What 2023 has taught us about... world affairs
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
They dive into the Israel-Hamas war and the defining moment that was October 7th on politics in the region, the movements made by Putin in Russia's war in Ukraine, how US President Biden looks against his likely election competition Donald Trump, and positive movement in China-US diplomacy.
Also in this series, Niall will look at British politics, the economy, science and tech, and the Royal Family.
Podcast producer: Soila Apparicio
Promotion producers: David Chipakupaku, Sydney Pead, and Jada-Kai Meosa John
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:03.5 | I'm Neil Patterson. Welcome to this special edition of the Sky News Daily, where we will be |
| 1:07.8 | looking back at what happened in international affairs in |
| 1:11.3 | 2023, China, the United States, the war in Ukraine, and of course that war in the Middle |
| 1:17.2 | East. All of these have shaped the past 12 months and will certainly shape the months to come |
| 1:22.3 | in 2024. Back to give us the benefit of their expertise, our defence and security analyst, Professor Michael Clark, also Dominic Warkhan, Sky's International Affairs Editor. Chaps, always lovely to see you. |
| 1:35.0 | And I suppose, Dominic, we probably should start with that piece of international affairs, that piece of geopolitics that is occupying everyone right now. |
| 1:43.2 | Take us back to October the 7th and just walk us |
| 1:46.1 | through what happened in Israel on that day and indeed why it was allowed to happen. Yeah, well, |
| 1:52.5 | I think we're still trying to get the answer to the last question, but in terms of what |
| 1:55.1 | happened and it's very important that we start with that, I think, because that's kind of set the |
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