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    World Weekly podcast

    World Weekly was a podcast that focused on some of the major international political stories that were making the headlines. The FT’s team of foreign correspondents and international analysts made sense of world events. World Weekly was presented by Gideon Rachman.

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    • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
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      Introducing: The Rachman Review

      Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots: Foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman disc…

    • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
      2 min listen
      Coming soon: The Rachman Review

      In this new podcast exclusively for FT subscribers, Gideon Rachman, the Financial Ti…

    • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
      16 min listen
      Hong Kong protests: what happens next?

      In this special episode from Hong Kong, Gideon Rachman talks to Regina Ip, a member …

    • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
      12 min listen
      Britain's tanker dispute with Iran

      What are the factors Britain and its allies need to consider as they weigh their res…

    • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
      13 min listen
      South Africa graft inquiry exposes ANC divisions

      The judicial inquiry into alleged graft under the presidency of Jacob Zuma is laying…

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      12 min listen
      What envoy's downfall tells us about UK-US relations

      Gideon Rachman discusses the crisis in Britain's relations with the US following the…

    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      12 min listen
      Europe’s new leadership team

      What this means for integration and Brexit

    • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
      14 min listen
      What to expect from this year's G20 summit

      Martin Sandbu discusses the prospects that leaders attending this year's G20 summit …

    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
      14 min listen
      Europe's Balkan dilemma

      EU foreign ministers this week postponed a decision on whether to open membership ne…

    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
      12 min listen
      Hong Kong erupts over China extradition bill

      Protesters fought pitched battles with police in central Hong Kong in an eruption of…

    • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
      10 min listen
      Trump's Mexico tariff threat

      The US has threatened to impose levies of 5 per cent starting on June 10 on all Mexi…

    • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
      15 min listen
      Bolsonaro's first six months

      Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president, took office six months ago with a pledge to figh…

    • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
      FT CollectionsEuropean polls and politics podcast12 min listen
      Austria's ruling coalition falls apart

      Sebastian Kurz’s ruling coalition has been blown apart

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      13 min listen
      The fraying transatlantic alliance

      Anne Sylvaine-Chassany discusses the sharp deterioration in relations between Europe…

    • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
      13 min listen
      Istanbul mayoral vote puts Turkish democracy to the test

      The decision to order a re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election which an opposition …

    • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
      13 min listen
      Tarnished ANC seeks re-election in South Africa

      The ruling African National Congress is expected to fend off all challenges in South…

    • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
      12 min listen
      Ukraine's comedian president

      Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian with no political experience,…

    • Thursday, 18 April, 2019
      10 min listen
      Fire in the heart of France

      Gideon Rachman and guests discuss the impact of the Notre Dame disaster

    • Thursday, 11 April, 2019
      10 min listen
      Italy's Salvini launches populist alliance in Europe

      Italy's Matteo Salvini is seeking to upend the traditional balance of power in Bruss…

    • Wednesday, 3 April, 2019
      FT CollectionsThe strongman era podcast12 min listen
      Erdogan suffers setback in Turkey's elections

      Crucial elections delivered a political disappointment for President Erdogan.

    • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
      13 min listen
      Netanyahu fights for a fifth term in office

      Can Israel's long serving prime minister overcome allegations of corruption and rene…

    • Wednesday, 20 March, 2019
      FT CollectionsChina strategy podcast13 min listen
      Podcast: China's Belt and Road Initiative goes to Italy

      Italy’s controversial endorsement of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

    • Thursday, 14 March, 2019
      14 min listen
      Who will win the Democratic presidential nomination?

      Lawyers, senators, millennials.

    • Wednesday, 6 March, 2019
      12 min listen
      Algerians protest over entrenched autocracy

      After decades of calm, Algerians have taken to the streets to rage against the candi…

    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
      17 min listen
      Can India and Pakistan step back from the brink?

      Pakistan and India are facing their worst conflict in almost half a century after an…

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