{"podcast":{"title":"The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim","slug":"the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228","podcast_index_feed_id":7027228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-world/","website_url":"https://the-world.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0f13920c-ed77-45ea-b38d-c057964bc238/af94589b3bcc169d27ab7a8049bb3778.jpg","author":"Sky News","episode_count":105,"summary":"Sky News’ Yalda Hakim and NBC’s Richard Engel have covered world events for years. This is the podcast where they share experiences from the frontline. They debrief from global flashpoints and discuss their encounters with the biggest decision makers. They’ll also be joined by some of those key players to help make sense of world events. From conflict in the Middle East, to the Trump presidency, and the war in Ukraine there is no better place for analysis and expertise New episodes from Richard and Yalda every Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:18:13.725584+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228"},"episode":{"title":"Who are the jihadists sweeping across Africa?","slug":"who-are-the-jihadists-sweeping-across-africa","published_at":"2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228/who-are-the-jihadists-sweeping-across-africa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228","url":"https://the-world.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3e819e32-640b-41d4-82dc-ec1a4ba3f99e.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=017f3337-d13b-4493-8846-ca84c374143c&aw_0_1st.episodeid=3e819e32-640b-41d4-82dc-ec1a4ba3f99e","summary":"On Saturday 25 April armed terrorists rode into the capital of Mali in West Africa. Al Qaeda affiliated jihadists now say they are going to launch a total siege of the capital – home to some four million people. Who are these jihadists? What do they want? And could Mali be about to fall? Yalda speaks to Yousra Elbagir, Sky’s Africa correspondent, about the growing threat of jihadism in West Africa and why the world needs to pay attention - because what happens in Africa does not stay there. Meanwhile, Richard is back in Israel and talks about the potential opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu and why he’s keen to stay on a war footing. You can email your questions to Richard and Yalda at theworld@sky.uk You can also watch our podcasts on our YouTube channel here.","meta_description":"On Saturday 25 April armed terrorists rode into the capital of Mali in West Africa. Al Qaeda affiliated jihadists now say they are going to launch a total…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228/episodes/who-are-the-jihadists-sweeping-across-africa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228/who-are-the-jihadists-sweeping-across-africa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}