CONTINUED HEADLINE: Russia-Belarus Nuclear Drills, ISIS in West Africa, and European Political Turmoil GUEST NAME: Gregory Copley SUMMARY: Gregory Copley reports on routine Russia-Belarus nuclear drills and provocative Russian drone activity near Poland.
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🗓️ 17 September 2025
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HEADLINE: Russia-Belarus Nuclear Drills, ISIS in West Africa, and European Political Turmoil
GUEST NAME: Gregory Copley
SUMMARY: Gregory Copley reports on routine Russia-Belarus nuclear drills and provocative Russian drone activity near Poland. He details aggressive ISIS operations in West Africa, critiquing Nigeria's President Tinubu. Copleyhighlights surging populism and anti-immigrant sentiment across Europe, exemplified by a massive London "remigration" rally. He also discusses King Charles's potential constitutional role in addressing Britain's political crisis.
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| 0:24.0 | I'm John.atchel with my colleague Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs. |
| 0:28.2 | The report, Gregory, is that ISIS is extremely active and aggressive in West Africa. |
| 0:34.4 | That would include the three states that have recently departed ECOWAS and departed democracy, |
| 0:40.2 | then Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. And that also includes, I'm told, northern Nigeria. The reason |
| 0:47.0 | I mention it, not just because it was a surprise to me that ISIS was doing so well, Al-Qaeda |
| 0:52.8 | has dominated this story for some time, |
| 0:56.0 | but also that Nigeria is so unable to defend itself. In fact, at the same time, it was a story |
| 1:03.8 | of the president of Nigeria, vacationing in Paris for heaven's sakes, and then there were |
| 1:08.9 | stories about the usual corruption and suspicion |
| 1:11.8 | in Nigeria. And there was a story about ambushing ISIS fighters by the Nigerian military. |
| 1:19.7 | I've lost track of this. Is Tunubu concerned about ISIS? Do they regard it as just a problem |
| 1:27.4 | of another part of Nigeria? What is the |
| 1:29.8 | thinking there about this threat? Well, it's always been the case or the assumption in Nigeria |
| 1:37.6 | that presidents who come from the south or south-south are never as concerned as they should be |
| 1:43.9 | about the socioeconomic problems |
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