
Venetia Rainey
Weekend Foreign Editor at The Telegraph
Planning editor @thedailyt. Co-host Battle Lines podcast. Editor Bed of Lies, How To Become a Dictator. Ex Mideast foreign corr and Beiruti.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Roland Oliphant |Venetia Rainey |Tim Stanley
Amid the election of the first ever American Pope, Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, Roland Oliphant looks at the rise of a new force in American politics: MAGA Catholics. Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump, and of course Steve Bannon - Trump's first term chief of staff - are among the best known names in Washington.
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1 week ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey |Sophia Yan |Danielle Sheridan |Adelie Pojzman-Pontay
Will there be a Ukraine peace deal this year? What's it like to be a reporter in China? Is Labour too wishy-washy on defence? And which conflicts should we be paying more attention to? Venetia Rainey is joined by defence editor Danielle Sheridan, senior foreign correspondent Sophia Yan and Ukraine: The Latest host Adelie Pojzman-Pontay to discuss the biggest stories of the year so far.
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2 weeks ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey |Roland Oliphant |Rob Crilly
This week marked 100 days of Donald Trump's second term. And what a hundred days it's been. From cosying up to Vladimir Putin and closing USAID, to a trade war with China and effectively ending illegal migration into America, he has been busy. Venetia Rainey is joined by co-host and chief foreign analyst Roland Oliphant and US editor Rob Crilly to assess everything Trump has done in terms of foreign policy, and what the consequences might be going forward.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Venetia Rainey
Venetia RaineyMon, April 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM UTC1 min readIndia is rearming at a record rate. - Bloomberg/Prakash SinghWherever you look, we’re living in a world of increasing conflict and tensions. That’s certainly the conclusion of the highly respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which found an unprecedented rise in global military spending, the steepest increase since the end of the cold war.
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2 weeks ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey
Wherever you look, we're living in a world of increasing conflict and tensions. That's certainly the conclusion of the highly respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which found an unprecedented rise in global military spending, the steepest increase since the end of the cold war. SIPRI senior researcher Diego Lopes da Silva joins Venetia Rainey to look at who the biggest spenders are and what's driving the spike in spending.
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The first American Pope! Leo XIV has been elected at a fascinating time, a time when MAGA Catholics are on the rise and have growing influence on Trump’s White House. New Battle Lines ft. @timothy_stanley and @RolandOliphant Listen now https://t.co/Y0Xot6endF

RT @MichaelKugelman: India has carried out several missile strikes on Pakistan. The widely expected Indian military response to the Pahalga…

Why is India bombing Pakistan? Reupping our recent Battle Lines episode where the excellent @MichaelKugelman explains the history of this long-running conflict and how worried we should be about a war between these two nuclear nations. https://t.co/g3c1FSLL91