The World This Week

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The World This Week

Beverley O'Connor brings you a weekly roundup of international news from an Australian perspective as reported by ABC News correspondents covering the Indo Pacific, Europe, North America, the Middle East, India and Indonesia.

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Season 2024
29:00
Beverley O'Connor covers the week in world news including fallout from an assassination attempt on Donald Trump as JD Vance named running mate, 10 years since the downing of MH17 and will the Seine be clean enough to swim in?
28:00
Beverley O'Connor looks back at the week in world news including: NATO wraps up in Washington amid concerns over President Biden's health, missiles hit a children's hospital in Kyiv, and the trial of Alec Baldwin begins.
30:00
Beverley O'Connor looks back at the week in world news including: questions over Joe Biden's future while a court delays sentencing Donald Trump, a deadly crowd crush in India, and deer run wild on a South Korean island.
30:00
Andrea Nierhoff presents a weekly recap of world news: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia, deadly protests in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, and gunmen attack places of worship in Russia's Dagestan region.
30:00
Andrea Nierhoff looks back at the week in international news including: fears the Israel-Gaza war could expand, heat kills hundreds during the Hajj pilgrimage, and bear attacks spike in Japan.
30:00
Beverley O'Connor looks at the week in world news including: Hunter Biden found guilty on gun charges, efforts continue to reach a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Gaza war, and hostilities increase between North and South Korea.
28:00
Beverley O'Connor looks at the week in world news including: the BJP declares victory in India but loses its majority, pressure mounts over an Israel-Gaza ceasefire proposal, and Mexico elects its first female president.
29:00
Beverley O'Connor presents a weekly round-up of world news: Recovery efforts underway in PNG after a deadly landslide, Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in his hush money trial, and Cyclone Remal hits parts of South Asia.
28:00
Beverley O'Connor looks at the week in world news including: chaos after turbulence hits a Singapore Airlines flight, Iran mourns its president and foreign minister, plus anger over moves to arrest Israeli and Hamas leaders.
30:00
Beverley O'Connor looks back at the week in international news including: violent protests in New Caledonia over proposed voting changes, an attempted assassination in Slovakia, plus a dramatic prisoner escape in France.
28:00
Joe Biden warns Israel it will stop arms supplies if a ground invasion of Rafah goes ahead, Fiji's Former PM receives a one-year jail sentence and the parents of two Perth brothers killed in Mexico prepare to bring them home.
28:00
Solomon Islands' leader Manasseh Sogavare steps aside paving way for a new PM, police intervene on US uni campuses as protests mount over Israel-Gaza war, and scorching temperatures across South-East Asia as a heatwave hits.
28:00
Beverley O'Connor presents a round-up of the week in world news: student protests ramp up over the Israel-Gaza war across US college campuses, witnesses testify in Trump's hush money trial, plus Bluey honoured in the UK.
29:00
Beverley O'Connor presents a weekly round-up of world news: Donald Trump's first criminal trial gets underway in NY, Britain moves to ban new generations from smoking, and the Olympic flame begins its epic relay from Greece.
28:00
Beverley O'Connor presents a round-up of big stories from across the globe. This week: fresh hope for Julian Assange's fight against extradition to the US, OJ Simpson dead at 76, and millions witness a total solar eclipse.
28:00
Beverley O'Connor looks at the week in international news including an Australian among aid workers killed in an Israeli air strike, Taiwan hit by a huge earthquake, and Australians holidaying in Bali caught out by a new tax.
30:00
Baltimore in shock after a cargo ship causes a bridge collapse, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange wins a temporary reprieve from extradition to the US, plus Russia lays charges over a mass shooting at a Moscow concert hall.
30:00
Manny Tsigas presents a roundup of the week's big international stories: Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russian President, Hong Kong passes an even tougher security law, and the UN warns of a possible famine in Gaza.
30:00
Beverley O'Connor looks back at the week in international news including: Donald Trump and Joe Biden set up an election rematch, confusion over a photo of the Princess of Wales, and "Oppenheimer" sweeps the Oscars.
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