Immigration, Syrians in Lebanon and Starliner...

*This podcast has been updated to include the latest news on a federal judge blocking subpoenas issued by the U.S. Justice Department against Federal Reserve Chair ‌Jerome Powell. The update also includes the latest details on a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in western Iraq ...  Show more

Tankers burn and Iran says the world should be prepared for oil prices to soar, as major economies release barrels from their strategic reserves. Investigators think the U.S. military may have been responsible for a strike on a girls’ school on the first day of the war. Around 80 ...  Show more

Donald Trump test-drives Nikki Haley's electability argument. Why the former president says he is the only one who can beat Joe Biden in November. Plus, new US airstrikes against Iran-backed militants in Yemen, and two neighboring countries trade strikes as fears grow of a wider ...  Show more

Los Angeles sees catastrophic Covid surge and first case of new variant. Twenty-two killed in attack on Aden airport after new Yemen cabinet lands. Boris Johnson's rushed Brexit trade deal becomes UK law. You can subscribe to Five Minute News on YouTube, with your preferred podca ...  Show more

Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, joins the show this week to talk about the migration crisis as American authorities lose an important tool to keep order at the U.S./Mexico border. Then, The Economist’s Mian Ridge explains Britain's highly controversia ...  Show more

Nikki Haley has lost one of her biggest donors along with the South Carolina primary. Israel and Hamas could be getting closer to a deal and in the US, an active-duty Air Force member has set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy. Ukraine's President is warning that million ...  Show more