The Shortwave Report

This week's show begins with soil contaminated by the Fukushima disaster to be used across Japan, IDF soldiers kill Gazans trying to get food at distribution sites, a glacier is Switzerland melts destroying a village, and a Mexican editorial about the US economic blockade of Cuba. This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://yo...

This week's show begins with a press review on the South African President visiting the White House,an in-depth interview with the Secretary-General of the Palestine National Initiative on Israeli allies turning against it, the US avoids a WHO conference on preparations for a future pandemic, and the trial of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro is underway.  This week's show features stories from...

This week's show begins with China offering credit to Latin American nations for development, Afrikaners arrive in US to protests, an interview with Oliver McTernan Director of a Middle East NGO on Israel, Trump, and weaponizing antisemitism, and the Lancet medical journal reports on the actual death toll in Gaza.  This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, ...

This week's show begins with Europe offering research jobs to American scientists who were defunded by Trump, several reports on the India/Pakistan war, several reports on the bombing of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and Trump removes restrictions on deep sea mining. This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/...

This week's show begins with international press on Trumps first 100 days, how Canadians and Europeans react to Carney's victory in Canada, arguments at the UN nuclear disarmament meeting, Human Rights monitors say 94% of Gazans killed by Israel are civilians.   This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/sw...

This weeks show begins with more tariff response in Asia, ceasefires not followed in Ukraine or Gaza, Italian President Meloni visits Trump, dangerous escalations between Pakistan and India, and Colombian President barred from US. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, France 24, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250425.mp3    (29:00)          ...

 This week's show starts with tariff news from Asia, Hungary ban LGBTQ gatherings and the UK Supreme Court rules that trans women are not women, the EU approves 1.6 Billion Euros for the Palestinian Authority, and has the US done a camouflage invasion of Panama? This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/sw...

 This week's show begins with an interview with Tariq Ali on Iran and the Koreas, a few pieces on the tariff war, France calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and statehood for Palestine, several reports on Marine Le Pen. This week's show features stories from UAE, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  NHK Japan.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250411.mp3    (29:00)          From UAE- 2 excerpts from an in...

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250404.mp3    (29:00)          From JAPAN- A Thursday morning report on the Trump tariff plan- like other Asian countries, Japan is quite upset at its tariff, 24%, and they expected a break because of the investments they have done in the US. Australian Prime Mi...

 This week's show begins with some European opinion on JD Vance, some US and Greenland history, the political landscape in Canada since Trump was reelected, reports from Gaza, and the US planning troop deployments to Panama. This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250328.mp3    (29:00)          From F...

This week's show starts with a company holding part of the Panama Canal in talks about a sale, Finland is the happiest ride in the park, press reviews and reports on the bombings in Gaza and a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Ecuador hires Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy to assist with criminals. This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.  ...

This week's show starts with a report on Mexican President Sheinbaum being called the most powerful woman in the world, Ukraine continues drone attacks on civilians in Moscow, some Israeli parliamentarians want to occupy all of Syria, and US and South Korea step up military exercises. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.   http:/...

This week's episode begins with Greenland's election and attitude toward the US, the Egyptian summit presents a plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, NATO countries skip a UN summit on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, and activists protest the BBC for blocking the viewing of a Palestinian documentary that received an Academy Award. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Fra...

This week's show begins with a new editorial approach at the Washington Post, several reports on the German election and the right wing AfD party, Israel continues attacks in the West Bank, and at Fukushima a gram of radioactive waste is removed leaving 880 tons from the 2011 accident. This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.   http:...

 This week's edition begins with JD Vance delivering the Trump Doctrine to the Munich Security Conference, Human Rights Watch calls on world leaders to prevent ethnic cleansing and land theft in Gaza, international press reviews on the various US/Russia/Europe/Ukraine conferences, and Israel is accepting bids to build hundreds of new illegal homes in the West Bank. This week's show features storie...

 This week's show starts with how the world sees Trump's new tariffs, 20,000 Palestinians displaced in West Bank, no discussion of climate change in German general election, and Europeans reject Tesla cars. This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and France 24.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250214.mp3    (29:00)          From JAPAN- The Japanese...

   This week's show begins with international reactions to Trump saying the US would remove Palestinians from Gaza and rebuild the country, the world reacts to the US tariff wars, a new definition of "antisemitism " for college campus demonstrators, and president Zelensky would like some nuclear weapons. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and...

 This week's show begins with the global implications of Trump's order called Terminating The Green New Deal, half the populace in Ukraine want the war to end now, Putin wants to negotiate with Ukraine but not Zelensky, what is up with DeepSeek, and who are M23 and why are they fighting in Congo?  This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and France 24.   http://youth...

This week's show begins with news and press reviews about the inauguration, Musk's salute is heavily criticized in Europe, increased violence in the occupied West Bank, Japanese companies have annual wage negotiations, and protests in Mexico City. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250124.mp3    (...

This week's show begins with a truce in the war on Gaza, Biden removes Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, Maduro is inaugurated in Venezuela with a Biden bounty on his head, and China calls for greater cooperation with the European Union.   This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250117...

This week's show begins with an interview with a member of the Arctic Institute about Trump's eye on Greenland, the German government cuts funding to some human rights organizations for being critical of Israeli actions in Palestine, international press reviews on Panama, Greenland, Musk attempting to influence European politics, and US Steel and Nippon Steel both sue over Biden cancelled the purc...

This Week's show begins with some year end environmental analysis, fatal bombings and hypothermia in Gaza, Presidential upheaval in South Korea expands, coups and weather in Latin America, and Elon Musk is further criticized in Germany for attempted election interference.  This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan,  Radio Havana Cuba, and Radio Deutsche-Welle,    http://youthspea...

This week's show begins with Elon Musk interfering in EU politics, an interview with Paul Watson fresh from detention, Israel expanding in the West Bank, Japan is the third largest contributor to the UN, EPA staffers criticize Biden for cutting off funds to the Climate Justice Alliance. This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   htt...

 This week's show starts with Elon Musk bankrolling Nigel Farage, Wednesday was International Migrants Day, why has Israel occupied more of the Golan Heights, Taiwan receives first military tank shipment from US, and a Viewpoint on the need for  African nations on the Security Council of the UN. This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cu...

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan,   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241213.mp3    (29:00)          From FRANCE- I think press reviews are often the best way to see how unfolding events appear on from a global perspective. So on the topic of the overthrow of Syrian leader Assad, we will begin with reviews from Monday. There was a...