Neville Lazurus in Delhi on the roots of the latest hostilities between the two nuclear-armed countries and asks if th…
Published on 5 months ago
John Bolton on Iran and China
Former US national security adviser John Bolton talks to Yalda about his experience of being the target of an attempted assassination plot by a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Mr B…
Published on 5 months ago
Fast and Furious: 100 days of Trump
Yalda and Richard discuss whether there is any rationale behind President Trump's foreign policy or is he just winging it?
They analyse the most recent volte-face on his attitude towards Volodymyr Zel…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Inside Iran special - how close is a nuclear deal?
Richard reports exclusively from Tehran and discusses with Yalda whether the US can strike a nuclear deal with Iran.
They also discuss the likelihood of war with Israel as well as Iranian women's righ…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
A conversation with historian Sir Niall Ferguson on Trump, tariffs and China
Richard and Yalda are joined by one of the world's most eminent historians and political commentators to discuss culture wars, trade wars and the possibility of World War Three over Taiwan.
Sir Niall…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago