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Trump Iran war has unleashed worst ever energy shock, oil and gas expert says

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has told the UK to “go and get your own oil” from the Strait of Hormuz as Iran continues to block the crucial energy chokepoint and a...

Inside Trump’s dilemma: deal or ground invasion | The Fourcast Indicators

30 Mar 2026

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Welcome to Fourcast Indicators on the Iran War with Matt Frei and defence and intelligence analyst Mark Urban. Fourcast Indicators looks at the signal...

How Meta Google addiction verdict could totally change big tech

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Social media giants Meta and Google have been found liable for building platforms that are addictive and a court has ordered them to pay millions in d...

Iran war latest: is there any hope for Trump’s peace talks?

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump is talking about deals to end the war with Iran, but Tehran says it’s “fake news” as they continue to exchange attacks with Isra...

Has Trump 'CHICKENED OUT' on Iran ultimatum - experts explain

23 Mar 2026

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Is Donald Trump backing down from a potential strike on Iran - or is this a strategic pivot? In this episode of the Fourcast, we unpack the latest twi...

Trump Iran war: will US Marines attack critical Iranian oil hub?

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Are American boots on the ground inevitable in Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war with Iran? With reports that over 2,000 Marines are being d...

Is a global recession coming? - Iran war economic fallout

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Saudi Arabia is warning it may retaliate against Iran after fresh threats to oil and gas infrastructure as Donald Trump’s administration desperately...

Who is winning the war in the Middle East?

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

18 days into a war that has reshaped the Middle East, the question that matters most is also the hardest to answer: who is actually winning. Washingto...

Trump Iran Israel: Is this the first AI war?

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Across the battlefields of Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, artificial intelligence is reshaping how wars are fought.AI is helping militaries process intel...

Omid Djalili: the Iranian regime is ‘a cancer’ that needs ‘cutting out’

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The conflict in Iran is entering its second week, and the shockwaves are rippling across the globe - through global markets, shipping routes and regio...

Middle East oil crisis: What is America's real 'endgame' in Iran?

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The war in Iran is already sending shockwaves far beyond the battlefield. Stock markets are sinking, Brent crude has jumped above $100  a barrel, and...

How Iran war has fundamentally changed the world 

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s seven days since America and Israel launched a war against Iran - the Middle East is on fire, the Qataris are warning of a global economic di...

Will the Kurds fight Iran for Trump and Israel?

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The war in the Middle East is rapidly expanding. Azerbaijan is now the latest country reportedly hit by Iranian drones while another missile barrage s...

Middle East at war: will conflict lead to global economic collapse?

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has already rattled the global economy. Gas prices have jumped 30% to a three-year high,...

Iran at war: inside the deepening Middle East crisis | The Fourcast

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The crisis in the Middle East is deepening by the day. The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader has triggered a regional shockwave, from missile launche...

How Zack Polanksi threatens Keir Starmer AND Nigel Farage

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

'Something massive is happening.' The words of the Green Party's new MP Hannah Spencer after her decisive win in the Gorton and Denton by-...

“I’m in despair for the Tourettes community”. Eddie Marsan on the fallout from the Baftas row

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the Bafta row that only deepens - sitting at the intersection of disability rights, broadcasting standards, the harm caused by offensive langua...

Can Mexico contain cartel violence before the World Cup?

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A $15 million bounty, a failed capture, and a dead cartel leader. The killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes aka El Mencho by Mexican special forces ha...

Andrew arrested: what’s next for the Crown?

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been arrested and his brother, King Charles, says the police have his “full and wholehearted...

UK unemployment soars: is AI already taking our jobs?

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a week when a convincingly lifelike AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt slugging it out went viral and caused a meltdown in Hollywood, unemploymen...

‘Good guys’ commit sexual violence too - author of Gisèle Pelicot book

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The trial of Gisèle Pelicot shocked France - a case so disturbing it forced a national reckoning about consent, complicity, and the terrifying ordina...

Could Andrew go to prison over Epstein emails?

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is once again at the centre of serious allegations connected to Jeffrey Epstein, with police now assessing whether a crimin...

Keir Starmer on the brink - what next for Labour?

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The government is in full-on leadership crisis - with pressure building on Keir Starmer to resign. The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was the fir...

Will Epstein Mandelson scandal bring down Starmer’s government?

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Peter Mandelson Epstein files emails is the biggest scandal of Keir Starmer's time as Prime Minister, but is it the one to finish him off?The ...

Will the Democrats make a comeback in 2026?

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a bruising week in TrumpWorld. Donald Trump is battling a fresh wave of Epstein headlines, walking back his ICE crackdown, and softening o...

