#Ukraine: #Gaza: MOSCOW POV: Putin in Arabia to argue for production cuts. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 10 December 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's nearly time to make magical moments to create fantastic feasts that delight the family |
| 0:06.3 | and enjoy decadent desserts that you simply have to leave room for. |
| 0:10.6 | But before you settle down for the festive season, don't forget to order your New Year's Eve food from booths. |
| 0:17.0 | From mini beef-filled Yorkshire puddings to happy belly taste of the world. |
| 0:21.0 | Be inspired by the Booth's Christmas book, available in store |
| 0:25.3 | and online with additional content. Secure your New Year's Eve order by |
| 0:30.0 | this Thursday for in-store collection. Make magical moments this Christmas with foods. |
| 0:36.7 | Visit foods.co. UK. |
| 0:39.2 | This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I'm John Bachelor with Professor |
| 0:44.4 | H.J. Mackinder International Relations, Six Capital, Six Points of View, |
| 0:48.0 | two wars, a third war threaten. We go to Moscow. The headline on Moscow is that Vladimir Putin, having spent a year and a half behind |
| 0:56.4 | 20 foot tables, reading such as the President of France, and behind 50 or 60 feet of the vast halls in the Kremlin greeting ambassadors from |
| 1:08.0 | all over the country, traveled to the Middle East, walked and talked with MBS, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, |
| 1:17.0 | walked and talked with the Sheikh of the UAE, reviewed troops at the UAE within 10 feet of walking down the line and was pictured |
| 1:26.3 | smiling, greeting, shaking hands, exchanging thoughts with the Arab leaders. |
| 1:33.0 | Professor, all of a sudden, Vladimir Putin is Mr. Charm, and we're told the reason is that |
| 1:39.7 | the price of a barrel of oil for Europe has gone below $80 and is looking at perhaps $75 soon enough. |
| 1:49.0 | It is no longer driving season. |
| 1:52.4 | And Russia needs that to be closer to 90 where it was in late |
| 1:55.7 | September. However the smiles on Mr Putin's face suggested he's feeling easy. |
| 2:01.4 | He certainly wasn't worried about being arrested, the detail it, the |
| 2:05.4 | neither Saudi Arabia nor the UAE or signatories of the ICC. So Moscow's point of view as we come to Christmas time. |
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