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The InterviewMajid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister: regime change is a futile exercise‘Regime change is a futile exercise’Lyse Doucet speaks to Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, about the future of Iran’s nuclear programme and its government.
The interview took place in the country’s capital Tehran after Iran’s twelve-day war with Israel. Both sides fired missiles into each other’s territories, with hundreds killed as military sites were destroyed and civilian infrastructure badly damaged.Israel first attacked Iran on the 13th of June, claiming Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon. The conflict ended when the United States bombed three of Iran’...2025-07-0222 min
UkrainecastCould the West cross Putin's new red line?The former head of the CIA, General David Petraeus, tells Ukrainecast why he thinks President Putin is bluffing after he warned the West against allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons to target Russia.
Lucy is in Washington DC where the UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is meeting President Biden to discuss Ukraine. There are strong indications that they will agree to lift restrictions on Ukraine using such missiles against targets inside Russia. And James Waterhouse gives reaction on how the news is unfolding in Kyiv.Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings.
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Crime Time FMThe Review Show July 24The latest crime, thriller and mystery releases - July 2024.Tim Weaver The Missing Family Michael Joseph Emma Bamford Eye of the Beholder Simon & SchusterCharlotte Philby The End of Summer Borough PressJoseph Knox Imposter Syndrome Double DayAtsuhiro Yoshida Goodnight Tokyo Europa Editions trans. Haydn Trowell Gauz Comrade Papa MacLehose Press trans. Frank Wynne Sarah Ward The Vanishing Act Canelo CrimeSimon McCleave Last Night at the Villa Lucia Storm Andrey Kurkov Our Daily War Open Borders PressLouisa Scarr Gallows Wood Canelo Crime...2024-07-3112 min
A Broad View"Putin plays fast and loose with Corona"For this episode I am joined by my brother Francis Scarr, a journalist living and working in Russia. We look at Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin's decision to put the capital on lockdown, the healthcare system's ability to handle the crisis and what isolation might mean for Russia's victims of domestic abuse. 2020-03-3126 minA Broad View"Why I want to lose my Romanian accent" with Cristina DiciuIn this week's episode I was joined by Christina Diciu from Romania. We discussed the ongoing coronavirus crisis, why Romanians have lost faith in politics and what Brexit means to Romanians living in the UK. 2020-03-1124 min
Where We Are (with Nina Porter)Everything But The CoronavirusTaryn Siegel is joined by guest Charlotte Scarr to talk about everything but the Coronavirus; eight stories from this week all worthy of their own deep dive. She also provides a summary of the key news stories from around the world from the past 7 days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-03-0925 minA Broad View'Have the Kardashians put Armenia on the map?' with Talin AslanianIn this episode we discuss the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia's Velvet Revolution and whether tracksuits are the symbol of revolution. And of course we had to touch on Armenia's greatest export, the Kardashians... 2020-02-2429 minA Broad View"Concentration camp or training centre" with Louisa MaHas the UK media accurately portrayed the "training centres" for Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province? Louisa Ma offers an insight into why they exist and what the foreign media may have missed out...2019-12-1936 minA Broad View"Terrorism - our Tryst with Destiny" with Ayush RoyJoined by my flatmate Ayush Roy we discuss India's reaction to the London Bridge terror attack, what the country thinks about Brexit, and what problems women in India face. 2019-12-1031 minA Broad View"Dirty men travelling around the world" with Lorenzo BuscicchiThe Prince Andrew scandal from an Italian perspective. Lorenzo Buscicchi gives us an insight into what UK news the Italians consume and how there are certain similarities between Silvio Berlusconi and Prince Andrew... 2019-12-0224 minA Broad View"From Russia with love" with Francis ScarrHow has Russia viewed the UK's decision not to publish the ISC's report into Russian interference? Listen to this episode to find out the answer from my brother, Francis Scarr. We manage to restrain sibling bickering to also ponder on how the two countries perceive each other...2019-11-1828 minA Broad View"Impeachment fun fact" with Taryn SiegelStarting with Donald Trump's phone call to Nigel Farage's LBC show, we talk US media, 2020 presidential elections and a great deal more.2019-11-1335 minA Broad View"Mini break to Gibraltar" with Rose Lander and Sofia HartwellFor this week's episode we talk about how Spain viewed the UK's snap election. We also look into how the UK perceives Catalonia as well as so much more! 2019-11-0330 minA Broad View"Macron gets his baguette out" with Julie EzvanThis week we looked at Parliament's eventful voting on Tuesday - they voted in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill but against a motion to fast track the legislation - through the lens of French media with guest Julie Ezvan. 2019-10-2720 min