The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim
Sky News’ Yalda Hakim and NBC’s Richard Engel have covered world events for years. This is the podcast where they share experiences from the frontline. They debrief from global flashpoints and discuss their encounters with the biggest decision makers. They’ll also be joined by some of those key players to help make sense of world events. From conflict in the Middle East, to the Trump presidency, and the war in Ukraine there is no better place for analysis and expertise New episodes from Richard and Yalda every Wednesday.
Episodes
Yalda is recording from New York where the United Nations General Assembly is taking place. All the most prominent world leaders are there to talk about global politics and diplomacy. Yalda talks about the most surprising thing she ...
Yalda is recording in Kyiv just after she sat down with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who agreed to an exclusive interview the day before Donald Trump's state visit to the UK. He also agreed to a rare walk with Yalda around bombed-out Kyiv to show her the extent of the Russian damage.
What was his message for Donald Trump? For Europe? ...
And, with Russian military drones being shot down in Polish airspace, what will NATO do?
Richard and Yalda debrief on the international reaction to the latest from the Middle East and Europe.
Also featuring interviews with the US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and NATO general secretary Mark Rutte.
To watch the whole of Richard's interview with Mike Hucka...
Yalda is in Paris answering all these questions as she covers the fall of Emmanuel Macron's latest prime minister.
Thousands say they will descend on the streets, while opposition politicians call for Mr Macron to stand down. But will he go?
Richard is still in the Middle East, where...
Yalda and Richard are back from their summer break and unpack the summit in Beijing. The leaders of Russia, India and North Korea are all there - but what is going on? And what will President Trump make of it?
Richard is recording from Israel where hundreds of thousands of people have been out on the streets protesting against the war in Gaza. He has spoken to the family memb...
They debrief from global flashpoints and discuss their encounters with the biggest decision makers. They’ll also be joined by some of those key players to help make sense of world events.
From conflict in the Middle East, to the US election, and the war in Ukraine there is no...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the UK would recognise the state of Palestine in September if Israel does not accept certain conditions, including a ceasefire – but what will this actually mean?
Yalda thinks that there are better ways to pressure the Israeli government into allowing more aid into Gaza, and she tells Richard what these are.
Richard has also ...
The two also talk about the shaky ceasefire that is currently in place in the southern Syrian city Sweida. This is the first real test for the new Syrian leader, but can he contain the violence...
Yalda gives her take on the situation and why she thinks Trump is following a similar position to presidents before him when it comes to the Russian leader.
The two also discuss the UK’s secret Afghan immigration scheme after a massive data leak and gagged media. But how serious is this for those peop...
The two also talk about Iran's crackdown on Afghan refugees and undocumented workers in the country, some of whom the Iranian government say were working as spies for Israel.
But how true is this? Yalda reveals what her Mossad contact told her.
They also ask how close a ceasefire in Gaza might be.
To get in touch or to share questions, e...
After President Trump announced on Tuesday night that Israel had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, we wait to see if Hamas accept the terms of the proposed agree...
To get in touch or to share questions, email theworld@sky.uk
Yalda gives Richard her inside scoop on the phone call Trump had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop him from bombing Iran and further violating the ceasefire.
They also ask each other what could come next and an...
Yalda is in Jerusalem and Richard is in Tel Aviv where both of them have been reporting all night long.
Yalda reveals what her contacts are telling her about the extent of the damage done to the sites. They then ask, what could happen next?
To get in touch or to share questions, email theworld@sky.uk
Yalda has been in Jerusalem since Israel launched its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, military bases and top commanders.
She discusses with Richard the toll this new war is taking on the region and the people of both Israel and Iran. She also unpacks her interviews with the president of Israel and Iran’s ambass...
In this extra episode of The World, Yalda Hakim is joined by Sky News' international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn to ask why Israel decided to launch these attacks now and whether this is the start of something much bigger. He's standing in...
Yalda then takes Richard behind the scenes of her headline-making interview with the Russian ambassador to the UK who blamed Britain for the Operation 'Spiderweb' drone attack.
Then, they are joined by ex-CIA director ...
Sky News' security and defence editor Deborah Haynes presents The Wargame – a major new five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise, set in the near future.
Launching 10th June.
How did Ukraine pull this unprecedented attack off? Where does this leave peace talks? And how might President Putin respond?
Richard and Yalda also reflect on the difficulties of not being able to report from inside Gaza. Israel has previously said it has escorted journalis...
Also, one of Richard’s contacts tells him how Israel is using talking drones in Gaza which he describes as ‘like something from Black Mirror’.
Yalda unpacks her interview with a Hamas official who has an interesting revelation about negotiations.
Meanwhile, Richard gives his thoughts ...
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