James Menendez

And if that is the case, what are the implications for delivery of humanitarian aid in the days to come?

Well, I was going to ask you, how bad is the situation? What do people need right now?

Well, I was going to ask you, how bad is the situation? What do people need right now?

Have you had any direct contact yourself with the rebels?

Have you had any direct contact yourself with the rebels?

It's smaller, isn't it, than a commercial jet would need to be to carry lots of passengers. So has the technology got a bit of a way to go?

It's smaller, isn't it, than a commercial jet would need to be to carry lots of passengers. So has the technology got a bit of a way to go?

Also in this podcast is time running out for TikTok in the US and... They basically told me that anything that goes into the household scrap bin is compressed and buried. I just wish I could go back in time.

Also in this podcast is time running out for TikTok in the US and... They basically told me that anything that goes into the household scrap bin is compressed and buried. I just wish I could go back in time.

I came down yesterday morning to find out what the process was. I thought that maybe the individual bags may have been sorted and that the actual drive itself may have been put aside into a computer waste bin. But when I arrived yesterday they basically told me that anything that goes into the household scrap bin is compressed and buried. I just wish I could go back in time.

I came down yesterday morning to find out what the process was. I thought that maybe the individual bags may have been sorted and that the actual drive itself may have been put aside into a computer waste bin. But when I arrived yesterday they basically told me that anything that goes into the household scrap bin is compressed and buried. I just wish I could go back in time.

So things potentially moving pretty fast then. On that point about the Lebanese state having a monopoly on weapons, doesn't that set the scene for what could be a really explosive face-off with Hezbollah?

So things potentially moving pretty fast then. On that point about the Lebanese state having a monopoly on weapons, doesn't that set the scene for what could be a really explosive face-off with Hezbollah?

That would be a fundamental change for Lebanon, would it not, though?

That would be a fundamental change for Lebanon, would it not, though?

For starters, none of this is going to actually happen. We're a constitutional democracy. Trump isn't a dictator. And even if he were, these are totally off the wall things. There's two questions here. To what extent is he trying to send a signal to our partners and allies around the world? and to his own base? And to what extent is he becoming more irrational?

For starters, none of this is going to actually happen. We're a constitutional democracy. Trump isn't a dictator. And even if he were, these are totally off the wall things. There's two questions here. To what extent is he trying to send a signal to our partners and allies around the world? and to his own base? And to what extent is he becoming more irrational?

I mean, we just had, you know, an unpleasant experience with Joe Biden. And Trump is pretty old. I mean, I can say that because I'm the same age. So every time he does something like this, we have to suck in our breath a bit and see what happens. But again, we're not going to march into Greenland. We're not going to march into Canada. We're not going to seize the Panama Canal.

I mean, we just had, you know, an unpleasant experience with Joe Biden. And Trump is pretty old. I mean, I can say that because I'm the same age. So every time he does something like this, we have to suck in our breath a bit and see what happens. But again, we're not going to march into Greenland. We're not going to march into Canada. We're not going to seize the Panama Canal.

The basic question is, how will this be assessed? Not by our partners. They will be shocked, outraged and probably shrug it off. I'm looking at Berlin. I'm looking at Paris. I'm looking at London. I'm worried a little bit about how the Putins and the Zs of the world will assess this, because this seems to be a bit more than his usual irrational self, which they're used to.