Stay ConnectedEach week, we focus on one of the major international stories making headlines, drawing upon the Financial Times’s team of foreign correspondents and analysts to make sense of world events. Presented by Gideon Rachman and produced by Hannah Murphy.
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In this week's podcast: Libya - a week on from the fall of Gaddafi; the eurozone and the state of play as we come out of the summer break; and, an Indian hunger striker forces parliament to support his anti-corruption crusade.Presented by Gideon Rachman with James Blitz in Paris, James Lamont in Delhi and Martin Sandbu in the studio in London.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: Is the conflict in Libya finally coming to an end? The world's new craze for gold; and, Gaza, renewed violence dashes hopes for ceasefire.Presented by Gideon Rachman with James Blitz and Edward Hadas in the studio in London, and Tobias Buck in Jerusalem.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week’s podcast: Obama and the US debt limit – the president avoids default at the 11th hour; Greece, we ask whether the second bail-out package is enough to stem contagion across the eurozone; and, Indonesia’s growth trajectory attracts foreign investment.Presented by Rob Minto with James Crabtree, Martin Sandbu and Gideon Rachman, in the studio in London and Anthony Deutsch in Jakarta - interviewed by Serena Tarling.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: Terror in Norway: a lone attack or a signal that the far right is rising? Libya – what next for Gaddafi? And, China's ambitions for high speed rail are dealt a blow.Presented by Gideon Rachman with Robin Wigglesworth, Martin Sandbu and David Gardner in the studio in London and Simon Rabinovitch in Beijing - interviewed by Serena Tarling.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: Have European leaders done enough to save Greece and the eurozone? UK prime minister David Cameron struggles to keep a lid on the News of the World phone hacking scandal; And, has Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama endangered US/China relations?Presented by Gideon Rachman with Peter Spiegel in the studio in London, Elizabeth Rigby in Westminster and Jamil Anderlini in Beijing - interviewed by Serena Tarling.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: The Murdoch scandal goes international; the euro debt crisis reaches Italy; and, bombings in Mumbai - is the stage set for Rahul Gandhi to step up as prime minister?Presented by Gideon Rachman with Ben Fenton in the studio in London, Guy Dinmore in Rome and Rahul Jacob in Delhi - interviewed by Serena Tarling. Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: Are there signs that the crisis in Syria is coming to an end? Can former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn really make a political comeback in France? And, Thailand's first female prime minister - what challenges will she face?Presented by Gideon Rachman with David Gardner, Ben Hall and Serena Tarling in London and Tim Johnston in Bangkok.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week’s podcast: President Obama accelerates the timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan; as the Greek crisis unfolds, we ask whether the eurozone could actually collapse; and, India battles to keep inflation under control.Presented by Gideon Rachman with James Blitz and Vincent Boland in the studio in London and James Lamont in Delhi.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: scathing criticism of Nato from the US calls the alliance's future into question; the political instability in Greece compounds the sovereign debt crisis and causes arguments within Germany; strains over contested islands in the South China Sea could see an unlikely alliance between old enemies, Vietnam and the US.Presented by Gideon Rachman, with James Blitz, Quentin Peel and Ben BlandProduced by LJ Filotrani and Rob Minto
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In this week’s podcast: Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad’s role as Iran’s president is looking uncertain; Oil cartel Opec meeting descends into acrimony; And, we end the show in the US with the fiscal debate over raising the country’s debt ceiling.Presented by Gideon Rachman with Clive Crook and David Blair in the studio in London and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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