What Musk’s $1.25 trillion SpaceX xAI merger is REALLY about - explained

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk has stunned the tech and finance worlds by merging SpaceX with his AI company xAI, creating the most valuable private firm in history. The d...

Epstein files: what they mean for Andrew and the Royal family

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought the Epstein Files would damage Donald Trump it is here in Britain where they have caused the most devastation. The most damning materia...

Former CIA analyst: Trump likely to attack Iran

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A US carrier group is racing toward Iran. Trump’s statements are swinging between threats and vague offers of a nuclear deal. Inside Tehran, unrest ...

Starmer Xi meeting: is Trump making China great again?

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer is in Beijing meeting Xi Jinping, as Britain looks to reset ties with China. Is this a glimpse of a new world order - one where America’...

Is Labour’s problem Starmer or something much deeper?

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer has blocked Andy Burnham’s bid to run in the Gorton and Denton by-election, but has he just delayed the leadership challenge many in We...

Should the UK ban social media for under-16s?

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The government is weighing up whether or not to follow in Australia’s footsteps and ban social media for under-16s. Supporters argue that online saf...

Will ISIS return after Syrian forces push Kurds back?

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It was hoped the fall of Syria's former dictator Bashar al-Assad would usher in a period of stability, unity and perhaps - eventually - democracy....

How Trump’s Greenland threats are just the beginning of new world order - Peter Zeihan

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Donald Trump marks a year back in office, his threats against Europe and hard-line trade policies are pushing his allies to the edge - while China ...

Greenland: Will Europe use trade bazookas against Trump?

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump wants Greenland - and he’s willing to use tariffs to get it.If European allies refuse to sell, the US president has threatened to escal...

Jenrick defects: can Reform win the next election?

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been quite the week in Westminster. A sacking, a defection, and a deepening crisis on the right. Robert Jenrick’s move to Reform has capped o...

Greenland: Is Trump now a bigger threat to Nato than Putin?

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump is once again threatening to annex Greenland, but is it different this time? What once sounded like a joke, now feels like a genuine test...

Iran protests: why it’s different this time - Omid Djalili

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Iranian regime is facing its most serious unrest in years - with protests sweeping Iran despite a near-total internet blackout and a deadly respon...

Inside Iran’s protests and the young people “ready to die” for freedom

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran’s foreign minister insists the situation is “under total control.” But reports inside Iran tell a different story, with human rights groups...

Minneapolis ICE shooting: innocent victim or ‘domestic terrorist’?

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has ignited a battle over the truth. Federal officials say Renee Nicole Good tried to run over an immigration agen...

Iran on the brink: what is driving nationwide unrest?

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran is in the grip of its most intense unrest in years with protests spreading across the country and Donald Trump vowing that the US will defend Ira...

Was Trump's Venezuela attack all about oil?

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Venezuela has long been a country of contradictions, sitting on the world’s largest oil reserves while its economy collapsed around it. Now Donald T...

Gaza, Ukraine, China: will 2026 mark the end of the West?

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What will 2026 look like around the globe? Will the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza ever happen, will Ukraine and Russia agree to Donald Trump&#...

Francesca Albanese: ‘the truth’ behind Gaza’s ‘precarious’ ceasefire

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Phase one of Donald Trump’s ceasefire in Gaza appears to be holding, but it's precarious as hundreds of Gazans have been killed since it began a...

Russia’s ambassador: what Putin really wants from Trump’s peace deal

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Ukraine prepares to present a revised peace proposal to Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is prepared to hold elections in months - a l...

How China could beat America in tech war

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

China is in an age of rapid technology development with AI, robots and drones - and many fear this relentless progress, and Xi Jinping’s desire to r...

Hong Kong fire: bamboo scaffolding or corruption?

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The blaze that engulfed seven high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district was the deadliest the city has seen in over 70 years. A...

Booming or breaking? The truth about Russia’s war economy

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For months after Vladimir Putin’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders predicted Russia’s economy was on the brink of collapse under san...

Polanski v Farage: Is the political centre in Britain dead?

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the budget on Wednesday, she faces the political nightmare of having to come back for more tax, having said she w...

Wealth tax vs tax cuts: how to fix the UK economy?

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the budget just days away, Rachel Reeves is facing yet another black hole in the public finances - after ditching plans to raise income tax, it’...

Trump's peace plan is to 'surrender' - Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

US and Russian officials have drafted new proposals to end the Ukraine war but they would appear to require major concessions from President Zelenskyy...

