The World Tonight

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 2:29:49
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Synopsis

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective

Episodes

  • Trump and Putin meet in Alaska

    15/08/2025 Duration: 37min

    Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are holding talks in Alaska on ending the war in Ukraine. We get the latest from Anchorage and ask: does being in the room with the Russian president make the difference?A Conservative MP accuses the prime minister of putting the British bioethanol industry at the mercy of the US. And why the Australian film Picnic at Hanging Rock is still unsettling audiences half a century on.

  • What do Putin and Trump each want from Alaska summit?

    14/08/2025 Duration: 37min

    As Alaska awaits the arrival tomorrow of the US and Russian Presidents, we're in Anchorage for a preview of their summit - and hear what one Ukrainian woman in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv expects from it.Also on the programme:Why has the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly decided to hike the price of the weight loss drug Mounjaro in the UK?Israel says it will push ahead with plans to build more settlements in the West Bank. We have Palestinian reaction.And the A-level student spending results day evening at her local pub - because she runs it. We speak to the UK's youngest pub landlady.

  • Trump threatens "severe consequences" if Putin doesn't end war

    13/08/2025 Duration: 37min

    US President Donald Trump said he'd like to organise a second meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin if the first one on Friday goes well, adding that a second meeting would include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump also threatened "severe consequences" if Russia didn't end the war after the meeting. We hear from former director of the CIA General David Petraeus.As more police forces get access to live facial recognition technology, we consider the impact on crime-fighting and society.And as Ellie Goldstein waltzes into the Strictly ballroom, we hear about the difference that dancing has made to another woman with Down's Syndrome.

  • Russia's push for more land in Ukraine

    12/08/2025 Duration: 37min

    As President Zelensky says he won't agree to hand over Ukrainian territory, we hear about Russia's latest push to capture more of it before Friday's summit between presidents Trump and Putin. Also on the programme:As the fourth heatwave of the summer kicks in, we hear from the farmers crying out for water. Why cats brains could help to find new treatments for Alzheimer's in humans.And a new sound at The Proms: we speak to the Nigerian brothers bringing "highlife" music to the Royal Albert Hall.