The World This Week

Jack Foster | Carolyn Scott

The World this Week brings you the latest news from around the globe. Broadcasters Carolyn Scott and Jack Foster have teamed up with Scottish media outlet CommonSpace to deliver a weekly global news digest. Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an episode.

Episodes

  1. 24th November 2017

    24/11/2017

    24th November 2017

    First, the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was placed under house arrest in what we were told was not a coup, then sacked by his own Zanu-PF party, but refused to step down, only to step down a day later. We’ll be getting you up to speed on the twists and turns of the Zimbabwean Coup d'etat, as well as asking how history will judge the ousted President. The UK Chancellor delivered the autumn budget on Wednesday, and despite Philip hammond’s best attempts to lighten the mood, there’s not really much to laugh about given the projections of Britain's economic growth. Thursday was ‘Thanksgiving’ in the United States, the annual celebration of the country’s colonial beginnings - and of course food, family, football, and a presidential “turkey pardon”… But huge swathes of the US population don’t see the day as a celebration, rather a “national day of mourning”. In all the news about the UK budget, you’d be forgiven for missing the vote earlier this week on ditching EU human rights post Brexit… A move which critics of Theresa May’s government say is nothing short of a sop to hard brexiters, riled up at the prospect of a potential 80 billion divorce bill. The former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, nicknamed the ‘butcher of Bosnia’, was this week sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. His name is synonymous with insanity and violence - cult leader Charles Manson died this week at 83… We look back at the infamous killings carried out by the “Manson family”, and the strange fascination Charles Manson has inspired in popular culture over the years. The former leader of Scottish Labour Kezia Dugdale, has sparked a bonfire of controversy in the corridors of Holyrood this past week, with the announcement that she’ll be a contestant on ITV’s ‘I’m a Celebrity Get me out of here’. We try to understand what all the fuss is about All that and more on this week's programme.

    1 hr
  2. 17th November 2017

    17/11/2017

    17th November 2017

    In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a Zimbabwean military official made that announcement after troops occupied the state broadcaster and placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest. We take a look at events as they’ve been unfolding, and ask what this coup - which supposedly isn’t a coup - means for Zimbabwe. The UK Government has been accused of economic murder - one hundred and twenty thousand counts of economic murder - as a new landmark study analyses the impact of austerity measures. On Wednesday night, Donald Trump returned from his two week tour of Asia, but how did it go? We’ve got a detailed report on the US President’s Asia tour, as well as analysis of what it all means. Calls for an industrial strategy for Scotland as over 1000 jobs are at risk as engineering firm BiFab faces potential administration. And we take a look at the 16th Annual Carrying Stream Festival, this year paying tribute to two late greats of the Scottish folk and traditional music community.

    1 hr
  3. 10th November 2017

    10/11/2017

    10th November 2017

    Another mass shooting in the US prompts renewed calls for tougher vetting on Gun ownership - but President Trump doesn’t agree. We take a look at the reluctance, not just to take action, but even to talk about reforming US firearm regulations amongst the country’s lawmakers. This Sunday is remembrance day - We look back at the conflicts which gave birth to the Poppy appeal, and ask whether that symbol has been politicised in recent years. We speak to the columnist and trade unionist Cat Boyd about what she calls “compulsory poppy lobbyists”. Edinburgh’s usher hall was indeed full to the brim last Saturday, with members of the Scottish independence Movement, and we’ll have a special report on the Scottish independence convention’s building bridges to yes event. Another week, and another cabinet minister down for Theresa May - where does the sharp fall from grace for Priti Patel fit into the ongoing disaster that is Theresa May’s premiership? And… Could BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’ Parish council election POSSIBLY be referencing real world events? A recent General election perhaps? All that and more on this week's programme.

    1 hr
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The World this Week brings you the latest news from around the globe. Broadcasters Carolyn Scott and Jack Foster have teamed up with Scottish media outlet CommonSpace to deliver a weekly global news digest. Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an episode.

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