The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim
Top secret scandal: How damaging is the war plan leak to Trump administration?
This week, Richard and Yalda discuss what she calls the WTF?! moment when it was revealed that the most senior US administration officials had shared details of a highly classified attack on Yemen to a US journalist. And with large-scale demonstrations in Turkey and Tel Aviv against President Erdogan and Prime Minister Netanyahu, they discuss when - if ever - will the American people take to the streets against Donald Trump. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes. Click here to fill in our listener survey! This form should only take a few minutes to complete, and Sky anonymises the responses as much as possible. Episodes of The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim will be available every Wednesday on all podcast platforms.
26 3月 2025 - 43 min 10 s
Yalda Hakim meets The News Meeting
As well as this week's usual World podcast, Yalda can also be found on Tortoise's News Meeting this week. She debates with Giles Whitell, Patricia Clarke and Cat Neilan as they each pitch a story that they think should lead the news. They debate if the disruptions at Heathrow airport reveal key weaknesses in the UK’s infrastructure, if the US looking to pull out of Ukraine so it can focus on a potential war with China, and what will happen to millions of people’s genetic data now that 23andMe has declared bankruptcy? Listen to the full episode here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/the-news-meeting/yalda-hakim-on-war-with-china-and-why-did-a-fire-shut-down-heathrow-airport
25 3月 2025 - 02 min 38 s
Trump's call with Putin: Ending one war, preparing for another?
This week, Richard and Yalda get together from opposite parts of the globe to dissect Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin. Richard is on the frontline with Ukrainian soldiers in Kharkiv who tell him that the Russian president is playing Mr Trump. Meanwhile, Yalda is in Delhi speaking to world leaders who all tell her the same thing - America is pivoting from Europe and preparing for conflict with China. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes. Episodes of The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim will be available every Wednesday on all podcast platforms. Help us understand more about our listeners by taking our survey! Click here This form should only take a few minutes to complete, and Sky anonymises the responses as much as possible.
19 3月 2025 - 40 min 47 s
Deadlock in Ukraine
With diplomatic talks between Russia and America stalled, the killing on the battlefields continues. Richard reports from the frontline of Mykolaiv, witnessing continued Russian bombardment of the region, while Yalda reveals what the Russian ambassador in London told her about Moscow’s conditions for a ceasefire. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes. Episodes of The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim will be available every Wednesday on all podcast platforms.
14 3月 2025 - 25 min
"Democracy is in Decline”: On Turkey, Trump and the Truth with Elif Shafak
This week Richard and Yalda interview international best-selling author Elif Shafak. Elif - who was once put on trial for "insulting Turkishness" - issues a stark warning. She tells The World that in countries across the world women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, human rights, freedom of speech and even democracy itself are under attack from the forces of intolerance and populism that are now increasingly dominating politics in Europe and America. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes. Episodes of The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim will be available every Wednesday on all podcast platforms.
12 3月 2025 - 48 min 27 s
Peace in Europe, War with China?
This week Richard and Yalda sit down with Matt Pottinger, former Deputy National Security adviser to Donald Trump and one of the leading US experts on foreign affairs. With an insider’s knowledge of the president’s decision making, Matt lays out what he believes is the rationale behind Trump's foreign policy. He predicts Europe and America will eventually work in tandem and call Putin's bluff, but he warns the real danger lies in the Pacific region and a potential clash with China, a superpower he declares is "already on a war footing”. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes. Episodes of The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim will be available every Wednesday on all podcast platforms.
5 3月 2025 - 53 min 18 s
In the room with President Zelenskyy
Fresh from his confrontation with President Trump in the Oval Office, Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to Yalda. He tells her about continued Russian aggression, that there is presently no chance of a ceasefire, and his determination - still - to join NATO. In this special episode of The World, Yalda records her immediate reaction to what she heard and what she made of her face-to-face meeting with the Ukrainian president. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes.
3 3月 2025 - 12 min 22 s
The big bust-up between Trump and Zelenskyy
As the US and Ukrainian presidents trade bitter insults in the Oval Office, Richard and Yalda examine the fallout from what may be the most serious public row for a generation. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes. Episodes of The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim will be available every Wednesday on all podcast platforms.
28 2月 2025 - 28 min 24 s
Putin Trumps Zelenskyy?
Will Europe fill the defence vacuum left by the American withdrawal of support for the war in Ukraine? What will a mineral deal between Ukraine and America look like? Richard and Yalda get together on the week of the third anniversary of the full scale invasion of Ukraine to discuss these questions and more. Richard records from a bombed-out hotel in Odesa in the south of Ukraine where he has spent the week talking to those in the military and civilians to get their reaction to Trump beginning peace talks with Putin. Yalda reports on her latest discussions with diplomats and politicians from across the world. The two of them also talk about the recent German election which saw the far-right AfD become the second largest party in the country. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes.
26 2月 2025 - 49 min 42 s
Can Europe survive without America?
The US has told Europe it needs to spend more on defence, while the EU appears to be sidelined from peace talks aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine. In this episode of The World, Richard and Yalda discuss the most significant foreign policy shift since the Second World War. Yalda is just back from the Munich Security Conference and gives the inside view on events there, as Richard gauges the reaction of the Ukrainian people. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can watch all the episodes.
19 2月 2025 - 38 min 36 s