World Politics
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 11 March 2025
On today's episode, new online gambling licenses are to be auctioned off by the government, the latest political poll shows both the coalition and the Prime Minister are losing support, the former… Audio
BBC World Lookahead with Jonathan Frewin
Canada has a new Prime Minister who isn’t even a sitting MP, US and Ukrainian officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss a framework for peace between Ukraine and Russia and It’s been five… Audio
Political advertising's new rising star: Trump's cost-cutter in chief Elon Musk
Trump's right-hand cost cutter is emerging as the new target of Democratic ads and fundraising appeals.
US House Republicans unveil six-month stopgap bill to avert shutdown
Republicans controlling the US House of Representatives have unveiled their six-month stopgap government funding bill to avoid a potential government shutdown next week.
What's good value (and not) on the sharemarket at the moment?
Sharemarkets have been volatile this week as the impact of Donald Trump's on-again-off-again tariff war was felt.
EU proposal to allow increased wolf hunting
Campaigners have accused the European Commission President, whose own pony was killed by a wolf in 2022, of personal motivations for targeting wolves.
Ukrainian forces fighting inside Russia are almost surrounded
Thousands of Ukrainian troops who stormed into Russia's Kursk region last summer in a shock incursion are nearly surrounded by Russian forces there.
Zelensky's approval rating rises after Trump spat
The Ukrainian president's approval rating at home has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House spat with Donald Trump
Trump threatens Russia with sanctions until Ukraine peace agreed
US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of imposing large-scale US sanctions on Russia, days after pausing aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine, calling on both countries to negotiate a peace…
The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership
Analysis - One day, President Donald Trump imposed a punishing tariff regime against Canada and Mexico. The next, he froze auto duties for a month.
Hamas says Trump's 'DEAD' threat to Gaza undermines ceasefire
Hamas said Trump's threats risk ending the fragile ceasefire, after the US president warned that unless hostages were freed, the people of Gaza would be "DEAD".
The rising rage of the world's (formerly) nicest people
Canadians are united in their horror over US tariffs that have the power to plunge the country into recession and cause mass unemployment.
Mocking him as 'Micron', Russia warns Macron not to threaten it
Russia also ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from NATO members to Ukraine.
Canadians go from anxious to angry over Trump moves
Canadians are united in their horror over US tariffs that have the power to plunge the country into recession and cause mass unemployment Audio
Did Phil Goff deserve to go?
Some commentators have called it an excuse to cut Goff from the post of UK high commissioner, but analyst Geoffrey Miller says diplomats simply can't have political opinions. Audio
Donald Trump expected to order US Education Department abolished
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for eliminating the department, calling it a "big con job".
Trump assails Democrats who heckled him during speech
US President Donald Trump said today that Democrats who heckled him during a speech to Congress behaved so badly they deserve to lose the next congressional election.
Stocks rally on tariff relief hopes, German spending plan
But Wall Street stocks and the dollar slid over fears that economic growth is faltering in the US.
Why Donald Trump's Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road
With the US and Europe now deeply divided, New Zealand may have to take sides.
Donald Trump's big gamble
Analysis - Tariffs against Canada and Mexico deal a fresh shock to a slowing economy.
