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Blinken in China; Haiti’s ongoing crisis; the rise of Latin music

4/25/2024 • 64 min

We discuss the state of relations between the world’s two most powerful countries as US secretary of state Antony Blinken visits China. Plus: the current humanitarian situation in Gaza, the UN warns that the crisis in Haiti is “catastrophic” and Spanish-language music sweeps global charts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Play episode

Poland flexes its diplomatic muscles
Global military spending reaches an all-time high
Middle East tensions and the future of the US-Ukraine relationship
Israel’s airstrikes on Iran: what happens next?
The future of the EU according to the Enrico Letta report
G7 foreign ministers meet in Capri
Trump’s historic day in criminal court and Salone del Mobile starts
Iran launches missile strikes in Israel and the Thailand-Myanmar border cr…
The sentencing of Vietnamese billionaire and fraudster, Truong My Lan
Will Iran retaliate against Israel?
Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the US and the International Booker Priz…
Mexico’s diplomatic rift with Ecuador and Zimbabwe’s new currency
Israel’s isolation grows six months into war against Hamas in Gaza
Benny Gantz calls for early elections in Israel
Nato at 75: Old enemies, new faultlines
EU leaders head to Lithuania to show solidarity
A round-up of the day’s news
Turkey’s local elections: a test for Erdogan
How is Beijing trying to woo foreign investment?
Is a grain deal in sight for Poland and Ukraine?
Emmanuel Macron in Brazil and Robert F Kennedy Jr announces running mate
Tensions rise between France and Germany over Ukraine
Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s road to EU membership
EU summit in Brussels and Vietnam’s president resigns
Hopes build for a ceasefire in Gaza and Slovakia’s presidential election
Famine in Gaza and the Kremlin’s future elite
South Korea’s Summit for Democracy and an EU-Egypt migration deal
Russia’s election and US-Japan talks on Ukraine
Ukraine gets new military funding and a survey on democratic fixes
Germany’s AfD ruling and the Aukus submarine deal
Sipri’s report on global weapons sales and Mipim 2024
Portugal’s elections and the 96th Academy Awards
Joe Biden’s State of the Union address and David Cameron’s visit to Berlin
EPP Summit and Venezuela sets its presidential-election date
Olaf Scholz’s hesitancy on Ukraine and US sanctions on Emmerson Mnangagwa
Super Tuesday
Giorgia Meloni meets with Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau
Alexei Navalny’s funeral and Biden and Trump visit the Texas-Mexico border
What unites Ukraine and the Western Balkans?
Joe Biden meets Congress leaders and Europe’s EV battle
Russia’s advances in Ukraine and Israel heads to the polls in municipal el…
Hungary’s parliament votes on Sweden’s Nato bid
Who will be Nato’s next leader?
Warsaw special
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to form tri-state confederation
Sergey Lavrov’s Latin American tour
Japan’s support for Ukraine and an interview with Kyriakos Mitsotakis
A looming ground offensive in Rafah

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