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2: HEADLINE: Global Turmoil: Turkey's War Aims, China's Coup, and Iran's Pivot GUEST NAME: Gregory Copley SUMMARY: Gregory Copley discusses the Gaza ceasefire's instability, noting Hamas, backed by Turkey, is reasserting control. He analyzes Turkey's neo-Ott

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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HEADLINE: Global Turmoil: Turkey's War Aims, China's Coup, and Iran's Pivot GUEST NAME: Gregory Copley SUMMARY: Gregory Copley discusses the Gaza ceasefire's instability, noting Hamas, backed by Turkey, is reasserting control. He analyzes Turkey's neo-Ottomanist need to continue confrontation. Iran is seen as strategically weakened, potentially seeking a deal with Trump. The conversation pivots to China, detailing rumored internal turmoil, including a coup led by General Zhang Youxia, and linking China's rare earth export threats to Beijing's leadership struggles.
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This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor.

0:40.4

Late in the day, the headlines from Israel and from the Middle East. Israel won't reopen Rafa crossing will limit aid to press Hamas for release of 24 slain hostages. Then IDF says Red Cross has collected four

0:47.3

caskets from Hamas, apparently with hostage bodies. This is Jerusalem reporting. And then this, Amos said to kill over 30

0:56.5

Gazans publicly execute seven as it reasserts its grip on strip. There's also a headline,

1:03.0

I do not have it in front of me, saying Israel opened fire on men crossing a red line somewhere

1:10.1

near Gaza City. What we're looking at is the

1:13.3

ragged end of war fighting, not the peace in our time that can be expected. I welcome Gregory

1:21.3

Copley, the editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs, the author of the new book

1:26.1

Noble State, to address

1:28.1

what we know so far in the non-transparent Gaza conflict after the event at Sharmal Shake,

1:34.4

the resort in Egypt gathering the Arab leaders, the Islamic leaders, Turkey, and Indonesia

1:40.8

were present, the European leaders, certainly, the most notable exceptions gathering

1:46.7

around President Trump congratulating him. Exceptions who were not there was Mr. Netanyahu of

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