Trump dominates Super Tuesday, Ramadan during war, chaos in Haiti

03/08/24 • 40 min

On this episode of Battle lines we talk to our US editor Tony Diver about Super Tuesday and why it could mean unrest in America and abroad. Then we hear from Nataliya Vasilyeva, our Middle Correspondent, who has been revisiting the south of Israel to reflect on what has changed since those dark days following the October 7 attack by Hamas. Finally, South America correspondent Simeon Tegel gives us the lowdown on what’s happening in Haiti and why the man at the centre of the violence is known as Barbecue.

Contributors:

Venetia Rainey (Host, Weekend Foreign Editor) @venetiarainey on X

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent) @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.

Tony Diver (US Editor) @Tony_Diver on X

Simeon Tegel (South America Correspondent) @SimeonTegel

Read:

Haiti’s ‘Barbecue’ gang leader warns of genocide unless prime minister Ariel Henry steps down by Simeon Tegel

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Contributors:

Venetia Rainey (Host, Weekend Foreign Editor) @venetiarainey on X

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent) @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.

Tony Diver (US Editor) @Tony_Diver on X

Simeon Tegel (South America Correspondent) @SimeonTegel

Read:

Haiti’s ‘Barbecue’ gang leader warns of genocide unless prime minister Ariel Henry steps down by Simeon Tegel

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Previous Episode

Israel ceasefire & a mother's dilemma over fleeing Gaza

On this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem Nataliya Vasilyeva talks to Venetia Rainey about ongoing ceasefire talks and whether a deal is really as close as Joe Biden claimed. Then we hear from Jumana Shahin, a mother of one who is stuck in central Gaza and facing the hardest decision of her life: should she try to escape with her family or stay behind to help her people?

Contributors:

Venetia Rainey (Host, Weekend Foreign Editor) @venetiarainey on X

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent) @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.

Jumana Shahin https://www.instagram.com/jumana.shahin/

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The war on Ecuador's gangs, famine in Sudan, captivity in Hamas' tunnels

On this episode of Battle lines we talk to South America correspondent Mat Charles about meeting child gang members at the forefront of an explosion of violence in Ecuador. Then we hear from our Africa correspondent Ben Farmer about why the nearly year-long war in Sudan might be entering a new phase. Finally, Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes takes us into a recreation of the Hamas tunnels where Israelis were kept and we hear from a hostage about what it was like.

Contributors:

Venetia Rainey (Host, Weekend Foreign Editor) @venetiarainey on X

Mat Charles (South American correspondent) @mat_charles_ on X

Ben Farmer (Africa correspondent) @benfarmerDT on X

Joe Barnes (Brussels correspondent0 @Barnes_Joe on X

Watch:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/02/ecuador-noboa-gangs-drugs-police-crackdown-prisons/ by Matthew Charles

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