Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

News: Israel Blames Gaza Hospital Blast On Hamas, Ukraine’s Tactical Missiles

The Globalist Podcast (October 18, 2023) – UCL’s Julie Norman discusses Joe Biden’s high-stakes visit to Israel in the wake of a devastating blast at a Gaza hospital. We also examine what Ukraine’s use of US-made long-range missiles means for the country’s counteroffensive.

Plus: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping strengthen ties at the Belt and Road Summit and Bottega Veneta launches its own academy.

News: Biden To Visit Israel, Egypt-Gaza Border, Putin To Meet With Xi In Beijing

The Globalist Podcast (October 17, 2023) – The latest on the fighting between Israel and Hamas from ‘Haaretz’ journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer in Tel Aviv, as well as a look at the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border.

Also in the programme: Vladimir Putin prepares to make his first trip to a major global power since the International Criminal Court arrest warrant to meet Xi Jinping at the Belt and Road Summit. Plus: why Italy’s population is in crisis.

News: Poland’s Centrist Parties Prevail, Australia Indigenous Vote Failure

The Globalist Podcast (October 16, 2023) – Poland centrist opposition parties declare victory in election, Australia’s historic “Indigenous Voice to Parliament” referendum, a review the papers and give you the latest business news. Plus: Disney turns 100.

News: Israel Issues North Gaza Evacuation Order, EU-China Trade Relations

The Globalist Podcast (October 13, 2023) – News of the latest on the Israel-Hamas war from Allison Kaplan Sommer in Tel Aviv.

Plus: the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, heads to Beijing, Australia gets ready to vote in a historic referendum and a dispatch from Frieze London.

News: Israel Readies For Ground Assault Of Gaza, Zelensky Meets With NATO

The Globalist Podcast (October 12, 2023) – Israel forms a unity government as fighting with Hamas continues. A former CIA officer tells us how Israeli and US intelligence could have missed what Hamas had planned.

Plus: Volodymyr Zelensky makes a surprise visit to Brussels for a Nato meeting and Thailand’s new prime minister courts foreign investment.

News: Hamas’ “Sheer Evil” War, Netanyahu’s Failure, Finland Gas Pipeline Leak

The Globalist Podcast (October 11, 2023) – The latest from Israel and the implications for Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future as the conflict between Israel and Hamas enters its fifth day.

Plus: a leak in a Finnish gas pipeline is ‘not an accident’ and how businesses are changing Tokyo’s skyline.

Politics: The Guardian Weekly – August 4, 2023

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The Guardian Weekly (August 4, 2023) – Israel in turmoil: Netanyahu’s judicial coup; Stormzy’s scholarship graduates; International fiction found in translation, and more…

‘We’re angry’: Israel tensions mount as army reservists threaten to refuse duty

Conflict over Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience – and potential security risks

Removing statues and renaming streets: Odesa cuts out Russia

Recent strikes targeting the southern Ukrainian city, including its orthodox cathedral, have left residents questioning its historical links to Russia

Previews: The Economist Magazine – July 29, 2023

The overstretched CEO | Jul 29th 2023 | The Economist

The Economist Magazine (July 29, 2023 issue): The overstretched CEO; Larry Fink demonised – All he wanted to do was save the planet while making his firm a fortune. Henry Tricks meets the face of woke capitalism; The greatest bank heist ever – Criminals stole $2.5bn from Iraq’s largest state bank in broad daylight. Nicolas Pelham follows their trail, and more…

The overstretched CEO

Companies are increasingly caught up in governments’ competing aims. What to do?

The world should not let Vladimir Putin abandon the grain deal

Here is how to get him to sign up again

Israel has lurched closer to constitutional chaos

But there are still ways to step back from the brink

News: Netanyahu Delays Judicial Reform, Russian ‘Tactical Nukes’ In Belarus

March 28, 2023: As protests against the judicial reforms of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, continue, we give you the latest.

Also in the programme: notorious Russian paramilitary organisation the Wagner Group increases its activities in Africa, while Hungary decides on Finland’s Nato bid. Plus: why Greenland has decided to stick to daylight saving time.

News: Netanyahu Visits UK, Macron Firm On Pension Reform, Honduras-China

March 24, 2023: Benjamin Netanyahu’s UK visit. Plus: Emmanuel Macron digs in his heels as pension-reform rallies erupt across France, Honduras switches ties from Taiwan to China and the latest business news.