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The John Batchelor Show

GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN KASHMIR, STANDING DOWN FROM THE SHOOTING CONTEST...

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN KASHMIR, STANDING DOWN FROM THE SHOOTING CONTEST...

1909 KASHMIR

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 9-9:15 1/2: KASHMIR: STANDING DOWN FOR NOW. BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE

9:15-9:30 2/2: KASHMIR: STANDING DOWN FOR NOW. BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE

9:30-9:45 UKRAINE: DRONE WARS. JOHN HARDIE, FDD

9:45-10:00 UKRAINE: NEGOTIATION STALEMATE. JOHN HARDIE

SECOND HOUR 10-10:15 HARVARD: TITLE VI AND ENFORCEMENT. PETER BERKOWITZ, HOOVER

10:15-10:30 PRC: BANNING STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOLS. PETER BERKOWITZ

10:30-10:45 1/2: OCEANIA: PRC LOOKS TO DOMINATE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. CLEO PASKAL, FDD

10:45-11:00 2/2: OCEANIA: PRC LOOKS TO DOMINATE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. CLEO PASKAL, FDD

THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 1/2: SYRIA: THE THREAT TO THE DRUZE OF SYRIA. AHMED SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

11:15-11:30 2/2: SYRIA: THE THREAT TO THE DRUZE OF SYRIA. AHMED SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

11:30-11:45 GAZA: AID AND WAR. DAVID DAOUD, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

11:45-12:00 LEBANON: LAF TOOL OF HEZBOLLAH. DAVID DAOUD, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

FOURTH HOUR 12-12:15 #NEWWORLDREPORT: SURINAME AND GUYANA AND ORGANIZED CRIME. JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE

12:15-12:30 #NEWWORLDREPORT: PRC DOMINATING BRAZIL. JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE

12:30-12:45 PRC: DEPLOYING THE ATLANTIC FLEET TO THE INDO-PACIFIC BEFORE 2027. JIM FANELL, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

12:45-1:00 AM NORTH KOREA: ARSENAL OF THE AXIS. BRUCE BECHTOL. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

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0:00.0

Good evening. The show begins in Kashmir, a conversation with Bill Rajo and

0:06.8

Hussein Akkani, former ambassador from Pakistan to the United States, about the standoff.

0:12.5

The Prime Minister of India has said there's a suspension of hostilities. The general now field

0:19.7

marshal, Amir, Meneer of Pakistan commanding the armed forces and much of the government,

0:26.4

says there is a ceasefire.

0:28.9

There is a report that both sides are pulling troops off of the line of control.

0:33.4

Nonetheless, there was an episode and a series of episodes that does not end the conflict.

0:40.4

The nuclear-armed faction did not come into play,

0:44.1

but there was a suggestion at one point that India was attacking the nuclear weapon infrastructure.

0:50.4

Questions to be answered, not yet.

0:53.5

And then a conversation with John Hardy about the drone wars between Ukraine and Russia.

0:58.6

Russia launches a massive drone attack on Keefe.

1:02.0

Keefe launches a, what we're told is a very clever attack using unwitting transportation truck drivers to carry wood sheds filled with,

1:14.7

we're told, suicide drones that are then alerted electronically in some fashion.

1:19.7

The whole thing misses pieces of credibility.

1:23.5

Nonetheless, that's what we're told.

1:25.9

And we do see the photos of destroyed aircraft carriers, aircraft on the ground,

1:32.4

strategic bombers all across Russia.

1:35.9

Russia promises a response, perhaps unpredicted, perhaps disproportionate, unknown.

1:46.0

Also talked about the negotiation which went on at low levels in Istanbul

1:49.8

about POWs and bodies being exchanged.

1:53.4

12,000 corpses.

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