The World in Brief from The Economist
News & Politics Podcasts
The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.
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News & Politics Podcasts
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The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it. Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief for access to the full World in Brief. Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
Episodes
Oil price rises after Russian sanctions; Trump pardons Binance co-founder, and more
10/23/2025
The price of oil rose by over 5%, a day after the Trump administration announced sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.
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Duration:00:03:53
US announces sanctions on Russian oil firms; bombs boat in Pacific, and more
10/22/2025
The Trump administration announced sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoi, citing Russia’s “lack of serious commitment” to ending the war in Ukraine.
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Duration:00:03:48
Trump-Putin meeting on hold; J.D. Vance visits Israel, and more
10/21/2025
The White House reportedly said there were no immediate plans for Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin.
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Duration:00:04:04
AWS outage disrupts the internet; Israel returns to Gaza ceasefire, and more
10/20/2025
Social-media sites, financial services, messaging apps and other websites struggled to recover from an Amazon Web Services outage.
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Duration:00:03:55
Israel and Hamas trade blame for ceasefire violation; America announces strike on alleged drug vessel, and more
10/19/2025
Israel said it would resume aid deliveries to Gaza and that it would return to observing the ceasefire in the territory.
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Duration:00:03:03
Pakistan and Afghanistan look for calm; “No Kings” crowds gather across America, and more
10/18/2025
Iran said it was no longer bound by the terms of the JCPOA, a multinational nuclear deal it signed with six world powers in 2015
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Duration:00:03:00
John Bolton pleads not guilty; Global stocks calm, and more
10/17/2025
A Polish court ruled that a Ukrainian man accused of blowing up undersea gas pipelines should not be extradited to Germany
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Duration:00:04:00
John Bolton indicted; Trump plans meeting with Putin, and more
10/16/2025
America’s Justice Department indicted John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, with 18 criminal counts related to transmitting and storing classified information.
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Duration:00:03:55
Trump confirms CIA operation; Hamas says it cannot recover more hostages, and more
10/15/2025
Donald Trump said he authorised a covert Central Intelligence Agency operation in Venezuela.
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Duration:00:03:28
Hamas returns more deceased hostages; Powell signals future rate cuts, and more
10/14/2025
Israel said that Hamas had transferred the bodies of four more hostages to the Red Cross.
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Duration:00:03:59
Trump signs Middle East peace plan; Open AI buys Broadcom chips, and more
10/13/2025
Donald Trump arrived in Egypt for a “peace summit” aimed at building on the Gaza ceasefire to help establish regional stability.
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Duration:00:03:53
Egypt to host peace summit; Trump and Zelensky discuss long-range weapons, and more
10/12/2025
Egypt said it would host a “peace summit” of more than 20 world leaders on Monday.
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Duration:00:03:02
Trump announces new tariffs on China; Witkoff visits Gaza, and more
10/11/2025
President Emmanuel Macron re-appointed Sébastien Lecornu as France’s prime minister days after his centrist ally resigned, deepening the country’s political crisis
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Duration:00:02:54
Trump announces new tariffs on China; Macron re-appoints PM, and more
10/11/2025
Two powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Mindanao, an island in the southern Philippines
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Duration:00:03:55
Trump hails “momentous breakthrough”; Israel’s cabinet to ratify ceasefire, and more
10/10/2025
Donald Trump said that Israeli hostages held in Gaza would be returned “on Monday or Tuesday”.
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Duration:00:03:57
American envoys arrive for Gaza talks; former FBI chief in court, and more
10/8/2025
Steve Witkoff, America’s special envoy to the Middle East, and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, arrived in Egypt to join the Gaza peace talks.
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Duration:00:04:01
Gold hits $4,000 an ounce; America and Canada hold trade talks, and more
10/7/2025
The price of gold futures hit $4,000 per troy ounce for the first time.
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Duration:00:03:52
France’s prime minister resigns; Israel deports Greta Thunberg, and more
10/6/2025
Sébastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, resigned after less than a month in the job and hours after appointing a cabinet.
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Duration:00:03:57
Israeli negotiators travel to Egypt; Trump deploys troops to Illinois, and more
10/5/2025
Binyamin Netanyahu said Israeli negotiators would travel to Egypt on Monday to begin Gaza ceasefire talks.
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Duration:00:02:58
Japan concludes a leadership contest; Israel scales back Gaza operations, and more
10/4/2025
Russian drone strikes hit a passenger train in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, injuring around 30 people, local officials said
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Duration:00:03:03