The World Tonight

BBC Radio 4

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective

  • 38 minutes 16 seconds
    Trump begins appointing transition team

    President-elect Donald Trump has started to appoint his transition team ahead of re-entering the White House. While we were on air Trump announced that his campaign co-chair Susie Wiles will become his Chief of Staff. Many businesses in the UK are looking to see who will shape his economic policy and tariff regime. We spoke to his former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.

    The BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason has been speaking to Foreign Secretary David Lammy about his litany of insults directed towards Donald Trump when Lammy was a backbench MP.

    As European leaders meet in Budapest, we discuss whether Trump's re-election will lead to fundamental changes to the relationship that's existed between Europe and the US since 1945.

    And Australia says it'll ban social media for those under 16.

    7 November 2024, 11:08 pm
  • 37 minutes 28 seconds
    Donald Trump re-elected as President of the United States

    Donald Trump sealed an extraordinary comeback to be elected 47th President of the United States. Almost four years ago he left Washington under a cloud after the assault on the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021. Since then he's become a convicted felon in connection with hush money payments to an adult film star during his 2016 Presidential campaign, then in July he narrowly escaped death when a would-be assassin's bullet grazed his ear while speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania. During his second term he has pledged to deport millions of illegal migrants, impose tariffs on imports, and broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. In this special episode we broadcast live from a burger bar in Wisconsin, the state that tipped Trump over the magic number of 270 delegates, speaking to voters, Democrats and Trump associates.

    6 November 2024, 11:18 pm
  • 37 minutes 11 seconds
    US presidential campaign draws to a close

    Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are holding their final rallies in one of the closest races for the White House in history, before polling stations open across the US tomorrow.

    James Coomarasamy reports on immigration issues in the swing state of Wisconsin

    University tuition fees in England are to rise

    and the new Pharrell Williams "Lego" biopic

    4 November 2024, 11:34 pm
  • 37 minutes 55 seconds
    The last weekend before America decides

    As we head into the last weekend before America decides, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris converge on Wisconsin.

    Officials in Spain have issued a red alert for the city of Huelva

    James Cleverly says he won't be on the frontbench of the new Tory leader

    And predicting how nature will have changed 100 years from now

    1 November 2024, 11:06 pm
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