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  • Dire Straits for Trump, Beijing takes a backseat and Cuba in the dark. Plus, the goodie bag bonanza...
    2026/03/19
    The war in the Middle East is entering a dangerous new phase, with a global oil chokepoint at the centre of rising tensions, but just how far will NATO allies go to support Trump’s push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz? Plus, a delayed China meeting raises fresh diplomatic concerns, and why not everyone is feeling the economic squeeze.
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    34 分
  • Oil price spikes, Trump’s Iran u-turns and: are you ready player one?
    2026/03/12
    Trump tries to extinguish the oil price fire but Iran and Israel both double down on an extended war. Iranian women soccer players seek asylum and the Nepali youth’s hip-hop hero. Plus, Ready Player One? The virtual world to the rescue…
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    46 分
  • Iran’s regime on the brink? US-Israel strikes, oil shock fears & the battle for what comes next
    2026/03/05
    With the Supreme Leader killed, Iran lashes out. Will the Middle East choose sides as oil prices skyrocket and travel chaos sees thousands stranded. Plus, who could be next in line in Iran, could the US strikes encourage others into action and proof that sometimes the best defence is a very loud, slightly unhinged cuddly toy.
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    47 分
  • Ukraine’s grim anniversary, ‘El Mencho’ killed & SOTU, Trump’s very, very long speech
    2026/02/26
    Can Ukraine hold the line as US support wavers going into a fifth year of fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion? Plus, an explosion of violence in Mexico after the killing of brutal cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ - will calm be restored in time for the World Cup? The US Supreme Court takes down Trump’s tariffs and POTUS uses his high-stakes State of the Union address to accuse Somalis of fraud
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    32 分
  • Is the US approach to Europe softening? Israel moves in the West Bank and, well, cocaine sharks
    2026/02/19
    Marco Rubio sends mixed messages to Europe, Israel starts registration of large areas of the occupied West Bank and how new is Bangladesh’s new government? Plus, Chinoys celebrate lunar new year in the Philippines and Cocaine Sharks coming to waters near you.
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    31 分
  • Jimmy Lai’s ‘death’ sentence, Japan’s Takaichi takes on China & the bulging Olympic controversy
    2026/02/12
    A massive win for Japan’s hawkish first female PM worries China, conservatives reclaim Thailand and Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most high-profile casualty of draconian security laws gets a ‘death sentence’. Plus, trouble growing at the winter Olympics.
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    30 分
  • Trump v Iran, the huge Epstein dump and Melania’s hundred-million-dollar doco bomb
    2026/02/05
    The US and Iran tussle over talks to stave off more strikes, millions more Epstein documents touch the rich and powerful the world over from Elon Musk to the Norwegian princess-royal and more trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi don’t stop the destruction across Ukraine. Plus, US democracy in danger and what we learned when Melania Trump’s doco hit the cinemas…
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    32 分
  • Trump’s Minnesota flashpoint, Myanmar’s 'sham' election & China recalls its bamboo ambassadors
    2026/01/29
    President Trump feels the heat as ICE protests spread across the US, as Washington unveils real estate plans for Gaza - but are they based in reality? Plus, Myanmar’s military presses ahead with widely dismissed elections, and China’s panda diplomacy reaches an unbearable level.
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    33 分