About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the AfD's victory in Saxony-Anhalt and various global news events including a war criminal's funeral and escalating tensions in Lebanon.

Friedrich Merz says the decisive win in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt by the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, signals the need for a major reckoning. The AfD's national co-leader, Alice Weidel, says it's aiming to win at least forty per cent in the next general election. Also: the funeral of the Bosnian Serb war criminal, General Ratko Mladić, has gone ahead in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, where some people consider him a national hero. The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, has warned of a "dangerous escalation" by Israel after women and children were killed in an air strike on a residential building in southern Lebanon. A new film about the most important weather forecast in British history, which gave the go-ahead for D-Day on the sixth June 1944, is released in the UK. And the BBC speaks to the 13-year-old who has written a symphony warning about the challenges posed by artificial intelligence. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight…

Topics covered

• German politics
• far-right movements
• international relations
• war crimes
• artificial intelligence
• historical events

Keywords

• AfD
• Friedrich Merz
• Ratko Mladić
• Lebanon
• D-Day
• artificial intelligence
• Saxony-Anhalt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alternative for Germany

Places: Saxony-Anhalt, Belgrade, Lebanon

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