The World This Week
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The World This Week
Our panel of Paris-based journalists review the week's international news: the stories that made the headlines and also those you may have missed! Join us every Friday at 7:10pm Paris time.
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2025 in review and what's in store for 2026
In this special edition of The World This Week, our panel of journalists look back at the big stories from 2025 and ahead at what to expect in 2026.
Ukraine & the shape shifting 'Dim-Wit' plan, Venezuela, Europe's call of duty
This week brought frantic peace manoeuvres over Ukraine, as a leaked 28-point plan triggered emergency talks and a swift Geneva rewrite, with Presiden...
Ukraine: Compromise or Capitulation?, Epstein & the MAGA rebellion, G20
This week saw Ukraine brace for a fourth winter of war as President Volodymyr Zelensky shores up support amid reports of a secret 28-point peace plan...
Trump Vs the BBC, Pardoning Netanyahu? Sarkozy’s Prison Stint
This week, President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars after it emerged its Panorama programme misleadingly edited his speec...
“Turn the volume up” Mamdani’s glory & the Dems’ dichotomy, Pokrovsk falling? Shein in France
It’s been a week that’s seen a remarkable political upset in New York, where 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani became the city’s youngest mayor in 130 years...
USA China Superpower Showdown, Who can help Sudan, Prince no more
It’s been a week that saw Britain's king strip his brother Andrew – formerly Prince Andrew – of his last title and ask him to leave the Royal Lodge, j...
Louvre heist, 'Yellow Line' in Gaza, and the Ukraine War
We assess the fallout of the Louvre heist in France. Also, Israel begins physically marking its areas of control in Gaza, deeper than its government a...
Governing Gaza, Ukraine, AI 'Slop,' and the Dead Internet Theory
It’s been a week of global upheaval and fragile progress – from a historic prisoner release and tentative ceasefire in Gaza, to the dramatic fall of M...
End to the war in Gaza? Revolving door of French PMs, Nobel Peace Prize
In a week that marked the second anniversary of the Gaza war and saw a breakthrough in peace talks, a ceasefire was agreed upon on Thursday. This agre...
“Beyond very close” The Gaza peace plan. A crack in the drone wall? Pirate Flags & Gen Z protests
This week, US President Donald Trump declared "eternal peace for the Middle East" was within reach as he stood side by side with the Israeli prime min...
Trump on Putin: Has the penny dropped? The downfall of President Sarkozy, Recognising Palestine
In a week of coordinated, choreographed diplomacy, a number of Western leaders formerly recognised Palestinian statehood. Benjamin Netanyahu said the...
Trump Vs The TV Networks, A right royal knees up, A Gaza ‘Genocide’
This week has seen major upheavals on the global stage: Trump’s lavish and unprecedented UK state visit offered a boost to embattled Prime Minister Ke...
Charlie Kirk, Israel's Doha attack, Can 'Lecornichon' get France out of a pickle?
This week has seen another changing of the guard in the French government. Former defence minister Sébastien Lecornu has assumed the role of French pr...
China & the 'axis of upheaval’, Brazil's Bolsonaro case & Europe's migration debate
In this edition of The World This Week: China's military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II sees President Xi Jinping, Rus...