90 Seconds to Midnight

<p>The Doomsday Clock is the symbolic countdown to human extinction; a universally recognised, annual indicator of the world’s vulnerability to man-made global catastrophe. If the clock strikes midnight, the world will have ended. </p><p>Today, the clock sits as close to midnight as it has ever been – just 90 seconds away. </p><p>And is it any wonder?</p><p>Ongoing wars in the Ukraine and Middle East. The continued expansion of nuclear arsenals around the world. The advance of generative AI and its potential for disinformation. The climate crisis. The list of potentially world-ending dangers feels increasingly – and depressingly – long. </p><p>The Doomsday Clock is set annually, but, given the scale of the challenges facing humanity on a daily basis, as of September 5, we will be setting our own version of the clock each week. </p><p>Welcome to 90 Seconds to Midnight: the Daily Mail’s new weekly global news podcast, promising listeners informed analysis, discussion, and on-the-ground reporting about the week’s most influential geopolitical flashpoints. Hosted by the Mail’s Special Correspondent David Patrikarakos, every episode ends with one question: are we closer, or further away, from midnight? </p>

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Exploding Pagers, Hezbollah and Putin

Foreign Secretary David Lammy talks Special Correspondent David Patrikarakos about the pager attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and escalating tensions across the wider region; the latest from Ukraine; and how we know that Putin is rattled... We also hear from defence expert Andrew Fox about the ramifications of the attacks against Hezbollah and the potential for a wider regional war in the Middle East. Producer: Max Bower  Editor: Chelsey Ranore  Executive Producer: Bella Soames  Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini  Host: David Patrikarakos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

09-19
35:26

The War in Ukraine - A Watershed Moment?

In this, the first episode of 90 Seconds to Midnight, the Daily Mail’s Special Correspondent David Patrikarakos is in Kyiv to meet legendary Ukrainian war reporter Illia Ponomarenko. In a wide ranging discussion, the two catch up on the recent Ukrainian counter-offensive into Russian territory; what any potential peace between Russia and Ukraine might look like; and, the breaking news of further American support for Ukraine from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Producer: Max Bower  Editor: Chelsey Ranore  Executive Producer: Bella Soames  Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini  Host: David Patrikarakos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

09-12
40:57

Introducing... 90 Seconds to Midnight

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09-06
01:20
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