News - Israel Bombs Qatar, Nepal Protests, Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get more content! While Danny remains in talks with Russia, Alex Jordan again helps Derek bring you the headlines. This week: Israel targets Hamas negotiators in a Doha strike (3:30), effectively ending ceasefire talks (8:43); the IDF orders the evacuation of Gaza City (13:11) while reports emerge that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hired an anti-Islam biker gang for “security” (15:42); in Russia-Ukraine, Russian drones entered Polish airspace, prompting an Article 4 NATO meeting (18:36); Iran and the IAEA announce a tentative deal to resume inspections (22:41); Nepal sees mass protests over a social media ban, leading to the resignation and disappearance of its prime minister and the army being deployed in Kathmandu (25:42); Donald Trump suggests he will repair ties with India amid tariff disputes and fallout over a Russian oil deal (30:15); Japan’s prime minister Ishiba resigns after electoral losses (33:23); ICE raids a Hyunda-LG plant in Georgia, detaining hundreds of South Korean workers (36:41); In Mali, JNIM militants blockade fuel routes to Bamako (42:22); France ousts yet another prime minister over austerity, with Macron appointing Sébastien Lecornu and facing mass protests (44:38); Brazil awaits a Supreme Court verdict on former president Jair Bolsonaro’s coup case, and Trump threatens retaliation if he’s convicted (49:26); and in these United States, the Department of Defense changes its name to the Deaprtment of War (53:34), a New York Times report reveals covert attacks on fishermen in a failed North Korea operation in 2019 (56:16), and new details emerge about last week’s strike on a Venezuelan boat (62:12). Don’t forget to purchase our Welcome to the Crusades: The First Crusade miniseries!Catch Alex and Courtney Rawlings on the Quincy Institute’s Always at War podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige. To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com.
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1:10.2	I am joined again, as Danny is, I think, still kneeling outside the Kremlin or prostrate,
1:15.9	whatever he's doing, trying to get the sanctions lifted.
1:18.7	I'm joined once again by Alice Jerdun of the Quincy Institute.
1:23.6	Alex is the Deputy Communications Director.
1:27.3	He's also the co-host of Always at War, the podcast.
1:31.4	He co-hosts with Courtney Rawlings.
1:33.6	Alex, thanks for coming back.
1:35.5	Again, I don't know when this is going to end.
1:37.7	They're not going to take the sanctions off.
1:39.5	I don't understand why he's still over there,
1:42.1	but we're grateful for you being able to fill in.
1:46.1	Always happy to until Danny is forgiven for his crimes.
1:50.5	Yes, exactly.
1:52.2	Well, yeah, let's get into it, Derek.
1:54.4	I mean, I think probably the first most obvious sort of foreign policy-related story or thing happening today. We're recording Thursday
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