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PD Lawton explains the African Integrated High-Speed Railway Network — a 2013 project to electrify and connect all of Africa by rail. Ethiopia and Tanzania are already building; China partners genuinely on a win-win basis, whilst the West pushes a "debt trap" propaganda narrative ...  Show more

Mike Robinson, Charles Malet, and Vanessa Beeley present today's UK Column News.► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column ...  Show more

Raging wildfires in Los Angeles have spread to the Hollywood Hills after multiple blazes killed at least five and stretched firefighting resources to the limit. Lebanon’s parliament looks set to elect its army chief, ending a two-year presidential vacuum and showing the diminishe ...  Show more

The countdown is on: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has just six weeks to finalise her Autumn Budget before the November 26 deadline. This week, she was in Washington DC for the annual meeting of the IMF, where she hinted at tax rises for the rich, while pinning some blame for Britain’ ...  Show more

New data shows the economy dipped into recession in the second half of 2023, but does it really matter? Ana Andrade from Bloomberg Economics walks us through the implications. Plus, Ed Arnold from defence think tank The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) joins us to discuss t ...  Show more

Sign up to Nebula to get the ad-free access to the full Daily Briefing every single day: https://go.nebula.tv/thedailybriefingWelcome to the TLDR News Daily BriefingIn today’s episode, we run through why Gabon’s coup may actually be good for the country. Also, we discuss the US s ...  Show more