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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. 8h ago

    Pope, Pipeline, and Pressure — October 14, 2026

    From a Pope's cancer ward to a Hamburg courtroom to Riyadh's battered airport, today's world is defined by institutions and individuals facing tests they cannot fully control — medical, legal, and military. In this episode: - Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons remove lower lobe of right lung - Houthi missiles breach Saudi air defences again as Trump weighs US military strikes - Nord Stream trial opens in Hamburg — Ukrainian suspect in dock four years after Europe's most consequential act of sabotage - MI5 director says state espionage now rivals terrorism as a threat — and AI is accelerating both - Twin storms batter Mexico's Pacific coast, killing at least five and forcing helicopter rescues World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  2. 1d ago

    Ceasefires, Courts, and Cold Fridges — October 13, 2026

    Words of de-escalation are being tested against actions that contradict them — from a ceasefire that Russia appears to be ignoring, to democratic institutions under pressure in the world's largest democracy, to a cyberattack that turns the mundane act of keeping food cold into a national security question. In this episode: - Russia hits six Ukrainian energy sites hours after Trump announces ceasefire - Saudi Arabia grounds all Riyadh flights after Houthi attacks kill 13 and spark fires - Thousands march to India's Supreme Court demanding election chief resign over 130-million-name purge - Pope Leo XIV admitted to hospital Tuesday for surgery on early-stage lung nodule - Cyber attackers force French supermarket refrigerators to 50°C overnight, sparking fires and millions in food losses World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  3. 6d ago

    Anniversaries, Missiles, and a Plague Question — October 8, 2026

    Three years after 7 October, the world is watching multiple conflicts deepen without resolution, a disease cross a new border, and a deposed autocrat face fresh legal reckoning — all while a Nobel Prize reminds us that science still quietly reshapes everything. In this episode: - Russian missile kills 19 people — including five children — in a residential block in northern Ukraine - Three years after 7 October, Israelis demand an inquiry — and Netanyahu still refuses - Kenya quarantines ten contacts after recording its first-ever Ebola death - Maduro expected to face new US charges of torturing Americans in Venezuelan prisons - Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for discoveries at the molecular origin of life World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  4. Oct 7

    Outbreaks, Ballots, and Farewells — October 7, 2026

    On a day when infectious disease is crossing borders and separatist movements are winning elections, the forces that defined yesterday's world order — stable health surveillance, settled national identities, established media empires, and the certainty of who fights where — are all in motion simultaneously. In this episode: - Kenya records its first-ever Ebola death as DR Congo outbreak surges past 4,000 dead - WHO says plague epidemic risk is low after Russian lab worker's death — as US and Russia offer each other rare cooperation - Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim control of Red Sea's Bab al-Mandab Strait in major strategic shift - Quebec separatists win minority government, reviving prospect of independence referendum - AfD elects a regional parliament speaker for the first time in German history - Messi scores in his final Argentina appearance, ending the greatest international career in football history World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  5. Oct 6

    Fire, Fear, and a Nobel Spark — October 6, 2026

    As military campaigns intensify in the Middle East and intelligence chiefs warn of creeping conflict in Europe, long-standing diplomatic frictions — including US military conduct in Japan — are reaching breaking points, while science quietly offers the world a reason for cautious optimism. In this episode: - 100 fighter jets strike Yemen as Saudi coalition launches major Houthi offensive - US Marine arrested for murder of Japanese woman in Okinawa, reopening decades of tension - Germany's intelligence chief says Russia's shadow war puts Europe at risk of violent conflict - France girds for national school protest day as youth movement grows and boy loses hand - Nobel Medicine Prize awarded for breakthrough research into how the brain switches nerve cells on and off World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  6. Oct 5

    Ballots, Bridges and an AI Czar — October 5, 2026

    On the same day that democratic choices are being made or contested on three continents, state violence — military and criminal — is testing the alliances meant to contain it. In this episode: - Bolsonaro's son leads Lula in Brazil's first round, forcing a high-stakes October runoff - Russia hits Kyiv's Northern Bridge for the fourth day running as Merz pledges new German support - Japan lodges formal protest with Washington after US Marine arrested for murder in Okinawa - Tens of thousands take to Spain's streets over housing as government fails on emergency legislation - Trump appoints spy chief Jay Clayton to also run America's AI policy — blending national security and technology in a single role World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  7. Oct 4

    The Week the Guardrails Were Tested — The Weekly, October 4, 2026

    This week, the structures built to manage state violence, political dissent, technological power and diplomatic order were each tested to a visible limit — and in almost every case, the test produced no resolution, only a higher-stakes next round. In this weekly edition: - From an arson attribution in Estonia to a nuclear-adjacent threat over Kaliningrad, Russia escalated on three distinct tracks in four days — and NATO's collective response frameworks produced no visible answer to any of them. - French student protests moved from mass detentions of children on 30 September to fires at school buildings and a government emergency meeting on 2 October — a forty-eight hour arc that the state had no visible answer for. - The Xi-Trump summit's most concrete outcome was two pandas in Atlanta; three days later the White House staged a domestic AI summit and named it 'Super Intelligence' — a sequence that reveals how quickly the US reframed a bilateral diplomatic moment into a unilateral acceleration posture. - Morocco appointed its first female prime minister — only the second in the entire Arab world — on a week when every other political story was about escalation and breakdown. - Scientists reported a 5% acceleration in glacier melt this year — and described the record as no longer surprising. That loss of alarm in the people measuring the crisis may be the most significant climate data point of the week. - As the week's conflicts escalated on three continents, four astronauts from four nations strapped themselves into a SpaceX capsule and left — bound for six months on the ISS, somewhere above all of it. World in Twenty is a concise international briefing published in audio and web formats.

  8. Oct 2

    Warnings, Fire and a Launch — October 2, 2026

    Across Europe and Africa, leaders are deploying threats and force where institutions were meant to provide stability — while one story of judicial accountability and one of international cooperation remind listeners that other frameworks for order still exist. In this episode: - Putin invokes every weapon in Russia's arsenal to defend Kaliningrad - French government in crisis meeting as school fires spread across nationwide student protests - Explosions rock Addis Ababa as Ethiopia bans drone flights amid renewed conflict fears - Family of Renee Good, killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis, sues Trump administration for civil rights violations - SpaceX Crew-13 carries four astronauts to the International Space Station 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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  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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