'A culture of cover-up': the NHS maternity crisis exposed

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The NHS is facing one of its deepest crises - a string of maternity scandals, from Shrewsbury to Nottingham, Oxford to Leeds. Hundreds of babies have ...

Starmer vs Streeting: inside the Labour meltdown

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labour is facing an extraordinary rift at the top of government. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has strongly denied claims that he is plotting to over...

BBC crisis: right-wing coup or bias crackdown?

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The BBC is in meltdown: both the Director General Tim Davie and the Head of News Deborah Turness have quit in the same weekend after a leaked memo acc...

Mamdani and Polanski: can a new left undo Trump’s climate reversal?

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While COP30 gets underway in Brazil - Donald Trump is ripping up climate policy, blasting his allies for falling for what he calls the ‘world's ...

China US Trade 'breakthrough': Who blinked first?

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After months of a “vicious cycle of mutual retaliation”, as Xi Jinping has put it, Donald Trump and China's president seem to have come to a t...

Is immigration pushing Labour toward electoral wipeout?

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Keir Starmer’s immigration strategy doomed to fail? Despite tough language, a one-in-one-out returns scheme with France and speeding up the closu...

Is UK government complicit in the destruction of Gaza?

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the UK government complicit in the destruction of Gaza? That's the assertion in the new book by journalist and polemicist Peter Oborne, with bo...

Could the Ukraine Russia war ever go nuclear? - Serhii Plokhi

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s latest meeting reportedly descended into another shouting match, the war in Ukraine feels as volatile as e...

Virginia Roberts Giuffre was ‘gaslit’ by UK government, Met police and Prince Andrew say her family

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, Virginia Roberts Giuffre became known as the most outspoken victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Her campaigning against their ab...

AI boom or bubble? why economists fear a global meltdown

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the IMF warning that we’re in an AI bubble that could be worse than the dot-com crash if it bursts — and even OpenAI’s Sam Altman admitting...

Inside the Israel and Gaza peace deal - what happens next?

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After two years of war, a deal has finally been struck. Hostages are coming home, Palestinian prisoners and detainees are being released, and Israel a...

Israel Gaza ceasefire: Can Trump’s deal bring real peace?

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After two years of relentless war, devastation, and loss in Gaza — a ceasefire has finally been agreed that will see all remaining Israeli hostages ...

Will the Conservatives sack Kemi Badenoch?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Kemi Badenoch fights for her political life at the Conservative Party conference, the Tories face a growing threat from the right. With high-profil...

Can the Conservatives survive Farage squeeze? | Shadow Chancellor interview

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Conservative Party Conference is underway in Manchester where the Tories are in turmoil, trailing badly in the polls and staring down electoral ob...

‘Nigel Farage isn’t your average posh boy’ - Nadine Dorries

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nadine Dorries was once a Tory loyalist and Boris Johnson’s closest ally — now she’s defected to Reform UK, the party leading the polls under Ni...

Labour’s deputy leader race - who is Bridget Phillipson?

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labour’s deputy leadership contender and Keir Starmer ally Bridget Phillipson joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy on The Fourcast to set out her vision for t...

Can Rachel Reeves grow the economy?

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Reeves’ big speech on the economy dominates the second day of the Labour Party conference. Ahead of the November budget, the chancellor warns...

Fired for Charlie Kirk comments: press freedom in Trump's America

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah was sacked after posts she made about Charlie Kirk on social media sparked a storm of controversy...

Israel Palestine: is a two-state solution still possible?

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a UN commission concludes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and international pressure grows with more nations, including the UK, moving t...

UN commission says Israel is committing genocide - Marwan Barghouthi’s son reacts

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A UN commission investigating the Gaza war has concluded that Israel is committing genocide, adding its voice to growing international concern from le...

Peter Mandelson and Epstein: how much did Starmer know?

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the third time in his political career, Peter Mandelson has fallen from high office in a scandal linked to rich and powerful men - this time it wa...

What does Angela Rayner's resignation mean for Labour?

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Angela Rayner has resigned as Deputy Prime Minister following revelations that she failed to pay the correct tax on a new home. But what does her depa...

Is Zack Polanski the Left's answer to Nigel Farage?

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Green Party in England and Wales has a new leader and by an overwhelming majority members picked the candidate from the radical left-wing of the p...

Does the UK really want Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan?

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nigel Farage has put mass deportations at the centre of his new immigration plan — promising to detain and remove hundreds of thousands of asylum se...

Inside Trump’s meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has just met both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the same week - two leaders locked in a war that has reshaped global security...

UN aid chief demands Israel opens Gaza border

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charged with looking after the United Nations’ humanitarian projects - from Israel’s aid blockade in Gaza to the crisis in Sudan, Tom Fletcher was...

