What’s driving disorder in Belfast?

About this episode

The episode discusses the factors driving disorder in Belfast, including international relations and local incidents.

Who's calling the shots when World Cup staff and fans are denied entry? Can the US-Iran ceasefire survive another exchange of strikes? And why has the Belfast knife attack become about the Irish border?   Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s John Simpson, Hannah Schuller and Evan Moffitt as they battle it out and pitch the top stories of the day.  **We want to hear what you think! Email us at: newsmeeting@observer.co.uk   Follow us on Social Media:  @ObserverUK on X  @theobserveruk on Instagram and TikTok @theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ on bluesky  Host: Giles Whittell Producer: Amalie Sortland Executive Producer: Poppy Bullard To find out more about The Observer: Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Head to our website observer.co.uk   Download the Observer app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Giles Whittell

Guests: John Simpson, Hannah Schuller, Evan Moffitt

Topics covered

• Belfast disorder
• World Cup entry issues
• US-Iran relations
• Irish border politics
• knife attack

Keywords

• Belfast
• World Cup
• US-Iran ceasefire
• knife attack
• Irish border

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer

Places: Belfast, US, Iran, Irish border

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