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Can Fillon stop Le Pen? / Wary Israelis watch Trump / Lynn Geldof recalls Castro The Irish Times World View Podcast
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Francois Fillon has emerged as the centre-right contender for the 2017 french presidency. Who is Fillon and what are his views? His broadly Thatcherite views will give Marine la Pen plenty of points of discussion in the the lead up to the election, says Lara Marlowe.
Israel always has a vested interest in the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. This time around it would seem they got their preferred outcome with Trump having stated during his campaign that he intends to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Will the seemingly pro-Israel Trump become a powerful ally or indifferent after victory? Our London editor Denis Staunton reports from Tel Aviv.
Since his death Fidel Castro's record has been praised and criticised in equal measure. What is Castro's lasting legacy in Cuba and latin America as whole? Journalist and author of 'The Cubans: Voices for change' Lynn Geldof recalls the 1980s in Cuba, a time when the impoverished country saw economic growth and some the positive effects of the socialist regime.
Francois Fillon has emerged as the centre-right contender for the 2017 french presidency. Who is Fillon and what are his views? His broadly Thatcherite views will give Marine la Pen plenty of points of discussion in the the lead up to the election, says Lara Marlowe.
Israel always has a vested interest in the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. This time around it would seem they got their preferred outcome with Trump having stated during his campaign that he intends to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Will the seemingly pro-Israel Trump become a powerful ally or indifferent after victory? Our London editor Denis Staunton reports from Tel Aviv.
Since his death Fidel Castro's record has been praised and criticised in equal measure. What is Castro's lasting legacy in Cuba and latin America as whole? Journalist and author of 'The Cubans: Voices for change' Lynn Geldof recalls the 1980s in Cuba, a time when the impoverished country saw economic growth and some the positive effects of the socialist regime.
31 min