Chris Bryant MP on sexuality, abuse, and his time as a priest

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Bryant MP has lived many lives  - from a childhood in Franco’s Spain to serving as a priest in the Church of England, and now more than two d...

Is the ‘woke’ backlash killing body positivity? - From Sydney Sweeney ad to Zara models ban

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is fashion the latest thing to be swallowed into politics, culture war and the backlash on woke?Stick-thin models with protruding bones were the marke...

Oscar-winning director: West Bank situation 'escalating' after friend shot dead

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world's eyes are on Gaza as the enclave faces mass starvation, but the war there is also emboldening Israeli settlers in the occupied West Ban...

Will UK anti-migrant protests explode into riots again?

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A year ago, towns across Britain were in flames as far-right anti-immigration protests turned into riots, while this week the Police Federation called...

'It's ripping MAGA apart': David Pakman on Trump, Epstein and Dems future

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump is under pressure, again, this time over his alleged ties to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. As the scandal grows, the Speaker ...

Do Democrats need to move right to take on Trump?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In America the Democrats are in crisis — leaderless, divided, and drifting after Donald Trump’s return to power, and on the left, Alexandria Ocasi...

Ukraine war: will Trump’s threats really scare Putin?

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump says he's 'disappointed' that Vladimir Putin keeps knocking down buildings in Kyiv despite all the great conversations they a...

Will the UK-France migration deal work - explained

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced a "one in, one out" migration deal which would see France send one asylum seeker with a Brit...

‘A child killed every hour shouldn’t be normal’ - UNICEF on Gaza

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What comes first - a peace deal or a peace prize? The war rages on in Gaza - another 40 Palestinians were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes, but ...

Labour in crisis? Inside the vote that shook Starmer’s grip on power

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Keir Starmer pulled Labour’s flagship welfare reform plans at the last minute - a humiliating U-turn after days of rebellion, confusion and risi...

Bob Vylan at Glastonbury: free speech or hate speech?

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance has dominated headlines and sparked a huge debate. The punk duo chanted “death to the IDF” to a live crowd o...

Sarah Vine: How Brexit ruined my marriage to Michael Gove

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does Westminster make good people awful or does it attract awful people? As far as Sarah Vine is concerned, it’s the former - corrupting those with ...

Iran-Israel ceasefire: will deal Trump brokered actually hold?

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ceasefire deal Donald Trump says he brokered between  Iran and Israel already appears to be in jeopardy as the Israeli Defence Forces promise to ...

Iran strikes back? What Israel and the US could do next

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The United States and Israel have launched major airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and regime targets. Iran’s foreign minister is seeking diplomatic sup...

What will Israel do if Trump doesn’t attack Iran? | ex-IDF intelligence chief

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel and Iran have continued attacking each other overnight with more airstrikes, as both countries wait for Donald Trump to decide if America will ...

How Israel-Iran war could explode 'into World War 3' - Gideon Levy

18 Jun 2025

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The air war between Israel and Iran has continued overnight after President Trump issued more warnings to Iran - saying Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatol...

Will Israel Iran crisis escalate out of control? - experts explain

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As simmering tensions between Israel and Iran explode in a barrage of missiles and drones, Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to journalist Jonathan Rugman an...

Will Rachel Reeves' spending review turbocharge or tank UK economy?

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Reeves has unveiled her long-awaited spending review, with the NHS and defence seeing the most gains while many other departments face cuts - s...

Will Starmer sack Reeves or will she survive as Chancellor?

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the clock ticks down to next week’s critical Spending Review, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is hitting the road, announcing infrastructure investments...

Should Israel be held accountable for deaths of Gazans queuing for aid?

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The aid crisis in Gaza is deepening. This morning, Israeli soldiers opened fire near crowds of Palestinians approaching a new food distribution site i...

Musk out: how billionaires and crypto bros still shape Trump's White House

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk has announced an end to his time as the head of DOGE with a parting shot at his former boss Donald Trump over a bill that’s projected to a...

Is Trump turning on Netanyahu - what it means for Gaza war

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been 600 days since the war between Israel and Gaza began, triggered by the October the 7th attacks carried out by Hamas; a moment that reshape...

How Israeli embassy staff shooting could impact Gaza war

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The shooting of a couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC has sent shockwaves around the world, while in Gaza the UN says thousands...

Did Biden's inner circle ‘cover up’ his declining cognitive health?

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was one of the most shocking moments of the 2024 presidential campaign. President Joe Biden, at times appearing incoherent and confused, effectivel...