
It can sometimes feel like the world is changing faster than ever before. But help is at hand: HistoryExtra's podcast History Behind the Headlines: Briefing tasks expert historians with bringing you the history you need to make sense of the headlines – in five minutes or less. For more expert historical insights into the backstories behind today news, don't miss HistoryExtra's podcast series Histo... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 23 days ago |
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Sir Keir Starmer visited Beijing and Shanghai last week, making him the UK’s first prime minister to travel to China since Theresa May in 2018. The trip has sparked plenty of commentary that the two nations are aiming to end a ‘diplomatic ice age’ th... more
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been back in the headlines over the weekend, as a new batch of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the US Department of Justice, included correspondence with a man believed to be the former duke. ... more
Conflict between the United States and Iran appears increasingly likely, as US forces continue to mass near Iranian waters. Tension has been building in recent weeks, with President Trump's administration repeatedly calling on Iran to negotiate a dea... more
A major winter storm is currently sweeping across the United States, bringing life-threatening conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power. Meanwhile, in the UK, scores of flood warnings and alerts are in place following stron... more
US president Donald Trump claimed in an interview last Thursday that Nato troops "stayed a little back, a little off the front lines" during fighting in Afghanistan in the years after 2001. The comments sparked anger, particularly in the UK, and at t... more
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has unexpectedly called a general election despite riding high in the polls – and only being in office since October. In this episode of HistoryExtra’s series History Behind the Headlines: Briefing, Chris Hardi... more
The relationship between the United States and United Kingdom has been under the spotlight in recent days, after US president Donald Trump called the UK’s 2025 deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base as an “act... more
US president Donald Trump has restated his desire for the United States to have "complete and total control" of the autonomous territory of Greenland – but what's the longer context behind the story? In the first episode of HistoryExtra's new series ... more
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