Battle Lines
Battle Lines is The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast. It offers expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting from around the world, everywhere from China and the United States to the Middle East and Europe.Three times a week, veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you on-the-ground dispatches from the world’s most volatile regions and informed analysis from world-class experts.Every Wednesday on Battle Lines x Global Health Security they’r...
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Episodes (294)
Assassination attempt on Slovakia's PM, Georgia protests controversial 'foreign...
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A war reporter reacts to the film 'Civil War'
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Biden blocks weapons to Israel, the dire state of Iran's economy, war correspond...
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Special report: What it’s like to be attacked by Beijing in the South China Sea,...
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"The Russians are definitely beatable, but it needs a coherent approach" : How t...
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Will Israel invade Rafah and what's behind the protests in Georgia
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The mood inside Iran as Israel plans retaliatory strike
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Could Iran's strike on Israel lead to full-scale war in the Middle East?
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Will Iran strike Israel, rebels winning war in Myanmar, NATO's Deputy Secretary...
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Blood, chaos and suffering: Six month anniversary of the Israel-Gaza war
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China's hacking campaign exposed, the Baltic states prepare for war & Tensions r...
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How would the EU react to a nuclear strike by Russia?
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Famine in Gaza, Mongolia's valuable resources, Hong Kong's controversial new law
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The war on Ecuador's gangs, famine in Sudan, captivity in Hamas' tunnels
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Trump dominates Super Tuesday, Ramadan during war, chaos in Haiti
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Israel ceasefire & a mother's dilemma over fleeing Gaza
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The Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power
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Invasion of Rafah, US push for ceasefire & two years of war in Ukraine
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Pakistan's political turmoil & US plan for a Palestinian state
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Inside the 'Oasis of Peace' in Israel
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Israel rejects ceasefire, how Iranian drones changed warfare, and what's going w...
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Israel wants security buffer zone in Gaza, Thai farmer taken hostage by Hamas, c...
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Army chief says public face call-up if UK goes to war with Russia & hostage fami...
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Iran & Pakistan trade airstrikes, Myanmar's civil war & who are the Houthis?
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Blow to Beijing as Taiwan chooses candidate Xi fears the most
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UK & US strike Houthi positions in Red Sea barrage and Ecuador in state of emerg...
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Drones, missiles and warships: the battle for the Red Sea
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Israel continues Gaza assault, confrontation in the Red Sea & Taiwan goes to the...
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'The children ask me, Santa, are you coming, despite the war?'
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'Christmas is officially cancelled in Bethlehem'
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Israel attacks Khan Younis in the south & a dispatch from Gaza
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'A nightmare I hope we can wake up from': A journalist from Gaza speaks out
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'I want my baby back. I want my son back': Reflecting on a week of hostage relea...
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‘If the Middle East sneezes, Europe catches a cold': Interview with Lebanon's Mi...
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'Torn between hope and fear': Israel's desperate families wait to hear if their...
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Testimony of an October 7th survivor: ‘I knew at any second they might kill me’
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Israel hunts for Hamas while Gaza's hospitals collapse
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Israel 'cuts Gaza in two', disagreements with the UN & Gaza's hospitals on the b...
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Urban warfare, the Merkava tank and taking the battle underground
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Israeli troops push deep into Gaza & investigating Hamas' property portfolio
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the economic impact of the war in Israel and Gaza
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'Gazans are living through a bombardment like they've never experienced before'
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Watching unedited footage of Hamas atrocities, on the ground in the West Bank, a...
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"The smell of bodies hangs in the air" - reporting on the ground in Israel
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