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The Explanation Episodes

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    Unspun World: Is Europe toughening its stance on Trump?

    John Simpson analyses EU-US relations after the row over Greenland

  2. Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?

    Plus, Donald Trump's legal problems, and European farmers protest

  3. Unspun World: How will Trump's second presidency affect the war in Ukraine?

    John Simpson reflects on how the collapse of the Soviet Union has shaped Putin’s Russia

  4. Unspun World: How will Donald Trump’s tariffs affect global markets?

    John Simpson looks at whether an economic downturn is on the horizon

  5. Unspun World: How Russia's economy has survived despite sanctions

    Plus, examining the US military's role in the Middle East

  6. Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics

    Migration is topping Europe's political agenda. Europe editor, Katya Adler, explains why

  7. Unspun World: How might Gaza be governed in the future?

    John Simpson examines how Gaza could be governed in the future

  8. Unspun World: How is the Iran war impacting the global economy?

    John Simpson analyses the economic effects of the war in the Middle East

  9. Unspun World: How has the Russia-China relationship changed?

    Plus, what an assassination attempt tells us about Europe's politics

  10. Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?

    Plus, gang violence in Haiti, and the possibility of unmanned ships on the oceans

  11. Unspun World: Has Iran weathered the storm?

    John Simpson analyses where Iran stands now a ceasefire seems to be in place

  12. Unspun World: Has Britain become ungovernable?

    John Simpson examines the factors behind the resignation of Britain’s prime minister

  13. Unspun World: Fighting resumes between Israel and Hezbollah

    John Simpson explores the impact of Israel’s recent attacks on Lebanon

  14. Unspun World: Donald Trump’s whirlwind start to his second term

    John Simpson examines Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office

  15. Unspun World: Donald Trump’s China strategy

    John Simpson analyses President Trump’s approach to dealing with China

  16. Unspun World: Donald Trump's foreign policy

    John Simpson analyses Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy in his second term

  17. Unspun World: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin negotiate over a ceasefire in Ukraine

    John Simpson analyses the negotiations over a ceasefire in Ukraine

  18. Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?

    John Simpson examines the risk of nuclear escalation in Russia’s war with Ukraine

  19. Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?

    Reporting from Ukraine's battlefields. Plus, how worried should we be about AI?

  20. Unspun World: Can Ukraine continue to rely on US support?

    John Simpson examines whether a European army could provide a bulwark against Russia

  21. Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?

    President Biden puts America first. So will he succeed in reshaping the global economy?

  22. Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?

    Biden and Xi's meeting builds bridges with deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking

  23. Unspun World: Can Israel win its war in Gaza?

    John Simpson analyses Israel offensive in Gaza, China's economy and Indonesia's election

  24. Unspun World: Can Iran hold out against US-Israeli strikes?

    John Simpson analyses whether the Iranian regime will survive

  25. Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?

    Stories from the frontline as tensions rise from Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse

  26. Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

    Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge the president’s power?

  27. Unspun World: Are US-China relations at a turning point?

    John Simpson analyses whether there has been a shift in the US-China relationship

  28. Unspun World: Are Russian forces on the brink of seizing Pokrovsk?

    Why is Russia so keen to capture the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?

  29. Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?

    Short-term politics gets in the way of dealing with an ever-warming planet

  30. Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza

    A pause in fighting in Gaza but what’s it like for those living there?

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