In Monday's news hour programme, our Guy Shone talked about Britain's new spy chief of Mi6, the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, Blaise Metreweli, and about China's President Xi Jinping making a pivotal trip to Kazakhstan to attend the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana.
Peter Knoope in India, is a former Director of the International Centre for Counter Terrorism, and he explained the challenges the new spy chief will have to face in today's world.
And also to John Kavaulich in Moscow, who is the Senior Editor of Issue Insight, about how important it is, that China went to the Summit in Kazakhstan.
"President Xi looks at the approximate 84 million potential consumers within the grouping of the Stans," said Kavaulich.
"What he can bring to these countries is what the members of the G7 and including the Russian Federation, can't, he can bring the cheque book and that cheque book has money in it. He can deliver infrastructure funds, he can deliver to consumers in these countries cell phones and electric vehicles, clothing, other technologies," added Kavaulich.
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Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its pause on strikes, but Tehran remains sceptical of U.S. intentions, a senior Iranian source told on Sunday.
Ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fell to its lowest level in months on Sunday after Yemen's Houthi movement attacked Saudi oil facilities along the Red Sea coast, while vessel movements through the Strait of Hormuz also remained subdued despite a pause in U.S.-Iran tensions.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on Saturday for Russia and Ukraine to freeze the conflict and return to peace talks, saying a negotiated settlement remained possible despite the entrenched positions of both sides.
A known Islamist suspected of driving a minivan into a crowd near a major LGBTQ Pride gathering in Berlin was shot dead during a police operation at an allotment garden complex, broadcaster RBB reported on Sunday.
Marvel Studios used its return to San Diego Comic-Con to reveal several major projects, including a new Ghost Rider film starring Ryan Gosling and the long-awaited Black Panther 3.
Mounting security tensions in the Middle East, expanding trade between Türkiye and Syria, and Garabagh's UEFA Champions League campaign were among the main stories featured on AnewZ's Daybreak on 24 July.
On 22 July, AnewZ's Daybreak focused on the escalating costs of the U.S.-Iran conflict, changes in Ukraine’s military leadership, and Lebanon’s army deployment in a pilot security zone.
The 21 July edition of AnewZ's PrimeTime explored the escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran, as both sides exchanged strikes for a tenth consecutive day and tensions spread across the Gulf.
The 21 July edition of AnewZ's Context explored the evolving relationship between Azerbaijan and the U.S. following the landmark meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and President Donald Trump in Washington.
AnewZ's Daybreak on 21 July covered the latest escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict, rising trade tensions between the United States and Canada, and key regional and international developments.
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