Latest news with #YaldaHakim
Sky News
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News
Can Syria's new President be trusted?
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 On this week's episode, Yalda and Richard talk about the growing international condemnation of Israel's war in Gaza, including from a usually staunch ally - the evangelical right wing of America. But what has made them voice a rare criticism? The two also talk about the shaky ceasefire that is currently in place in the southern Syrian city Sweida. This is the first real test for the new Syrian leader, but can he contain the violence? And, Yalda gives an update on the situation in Afghanistan where women and girls have been arrested by the Taliban for violating their strict dress code.
Sky News
a day ago
- Politics
- Sky News
Why is MAGA splitting over Israel?
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 On this week's episode, Yalda and Richard talk about the growing international condemnation of Israel's war in Gaza, including from a usually staunch ally - the evangelical right wing of America. But what has made them voice a rare criticism? The two also talk about the shaky ceasefire that is currently in place in the southern Syrian city Sweida. This is the first real test for the new Syrian leader, but can he contain the violence? And, Yalda gives an update on the situation in Afghanistan where women and girls have been arrested by the Taliban for violating their strict dress code.
Sky News
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
Why Trump changed his mind on Ukraine
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 This week, Yalda and Richard discuss Donald Trump's big decision to send weapons to Ukraine through NATO. Why has he changed his mind? Yalda gives her take on the situation and why she thinks Trump is following a similar position to presidents before him when it comes to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two also discuss the UK's secret Afghan immigration scheme after a massive data leak and gagged media. But how serious is this for those people still stuck in Afghanistan trying to flee the Taliban?
Sky News
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
Iran's crackdown on so-called Afghan spies
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Richard is just back from Iran and tells Yalda what he saw at the Evin prison which Israel bombed. The two also talk about Iran's crackdown on Afghan refugees and undocumented workers in the country, some of whom the Iranian government say were working as spies for Israel. But how true is this? Yalda reveals what her Mossad contact told her. They also ask how close a ceasefire in Gaza might be.
Sky News
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
What's it actually like in Iran right now?
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 In this episode, Richard and Yalda lift the curtain on what life is actually like in Iran, as Richard details how he managed to get into Tehran this week - and what he's found out about a country still reeling from the ramifications of the war against the US and Israel. After President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that Israel had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, we wait to see if Hamas accept the terms of the proposed agreement. Yalda and Richard ask what's next for the region, and whether Trump has in fact been successful in attempting to bring peace to the Middle East.
