Syria’s missing: my father said they’d torture me if I didn’t leave - and then he disappeared
Wafa Mustafa has spent years searching for her missing father, who was arrested in Syria in 2013. Before his disappearance, he gave her a ch...
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Israeli election in STALEMATE as Netanyahu and Eisenkot both fall short of majorities
As vote counts trickle in following Israel’s high-stakes national election, results indicate a stalemate. Neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s right...
Budget explained: Andy Burnham promised big change - is this it?
Andy Burnham came to power promising radical change, a circuit breaker for Britain’s stagnant economy. This was his first budget, meant to l...
EVERYTHING you need to know about the Israeli election
Israel is set to vote in its first election since October 7th in what could be one of the country’s most important elections ever. With Prim...
The whole financial system is about to COLLAPSE - Richard Murphy
With the Budget just days away, Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey face some big decisions. How much can the government...
‘Ludicrous’ - Will Trump’s $1.5 TRILLION defence plan help it beat Iran?
In this special audience Q&A episode of The Fourcast Indicators, Matt Frei and Mark Urban answer your questions on the big geopolitical issu...
Will Argentina INVADE the Falklands? And could Britain retake them?
Argentine President Javier Milei, has declared that the Falklands “illegal foreign occupation” and that his country needs to take them back...
‘AI CRASH is coming in 18 to 30 months’ - former US financial regulator Gary Gensler
Is the AI bubble about to burst? And could the trillion-dollar investment boom trigger the next global financial crisis? Gary Gensler, the f...
‘There’s very few young men left’ - how Putin’s war in Ukraine is ‘DESTROYING RUSSIA’
What is it like for ordinary Russians living in Vladimir Putin’s Russia at war? What do they really think? Award-winning war correspondent Å...
Zelenskyy feels ‘BETRAYED’ - the real reason Trump has turned on Ukraine
Ukraine relies on the good will of two volatile American billionaires to hit Russian targets and defend their own skies - but this week that...
‘MAJOR MISCALCULATION’ - Have the Saudis realised they can’t beat the Houthis?
A dramatic escalation in Yemen has plunged the Middle East into a fresh geopolitical crisis, after a series of deadly Houthi missile attacks...
Do we take our freedom for GRANTED?
What influence does the UK still have on the world stage? And can it use it to prevent some of the world’s worst atrocities? On this episode...
What next for Zack Polanski as Greens LOSE Holborn & St Pancras by-election?
Zack Polanski and the Green Party are facing pressing questions after Andy Burnham’s Labour held Keir Starmer’s former seat in the Holborn a...
SPY WARS: can Europe’s spooks handle ‘EXPLOSION’ in Russian spy attacks?
In the last few days a former German spy chief has been accused of selling state secrets, a British navy sailor has been charged with espion...
What next for Christa Pike as death row inmate WAKES UP after two lethal injections
The unprecedented survival of Christa Pike following a botched lethal injection in Tennessee has plunged the American capital punishment sys...
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP? What the RAF Fairford saga tells us about UK-US relations
The sudden withdrawal of American heavy bombers from RAF Fairford back to the United States follows a major incident near the Gloucestershir...
Israel-bound FlyDubai flight CHAOS: what happened? | The Fourcast Indicators
An Israel-bound Flydubai flight plunged more than 14,000 feet in just 30 seconds after the co-pilot allegedly attacked the pilot and tried t...
Does Man City’s golden era now deserve to be FORGOTTEN?
In a seismic ruling that has sent shockwaves through football, Manchester City have been found guilty of dozens of financial charges spannin...
What would it take to GROW THE ECONOMY? Mariana Mazzucato and Fraser Nelson
Can John Healey deliver the growth Britain desperately needs? At Labour’s conference in Liverpool, the Chancellor promised a new age of indu...
Is the horn of AFRICA about to EXPLODE?
Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in a two-year between Tigrayan forces and Ethiopia's government which ended in a peace deal in 2...