Russia Hosts BRICS Summit, EU Leaders Talk Migration, UN Biodiversity Summit Kicks Off, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The summit of the BRICS group begins in Russia, the first meeting since formally welcoming Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates into the bloc; European leaders discuss migration after a series of calls for speedier deportations and revised asylum processes; Colombia hosts the UN Biodiversity Summit; and Canada expels six Indian diplomats tied to the murder of a Sikh separatist. Mentioned on the Podcast “The Drug Lords’ Side-Hustle: Smuggling Macaws, Jaguars and Frogs,” The Economist “Living Planet Report 2024,” World Wildlife Fund “A Warning Sign: Where Biodiversity Loss Is Happening Around the World,” World Wildlife Fund For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw/russia-hosts-brics-summit-eu-leaders-talk-migration-un-biodiversity-summit-kicks-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Russia hosts this year's BRICS summit.
0:05.0	EU leaders meet to discuss possible changes to migration policy, and the UN Biodiversity Summit begins in Colombia.
0:12.0	It's October 17, 2024 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:28.2	And I'm Carly Ann Robbins.
0:29.7	Carla, we usually start off by saying things are still happening as we taped this podcast.
0:34.2	And just as we sat down this morning, reports came in that Hamas leader
0:38.4	Yahyat Sinwar, who was the architect behind the October 7th attacks on Israel, has been killed
0:43.5	in Gaza. He was killed by the Israeli military, according to reports that came out after identifying
0:49.1	DNA testing in Israel, according to an Israeli official, the Hamas officials would not immediately confirm his death.
0:55.7	A pretty extraordinary development.
0:57.4	There have been some comparisons obviously already made about Nassrallah, and Nisrallah was seen as this generational figure really hard to replace,
1:04.5	but Hezbollah is a different type of group, a different organized group, and is going to sort of muddle through in a way that Hamas might find
1:12.5	more difficult when someone with someone like Signior leaving the scene. But the targeted killing
1:17.0	approach is sort of useful to a point for some countries, but it's not clear how this changes
1:22.4	the calculus or not. Watch the space. Bob, let's start in Russia, which is hosting this year's BRICS.
1:29.3	That's Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa summit.
1:33.8	And the location of this summit is a really grim reminder of how Putin has managed to break out of his isolation.
1:40.6	And how many countries are sitting on the sidelines in the Ukraine war or actively supporting
1:45.9	Moscow as it violates the most basic global norms. You don't change borders with force,
1:51.6	and Putin is doing that. This is going to be the first summit since the BRIC's expansion,
1:56.2	with Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates now at the table. And last week, the Kremlin was also
2:02.4	claiming the Saudis as a member, but they've since walked that back. What's on the agenda for this
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