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Twenty minutes. The whole world. World in Twenty is a daily international news briefing covering the most important developments in politics, business, economics, security and society from every continent. Built for people who want to stay genuinely informed without spending hours following the news. New episodes Monday to Friday, plus an in-depth weekly edition every Sunday that connects the stories shaping the world.

  1. 22h ago

    War, Oil, and a Warning — September 10, 2026

    A conflict that began as a military exchange between the US and Iran is now rewriting diplomatic architecture, energy markets, and European politics simultaneously, while two quieter stories — about AI's existential ceiling and a border crossing that was seen coming — remind us that the crises we fail to prevent are often the ones we chose not to act on. In this episode: - Iran Referred to UN Security Council After Nuclear Inspections Collapse - Oil Tops $100 a Barrel as Middle East Conflict Shakes Global Markets - Germany's Chancellor Merz Confronts AfD in Parliament After Far-Right Election Surge - Anthropic Researcher Says There Is Better Than a One-in-Ten Chance AI Could Kill All Humans - Spanish Intelligence Knew About the Ceuta Crossing — the Day Before It Happened World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  2. 1d ago

    Sanctions, Tariffs and Algorithms — September 9, 2026

    Western democracies are reaching simultaneously for economic levers — trade bans, tariffs, expulsions — to reshape alliances and punish adversaries, while quieter regulatory and scientific stories reveal a different kind of power struggle over information and knowledge. In this episode: - Britain sanctions West Bank settlement goods and accuses Israel of backing ethnic cleansing - Canada's retaliatory tariffs on billions in US goods come into force as trade war deepens - Hungary orders ten Russian diplomats to leave in dramatic break with pro-Kremlin past - Australia to force social media platforms to let users opt out of personalised algorithms - NASA satellite imaging algorithm uncovers invisible ancient paintings inside Angkor Wat World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  3. 2d ago

    Bridges, Strikes and Old Ghosts — September 8, 2026

    Old alliances are hardening into permanent infrastructure, new ceasefire agreements are being tested by live fire, and the political rehabilitation of convicted war criminals signals that the post-Cold War consensus on accountability is fracturing. In this episode: - Israeli strikes kill twelve in southern Lebanon, Lebanon says ceasefire now at risk - Russia and North Korea open their first road bridge, a one-kilometre symbol of a wartime alliance - Thousands honour Ratko Mladić at Belgrade funeral as EU warns Serbia against glorifying war criminal - Trump threatens to ban Bombardier jet sales in the US unless Canada moves manufacturing stateside - Jamaica hands King Charles a landmark slavery reparations petition, confronting a centuries-old debt - German startup Isar Aerospace becomes the first company in Europe to reach orbit with a fully commercial rocket World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  4. 4d ago

    No Off-Ramp: The Week Escalation Became the Baseline — The Weekly, September 6, 2026

    This week, a US-Iran military exchange that began as a single strike grew into a four-country confrontation without off-ramps, and institutions across Europe, Asia, and the Gulf quietly repositioned as though they no longer expected it to end. In this weekly edition: - A single US strike on Larak Island became a five-day regional confrontation; by Friday, Iranian missiles had hit Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and the UAE, and the US president had publicly ruled out peace talks. - A glacial collapse in the Himalayas killed more than 1,000 people by 2 September, with 3,000 still missing; a separate censorship dimension emerged when Tibet campaigners documented China's suppression of the disaster's cross-border impact. - The Dutch central bank relocated gold reserves out of allied vaults — a financial decision whose significance is institutional, not monetary: a NATO member pricing in a world where alliance stability can no longer be assumed. - Volkswagen announced cuts of 100,000 jobs — roughly one in seven of its workforce — citing US tariffs and Chinese competition as the dual forces making its existing model unviable. - Nine years after journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb in Malta, the man believed to have ordered her murder was acquitted — with an appeal expected but not yet confirmed. - A Las Vegas jury convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis of Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder after fewer than three hours of deliberation — resolving a case that remained open for nearly three decades. World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  5. 6d ago

    War, Work and the Weight of Legacy — September 4, 2026

    On a day when a US-Iran conflict escalates toward contested civilian casualties and a European industrial giant announces its largest-ever restructuring, the world is grappling simultaneously with the human cost of geopolitical confrontation and the economic disruption reshaping everyday working life. In this episode: - Iran claims wedding hit in US strike as conflict spreads to Kuwait and UAE - Volkswagen to shed 100,000 jobs by 2030 in the auto industry's biggest-ever restructuring - About 2,000 children fall ill in Indonesia after eating from President Prabowo's free school meals scheme - Nvidia acquires Hugging Face, the hub of open-source AI, for nearly thirteen billion dollars - Gloria Steinem, the journalist and activist who defined second-wave feminism, dies aged 92 World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  6. Sep 3

    Escalation on Three Fronts — September 3, 2026

    On the same day that US and Iranian forces exchanged strikes and Russia hit a German airport with a drone, the world's institutions — legal, financial, diplomatic — are quietly repositioning for a conflict order that may no longer be temporary. In this episode: - Iran claims US strike killed civilians including children; Iran launches retaliatory missiles and drones at US targets - EU and NATO vow to increase pressure on Russia after drone attack on Leipzig airport blamed on Moscow - Joshua Wong pleads guilty to national security charge in Hong Kong that carries maximum life sentence - Dutch central bank moves billions in gold from US and Canada to London, citing geopolitical unrest - Malta's richest businessman acquitted of orchestrating journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's 2017 car bomb murder World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  7. Sep 2

    Strikes, Floods, and the Cosmos — September 2, 2026

    On a day when the US-Iran war escalated into a broader regional conflagration and the Himalayas swallowed a thousand lives, a jury finally closed a 30-year cultural wound and a new telescope set off to map the dark universe — the world is simultaneously breaking apart and reaching further than it ever has. In this episode: - Iran launches attacks on Jordan and Bahrain as US presses fresh strikes in the Gulf - Nepal flood death toll exceeds one thousand as five missing Australians found alive - Norway's King Haakon VIII takes his oath of office as his father lies in state - Duane 'Keffe D' Davis found guilty of Tupac Shakur's murder — 30 years after the shooting - NASA's Roman Space Telescope lifts off to tackle the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  8. Sep 1

    Strikes, Floods, and a Telescope — September 1, 2026

    On the same day US and Iranian forces exchange strikes for the first time in weeks, institutions from the US Supreme Court to Beijing's censors are bending the rules of transparency and accountability to fit the interests of power. In this episode: - US and Iran exchange strikes in Strait of Hormuz as Trump warns of more to come - Tibet flood death toll 'far higher than Beijing admits' as China erases disaster images - Supreme Court lets Trump build $400m White House ballroom — over its own Chief Justice's dissent - Jury finds Duane 'Keffe D' Davis guilty of Tupac Shakur's murder after 30 years - NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches on million-mile journey to map the dark universe World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

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Twenty minutes. The whole world. World in Twenty is a daily international news briefing covering the most important developments in politics, business, economics, security and society from every continent. Built for people who want to stay genuinely informed without spending hours following the news. New episodes Monday to Friday, plus an in-depth weekly edition every Sunday that connects the stories shaping the world.

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    2026
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