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Battle Lines

Battle Lines

The Telegraph

Across the world, from Europe to Asia, the Americas to the Middle East, tensions are rising between nation states. Traditional alliances and alignments are constantly evolving in the 21st century. An understanding of defence and security policy and the tides of political, social and economic changes is crucial for any informed understanding of our world.


2024 sees war in Europe and Israel, and elections in major economies, including the US, the UK, Taiwan, South Africa, and many others. Insurgencies flare in Yemen and Burma, tensions escalate in East Africa, and all around the world the international security architecture buckles under increasing pressure. 


With expert and experienced reporting on the ground from across the globe, Battle Lines combines on the ground reporting with analytical expertise to aid listeners to better understand the course of world politics and wars as the fault lines of global history grind and slip in an increasingly dangerous, and confusing, multipolar world. 


Battle Lines is the best of The Telegraph’s defence, security, and foreign reporting in one place.


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92 - How Syria’s rebels launched a surprise offensive to retake Aleppo
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  • 92 - How Syria’s rebels launched a surprise offensive to retake Aleppo

    How has a Syrian rebel lightning offensive managed to seize Aleppo from Bashar al-Assad's regime? Who are the leaders, Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And could it reignite the civil war? Venetia Rainey is joined by Dr Haid Haid, Syrian columnist and consulting fellow at Chatham House, to answer all those questions and more.


    Plus: an Israeli conscientious objector tells her story of why she spent three months in prison for refusing to serve her compulsory military service.




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    Mon, 02 Dec 2024 - 36min
  • 91 - The view from Kharkiv's frontline. Plus: Sudan’s war

    In today’s episode we get two rare insides from the ground. Our team of reporters just returned from the frontline in Kharkiv and Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council witnessed the humanitarian crisis unravelling in Sudan as a result of the ongoing war. Venetia Rainey catches up with both of them. 


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    Fri, 29 Nov 2024 - 35min
  • 90 - Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal - is Gaza next?

    Lebanon and Hezbollah have struck a ceasefire deal - but how will it work and is Gaza next? For this emergency podcast, Venetia Rainey is joined by Maya Gebeily, Reuters Beirut Bureau Chief, and Jotam Confino, The Telegraph’s correspondent in Israel, to take the temperature on the ground. 


    Plus, as thousands of displaced people in both Lebanon and Israel return home to survey the damage of 14 months of war, we look at why the deal is being treated with caution on both sides.



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    Wed, 27 Nov 2024 - 27min
  • 89 - Two women's stories behind the war in Gaza

    One year on from the last Gaza hostage deal, Venetia Rainey speaks with Sharone Lifschitz, whose father was kidnapped on October 7th and is still being held hostage by Hamas. We also hear from Amani Ahmed, a Palestinian academic from Gaza, who was at the University of Edinburgh when the war began and after a long ordeal managed to be reunited with her family. Plus: an update of the last week's big news stories from the Middle East, including the ICC arrest warrants, Israel's attempt to assassinate another senior Hezbollah official, and Lebanon ceasefire talks.




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    Mon, 25 Nov 2024 - 35min
  • 88 - Why are foreign fighters joining Myanmar’s civil war?

    Roland Oliphant is joined by The Telegraph’s Sarah Newey to talk about her interview with one of the international combatants fighting in Myanmar’s brutal civil war. Plus: as violence escalates in Haiti, MSF are suspending activities in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince until further notice. We hear from their head of mission about the decision and what the mood is like on the ground. 


    Contributors

    Roland Oliphant (Host)

    Sarah Newey (Global Health Security Correspondent)

    Christophe Garnier (MSF’s Head of Mission in Haiti)



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    Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - 23min
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