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Kallas said today that any deal between Washington and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine must include Ukraine and the EU, adding that she will convene a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday to discuss next steps. www.reuters.com/world/kallas...

Polish FM Sikorski says that changing of borders by force “has resonance for every European. We fought two bloody wars over the issue of national minorities across international borders . . . Putin has sent tanks in and that should not stand” His interview on Weekend👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Never-before-heard home recordings of Woody Guthrie, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century, are released, more than half a century after his death. Weekend spoke to Guthrie's granddaughter Anna Canoni& his daughter Nora about the new album. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Local residents allege the shooter was an Israeli settler. Basel Adra, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" pays tribute to his colleague and friend, Awdah. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Local residents allege the shooter was an Israeli settler. Basel Adra, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" pays tribute to his colleague and friend, Awdah. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells Julian Worricker on the BBC World Service’s Weekend programme that the Israeli military’s newly announced tactical pause comes too late. “Because the whole world is pissed off with us, and I think that they have a good reason for it,” he says.

As the war in Gaza has dragged on, the debate has grown more heated - about whether that most serious of legal terms - genocide - should be applied to Israel's actions in Gaza. In May a group of UN experts said this on the matter: ‘While States debate terminology-is it or is it not genocide?

London running out of…Chocolate swirls

This morning on BBC World Service we took time to Remember Srebrenica. We recalled what happened&heard from survivors & relatives. David Rhode told us how he uncovered the first mass graves 30 years ago. With guests Arminka Helic and Steven Erlanger👇from min 26:30 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia 30 years ago was the worst single atrocity on European soil since World War Two. The journalist David Rohde, who uncovered and told the world about the mass graves after the genocide, recalls how he came across the story www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Srebrenica. Never forget.

Former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe Ben Hodges says he has “zero confidence” in US Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard. The retired general also told the BBC’s Weekend programme that he is sceptical about US military intervention in Iran. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The conflict between Israel & Iran is a "powder keg [that] has already blown up", according to Robert Malley, the lead negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Speaking to the BBC World Service’s Weekend, Malley says the current hostilities "may well head in a more dangerous direction".

So great to have colleagues @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social and Chris Brown as panel guests on Weekend this morning. If you missed the show live, you can catch up here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

French MPs backed a bill this week that would promote Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of Brigadier Genera. His great-grandson Michel Dreyfus, has been speaking to Julian Worricker on Weekend programme 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Israeli military is continuing with a new offensive in Gaza, despite possible ceasefire talks with Hamas in Qatar. Weekend's Rebecca Kesby spoke to Asma, a teacher and mother of two daughters who is in Jabalia, in the north of Gaza, on Friday. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Top UN official told the BBC this week that Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war' Gazans have been starving for two and a half years now. This is a heartbreaking interview I did with a Gaza surgeon - father of small children - in December 2023 #Weekend www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

When in Rome

RIP Mario Vargas Llosa. Thank you especially for Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, one of my most loved books

Laura Delano was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 14 and was prescribed 19 psychiatric medications. After 14 years she walked away from the treatment altogether. She details that journey in her memoir… She’s been speaking to Weekend’s Julian Worricker www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Laura Delano was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 14 and was prescribed 19 psychiatric medications. After 14 years she walked away from the treatment altogether. She details that journey in her memoir… She’s been speaking to Weekend’s Julian Worricker www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sergiy Stakhovsky is no ordinary Ukrainian soldier. He’s a former professional tennis player who, in 2013, famously knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon. But fast forward to today and he's swapped his racket for a rifle, serving in Ukraine's armed forces. 🎧Hear more from Sergiy: bbc.in/4ifc4tj

Mahmoud Muna and his family run the famous 'Educational Bookshop' in East Jerusalem. This week it was raided by Israeli police for the second time in less than a month. He came into in our studio earlier this week to tell the story of his beloved bookshop and more… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Greenland holds elections today. Trump wants the island, but what do Greenlanders want? ‘Reality has become stranger than fiction’ Listen to this interview. 👇

Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the cost of about $50 million per year. The ethics of threatening the victim of aggression apart, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable provider we will be forced to look for other suppliers.

Angunnguaq Larsen says Greeland has to stand up to US and Denmark www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Donald Tusk a year ago: “I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to the arrival of a new era,” he said. “The pre-war era. I don’t exaggerate. This is becoming more and more apparent every day." www.politico.eu/article/poli...

If you missed what happened at the White House yesterday, you can catch up here - plus reactions, analyses - the full picture, 3 hrs of live broadcast from London DC, Kyiv, Odessa, Kyiv, London and Damascus With @camillegrand.bsky.social and Sabra Ayres www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Great show on the @bbcworldservice.bsky.social this morning quite a challenge to unpack for 2.5 hours the events of the week (thanks to @albanakasapi.bsky.social for the invitation) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

A very unsurprising move Orbán calls on EU to launch peace talks with Moscow over Ukraine FT

If you missed what happened at the White House yesterday, you can catch up here - plus reactions, analyses - the full picture, 3 hrs of live broadcast from London DC, Kyiv, Odessa, Kyiv, London and Damascus With @camillegrand.bsky.social and Sabra Ayres www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Ivan joined the army as he turned 20, during the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here are his reflections on 3 years of war as told to #Weekend’s Julian Worricker during a lull in fighting on the Eastern Front @bbcworldservice www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky Mykhailo Podolyak says Ukraine is open to US investment in rare earth minerals - but Kyiv must get economic gains from a deal and be given security guarantees. He was Speaking to the BBC World Service's Weekend programme

senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky Mykhailo Podolyak says Ukraine is open to US investment in rare earth minerals - but Kyiv must get economic gains from a deal and be given security guarantees. He was Speaking to the BBC World Service's Weekend programme

PM 'ready' to put troops on ground in Ukraine to protect peace www.bbc.com/news/article...

Conclave director Edward Berger says film on selection of Pope is a 'political thriller' www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Ukraine's former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells #Weekend that a deal to end the war would be difficult because of Vladimir Putin's conviction that Russia is winning. He said the 100 day target set by President Trump's envoy to Ukraine was unlikely to be met. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

‘I came back with almost nothing’ For years we have followed @WafaMustafa9 as she tries to find out what happened to her father Ali, dissapeared during Assad’s regime. She spoke on #Weekend today after returning back to Berlin from Syria. From min 12:37 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‘I came back with almost nothing’ For years we have followed @WafaMustafa9 as she tries to find out what happened to her father Ali, dissapeared during Assad’s regime. She spoke on #Weekend today after returning back to Berlin from Syria. From min 12:37 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Ukraine's former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells #Weekend that a deal to end the war would be difficult because of Vladimir Putin's conviction that Russia is winning. He said the 100 day target set by President Trump's envoy to Ukraine was unlikely to be met. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told #Weekend programme on BBC World Service Radio that Europe’s defence spending must rise. She said "every euro spent on school, healthcare and welfare [was] vulnerable" if the bloc didn't maintain strong defences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Weekend’s Julian Worricker did an excellent interview with EU’s top diplomat @kajakallas BBC online wrote a piece (below) based on some of her remarks, but you can listen to the interview in full on BBC World Service Radio at 07:30 CET www.bbc.com/news/article...

Merry xmas

Great piece by @daveclarkreports.bsky.social

Weekend - @WafaMustafa9 still hopes to find missing father in Syria - BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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