Battle lines: famine in Gaza, Mongolia's precious resources, Hong Kong's controversial new law

Palestinian children search for leftover food at a street kitchen in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The possibility of famine looms over the northern Gaza Strip, with half the area's population already facing «crisis levels of food insecurity or worse,» he said. The United Nations has warned. Photo: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg

In this episode of Battlelines, we talk to our Middle East correspondent Natalia Vasilyeva about the second raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. We're also joined by our Global Health reporter Liliya Sebuai to discuss this week's stark famine warning and what can be done to prevent thousands of Palestinians from starving to death. Then we hear from our Asia correspondent Nicola Smith about one of her most intrepid reporting trips — to the steppes of Mongolia. She also talks about the new national security law in Hong Kong and why it poses problems for newspaper lovers and priests alike.

Across the world, from Europe to Asia, the Americas to the Middle East, tensions between nation states are rising as traditional alliances evolve in the 21st century and unions.

2024 will see war in Europe and Israel, as well as elections in the world's largest economies, from the US and UK to Taiwan. Insurgencies flare in Yemen and Burma, tensions rise in East Africa, and the international security architecture around the world buckles under growing pressure.

Battle Lines, a new podcast from The Telegraph, combines on-the-ground reporting with analytical expertise, which will help the listener better understand the course of world politics, wars and tensions as fault lines sink and slip in an increasingly dangerous and confusing multipolar world.

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