The World This Week
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The World This Week
Our panel of Paris-based journalists review the week's international news: the stories that made the headlines and also those you may have missed! Join us every Friday at 7:10pm Paris time.
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Iran: A 'Nepo-Ayatollah', the 'Hubris trap" & the costs of a "very complete war"
It’s been a week that’s seen a new Ayatollah proclaimed in Iran. Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, has not been s...
Iran war: A special edition
A major war erupted in the Middle East this week when the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and at...
Ukraine, The Clintons, El Mencho and Iran
It's been a week that began in silence in Kyiv's Independence Square, where European leaders laid flowers for Ukraine's war dead – even as the fightin...
Epstein, Andrew's arrest and Royal crisis
It’s been a week that saw Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on his 66th birthday, facing charges of misconduct for sharing confidential material wit...
Munich, Epstein, Confessions of Love Cheat
This Friday in The World This Week, we talk about the unravelling of the Epstein files, the end of the Old World Order and the Olympic helmet dilemma....
Epstein files special: Revelations, Redactions & Ramifications
In a week where global headlines have been dominated daily by the fallout from what the Trump administration calls the "final release" of Epstein file...
‘Minneapolis Now’, Iran & the ‘Armada’, A Gaza milestone
This Friday in The World This Week, we talk about the implications of a fatal week in Minneapolis, Iran & the "Armada" ultimatum and what Trump's goal...
Taking the peace, Making Europe Grateful Again, No friends but the mountains?
It's been a week of power plays and redrawn lines. In Davos, US President Donald Trump declared victory in the escalating row over Greenland, announci...
Iran: An uprising and a massacre, The Greenland narrative, Preventing WWIII
It's been a week marked by brutality, brinkmanship and political theatre. In Iran, a third week of protests spiralled into a nationwide uprising as th...
Capturing Maduro, A Grab for Greenland, Iran Unrest
In the week that saw the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Operation Absolute Resolve played out in just two hours and 28 minutes. The c...
2025 in review and what's in store for 2026
In this special edition of The World This Week, our panel of journalists look back at the big stories from 2025 and ahead at what to expect in 2026.
Ukraine & the shape shifting 'Dim-Wit' plan, Venezuela, Europe's call of duty
This week brought frantic peace manoeuvres over Ukraine, as a leaked 28-point plan triggered emergency talks and a swift Geneva rewrite, with Presiden...
Ukraine: Compromise or Capitulation?, Epstein & the MAGA rebellion, G20
This week saw Ukraine brace for a fourth winter of war as President Volodymyr Zelensky shores up support amid reports of a secret 28-point peace plan...
Trump Vs the BBC, Pardoning Netanyahu? Sarkozy’s Prison Stint
This week, President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars after it emerged its Panorama programme misleadingly edited his speec...
“Turn the volume up” Mamdani’s glory & the Dems’ dichotomy, Pokrovsk falling? Shein in France
It’s been a week that’s seen a remarkable political upset in New York, where 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani became the city’s youngest mayor in 130 years...
USA China Superpower Showdown, Who can help Sudan, Prince no more
It’s been a week that saw Britain's king strip his brother Andrew – formerly Prince Andrew – of his last title and ask him to leave the Royal Lodge, j...
Louvre heist, 'Yellow Line' in Gaza, and the Ukraine War
We assess the fallout of the Louvre heist in France. Also, Israel begins physically marking its areas of control in Gaza, deeper than its government a...
Governing Gaza, Ukraine, AI 'Slop,' and the Dead Internet Theory
It’s been a week of global upheaval and fragile progress – from a historic prisoner release and tentative ceasefire in Gaza, to the dramatic fall of M...
End to the war in Gaza? Revolving door of French PMs, Nobel Peace Prize
In a week that marked the second anniversary of the Gaza war and saw a breakthrough in peace talks, a ceasefire was agreed upon on Thursday. This agre...
“Beyond very close” The Gaza peace plan. A crack in the drone wall? Pirate Flags & Gen Z protests
This week, US President Donald Trump declared "eternal peace for the Middle East" was within reach as he stood side by side with the Israeli prime min...
Trump on Putin: Has the penny dropped? The downfall of President Sarkozy, Recognising Palestine
In a week of coordinated, choreographed diplomacy, a number of Western leaders formerly recognised Palestinian statehood. Benjamin Netanyahu said the...
Trump Vs The TV Networks, A right royal knees up, A Gaza ‘Genocide’
This week has seen major upheavals on the global stage: Trump’s lavish and unprecedented UK state visit offered a boost to embattled Prime Minister Ke...
Charlie Kirk, Israel's Doha attack, Can 'Lecornichon' get France out of a pickle?
This week has seen another changing of the guard in the French government. Former defence minister Sébastien Lecornu has assumed the role of French pr...
China & the 'axis of upheaval’, Brazil's Bolsonaro case & Europe's migration debate
In this edition of The World This Week: China's military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II sees President Xi Jinping, Rus...