Battle Lines
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Battle Lines is The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast. It offers expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting from around the world, everywhere from China and the United States to the Middle East and Europe.Three times a week, veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you on-the-ground dispatches from the world’s most volatile regions and informed analysis from world-class experts.Every Wednesday on Battle Lines x Global Health Security they’r...
Episodes (399)
US fears Iran war could drag into 2029. Trump insists it’s ‘worth it’
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Sep 13, 202626:57completed
US Gen Ben Hodges: Trump’s Houthi Red Sea crisis, Pentagon chaos and 9/11’s lega...
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Sep 11, 202638:37completed
Iran’s Houthis seize key Red Sea port as $100 oil threatens global economy
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Sep 10, 202636:07completed
Iran captures US submarine drone & how Russia supercharges Iran’s weapons
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Sep 9, 202640:11completed
Iran uses new missile to target US warships as UK sanctions Israel settlements
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Sep 8, 202640:47pending
US sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up
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Sep 7, 202628:47pending
Trump facing midterms nightmare as approval ratings plunge over Iran war
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Sep 6, 202629:19pending
US Navy drained by Iran war as Hegseth-Pentagon turmoil grows
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Sep 4, 202638:46pending
Iran hostage crisis: 'My mum was in Evin prison when Israel bombed it'
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Sep 3, 202642:07pending
US strikes IRGC bases & what the Iran war means for China invading Taiwan
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Sep 2, 202649:52pending
Trump vows to hit Iran ‘hard’ despite US military war warning
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Sep 1, 202634:10pending
Simon Sebag-Montefiore on the Iran war: Trump’s mistakes, Israel’s overreach and...
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Aug 30, 202641:14pending
Hegseth in the firing line after six months of war
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Aug 28, 202627:14pending
‘We’re going to see a reckoning’ of the global order: Middle East scholar’s verd...
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Aug 27, 202639:10pending
CIA Chief's secret Moscow flight - Has the US tried to bargain with Putin over I...
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Aug 26, 202630:07pending
US vows "Economic Warfare" as the UK prepares for infrastructure blackouts
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Aug 25, 202619:18pending
Trump to unleash ‘Economic D Day’ on Iran as blockade bites
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Aug 24, 202624:39pending
‘Bloodbath’: Why Trump could lose the House over the Iran war
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Aug 23, 202626:58pending
‘No way out’: How Trump trapped US in Iran war as world stands by
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Aug 21, 202642:23pending
Trump vows 'economic D-Day' as US jets escort oil tankers through Hormuz
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Aug 20, 202635:40pending
UAE cuts Iran’s economic lifeline after ‘ballistic missile strikes’
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Aug 19, 202640:11pending
Iran strikes ship in Strait of Hormuz after Trump threatens to bomb Oman
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Aug 18, 202628:31pending
Trump ‘weighing nuclear attack on Iran’ as peace deal expires
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Aug 17, 202639:42pending
Strait of Hormuz oil spills, power outages and black rain: Iran’s escalating war...
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Aug 16, 202631:35pending
US vows indefinite blockade & how China became Iran’s 'ventilator'
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Aug 14, 202640:28pending
China steps in as Iran war drains US oil reserves to 40-year low
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Aug 13, 202629:05pending
Houthis’ first kills in Red Sea & is the Iran war America’s Suez moment?
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Aug 12, 202632:32pending
Iran's Trump assassination plot & Houthis restart Yemen war
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Aug 11, 202635:03pending
US blockade squeezes Iran & Tehran names price to reopen Hormuz
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Aug 10, 202630:09pending
Why Trump can’t trust Iran: the fatal flaw in any peace deal
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Aug 9, 202622:32pending
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign Nato-style pact as Iran isolated
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Aug 7, 202642:59pending
‘Bizarre’ Iran-Oman Strait of Hormuz deal cuts out Trump
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Aug 6, 202636:30pending
US interceptor missile stocks dangerously low & Houthis strike Saudi ship
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Aug 5, 202635:26pending
Trump’s empty ‘decapitation’ threats as Ukraine and Iran wars ‘very close’ to me...
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Aug 4, 202643:17pending
Trump halts 14-day Iran strikes for talks as US admits running out of ideas
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Aug 3, 202630:43pending
Trump considers Iran land blockade as conflict reignites
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Jul 31, 202630:29pending
Trump prepares 14-Day Iran blitz as US tanker struck in Mediterranean
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Jul 30, 202616:16pending
Saudi Arabia joins US strikes on Iran militias in Iraq as China arms Tehran
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Jul 29, 202621:08pending
Red Sea chokepoint: Houthi rebels replicate Iran’s Hormuz strategy
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Jul 28, 202620:14pending
US ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes
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Jul 27, 202619:04pending
Trump’s Lebanon dilemma: Why Israel can't win this war
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Jul 26, 202625:00pending
Trump weighs 'massive attack' as Iran threatens UK bases
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Jul 24, 202636:05pending
US strikes Iran with B-1 Bomber as Houthis attack Saudi tankers in Red Sea
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Jul 23, 202637:03pending
Trump vows to target Pickaxe Mountain & infiltration, executions and fear inside...
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Jul 22, 202647:31pending
Trump weighs major escalation as Iran hammers Kuwait’s power and water
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Jul 21, 202635:47pending
Trump hits Iran hard after US troops killed by ‘Chinese-guided’ strikes
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Jul 20, 202634:02pending
Trump bombs key ports and bridges as China upgrades Iranian missiles
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Jul 17, 202643:04pending
US blasts tanker with Hellfire missiles & why an Iran ground war is a trap
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Jul 16, 202630:30pending
US strikes Iran twice in 24 hours after Shahed attacks hit Gulf states
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Jul 15, 202635:43pending
Trump’s five-hour blitz triggers Iran war escalation & Mossad’s secret plot expo...
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Jul 14, 202656:24pending
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