Prime Time opens with the resumption of direct military talks between the United States and China after months of limited contact, as both sides try to manage rivalry and reduce the risk of miscalculation in the Indo-Pacific. The programme examines why communication channels went quiet, what has changed, and how tensions around Taiwan and the South China Sea continue to shape the relationship.
Attention then turns to global business and economy updates, including major developments in the entertainment industry, mixed signals from the U.S. jobs market, shifting inflation trends in the UK, a paused U.S.-UK technology deal, a major data breach investigation in South Korea, and signs of cooling demand in China’s collectible toy market.
The programme also covers growing political pressure in Slovakia, where thousands have taken to the streets to protest proposed legal changes that critics say weaken democratic oversight, with demonstrations expanding to include the country’s Hungarian minority.
Later, the focus moves to Azerbaijan, as President Ilham Aliyev visits the United Arab Emirates for talks on energy, economic cooperation, and investment, alongside his attendance at the Games of the Future in Abu Dhabi. The discussion highlights deepening Azerbaijan-UAE ties, renewable energy ambitions, and broader regional connectivity.
Diplomatic tensions in the Middle East are also in focus, with renewed talks in Paris involving the United States, France, and Saudi Arabia amid rising Israel-Lebanon tensions and concerns over Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon.
The programme concludes with global updates, including tougher U.S. measures against Venezuela, Ukraine’s push for war compensation mechanisms in Europe, worsening humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan, energy cooperation in Central Asia, infrastructure projects linking China to the region, refugee flows from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and developments following the Bondi Beach attack in Australia.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New Delhi on Friday to attend the weekend BRICS summit, amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, joining a host of foreign dignitaries.
Mexico and the U.S. are racing to secure a trade deal before the U.S. midterm elections in less than eight weeks, according to six sources familiar with the talks, with failed negotiations between Washington and Canada adding urgency.
Dubai’s property market has spent years climbing. Now, for the first time since 2021, prices are moving in the opposite direction.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on Telegram. In Russia, online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in the region.
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On 12 August, AnewZ’s Daybreak focused on the aftermath of Colombia’s devastating earthquake, tensions surrounding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, growing Russia-North Korea military cooperation and security and environmental challenges across the Caspian and Black Sea regions.
On 11 August, AnewZ’s Daybreak examined U.S. President Donald Trump’s new demands for Iran, Russia-Iran cooperation and regional connectivity through the South Caucasus alongside key political, security and climate developments worldwide.
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On 7 August, AnewZ's Daybreak focused on the Iran war, escalating violence in Yemen and a deadly migrant crisis in Spain's Ceuta enclave.
The 8 August commemorative edition of AnewZ's Context looked back on the year since the Washington breakthrough, examining how the initialling of the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace agreement and the launch of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity have reshaped regional politics.
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