The World in Brief from The Economist
News & Politics Podcasts
The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.
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News & Politics Podcasts
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The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it. Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief for access to the full World in Brief. Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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English
Episodes
Egypt agrees to new Gaza aid deliveries; G7 considers using seized Russian assets to help Ukraine, and more
5/26/2024
The White House said that Egypt had agreed to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Kerem Shalom, the main commercial checkpoint between Israel and Gaza.
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Duration:00:03:50
Egypt agrees to new Gaza aid deliveries; China holds more drills around Taiwan, and more
5/25/2024
The White House said that Egypt had agreed to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Kerem Shalom, the main commercial checkpoint between Israel and Gaza.
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Duration:00:13:00
ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah assault; Orban seeks to “redefine” Hungary’s NATO role, and more
5/24/2024
The head of Russia’s security services told local media that the perpetrators of the attack on Crocus City Hall, a concert venue outside Moscow, were affiliated with Islamic State Khorasan Province, a terrorist group
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Duration:00:03:59
Biden meets Kenya’s president; European grouping expels AfD, and more
5/24/2024
In Washington, DC, President Joe Biden greeted William Ruto, Kenya’s president, the first African leader to make a state visit to America in 16 years.
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Duration:00:03:57
Sunak calls July election; three countries to recognise Palestinian state, and more
5/22/2024
In pouring rain outside 10 Downing Street, a soggy Rishi Sunak, Britain’s prime minister, called a general election, to be held on July 4th.
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Duration:00:03:52
UN suspends food aid in Rafah; America reacts to ICC, and more
5/21/2024
The UN’s refugee agency in Gaza said it suspended food distribution in the southern city of Rafah, citing lack of supplies and security risks.
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Duration:00:03:46
ICC seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Palestinian leaders; Iran’s president dies, and more
5/20/2024
President Joe Biden issued an unambiguous rebuke of the International Criminal Court’s application seeking arrest warrants for Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s leader.
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Duration:00:03:53
Iranian president in helicopter accident; Benny Gantz gives Netanyahu ultimatum, and more
5/20/2024
A search for Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, was under way after his helicopter was forced into a “hard landing” in the country’s mountainous north-west.
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Duration:00:03:33
Zelensky’s warning on Kharkiv; Gantz presents ultimatum to Netanyahu, and more
5/19/2024
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, warned that Russia could yet expand its assault on Kharkiv, a north-eastern region, as he called on Western allies to increase supplies of military aid
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Duration:00:03:52
China's property sector; Israel recovers bodies of hostages, and more
5/17/2024
Moderna won a patent dispute against fellow drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech
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Duration:00:03:30
Putin meets Xi; Slovakia’s PM in stable condition, and more
5/16/2024
Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Defence Minister, said that his country’s operation in Rafah “will continue with additional forces”.
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Duration:00:03:48
Russia’s assault on Kharkiv; America’s inflation falls, and more
5/15/2024
President Volodymyr Zelensky postponed all international travel plans as a Russian assault around Kharkiv in north-east Ukraine continued to gain ground.
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Duration:00:04:02
New American tariffs on Chinese imports; Georgia’s “foreign agent” bill, and more
5/14/2024
The Biden administration announced it would introduce new tariffs on imports from China.
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Duration:00:03:56
Battles in northern Gaza; Anglo American rejects takeover deal, and more
5/13/2024
Israeli forces stepped up an offensive on northern Gaza, which they had retreated from five months ago.
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Duration:00:04:04
UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza; Putin replaces defence minister, and more
5/12/2024
António Guterres, the secretary-general of the UN, called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza, and “the unconditional release of all hostages”.
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Duration:00:03:50
Israel orders more evacuations in Rafah; fighting intensifies in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, and more
5/11/2024
Israel has told tens of thousands more residents of Rafah in southern Gaza to evacuate, as its troops prepare to step up operations there, in defiance of warnings that an invasion would paralyse aid operations and cause unacceptable civilian casualties.
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Duration:00:03:52
Gaza ceasefire talks stall; Russia launches assault on Kharkiv, and more
5/10/2024
Meanwhile, the UN General Assembly called on the Security Council to admit Palestine as a member
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Duration:00:03:34
Ceasefire talks stall; American warship sails through Taiwan Strait, and more
5/9/2024
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, Egypt reportedly stalled without a breakthrough.
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Duration:00:04:04
Israel and Hamas clash in Rafah; Russian attacks on Ukraine, and more
5/8/2024
Israel and Hamas reported fighting in eastern Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than 1m displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
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Duration:00:03:55
Israel seizes Rafah crossing; Ukraine foils assassination plot, and more
5/7/2024
Israel’s army said it had taken control of the Rafah crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt.
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Duration:00:04:03