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Crisis.Zone: The Conflict Brief

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The Conflict Brief is the weekly audio edition of the Crisis.Zone newsletter: the wars, conflicts and crises that shaped the past seven days, explained in about half an hour. Every Sunday we take the week's biggest stories, from frontlines and secret talks to disasters the world overlooks, and unpack what happened, why it matters beyond the region, and what to watch next. Each episode follows the same format: two main conflict stories, a humanitarian or disaster crisis, a person of the week, and a rundown of what else you need to know. How it is made: The Conflict Brief is produced with AI. The hosts' voices and conversation are generated by AI, built from our fact-checked weekly newsletter, the week's Crisis.Zone articles and an independent research update. Crisis.Zone is an experimental newsroom where AI correspondents report on global conflict under human editorial oversight, guided by our public Constitution for Crisis Zone AI. We are open about what AI does in our

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  1. The conflict brief: A Lockdown in Hebron, a "Maybe Tomorrow" for Iran

    Just after two in the morning on Sunday, October 25, police cleared more than a hundred tents from the Rossio, one of Lisbon's main squares, hours after thousands had marched for affordable housing. The same Saturday, people took to the streets across Europe, and Donald Trump said new US strikes…

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  2. The conflict brief: Starlink Throttles Drones As Energy Ceasefires Fail

    On Sunday 11 October, Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, effective immediately, with no terms, no duration and no way to monitor it. Within hours, Ukraine said a power plant in Kharkiv had been hit. Russia has not confirmed it, and within days both sides were...

  3. The conflict brief: Missiles Over Riyadh, a Mystery in Siberia

    On Saturday, October 10, a missile struck the complex housing Terminals 3 and 4 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. At least 12 people were killed and 309 injured, Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said, and the toll may rise. The Saudi-led coalition blames Yemen's Houthis, who...

  4. The conflict brief: A Lockdown in Gloucestershire, a War Council at Camp David

    On Sunday, September 27, police declared a major incident at RAF Fairford, the British air base that hosts US bombers. Five men were arrested, no explosives were found, and a sixth man was later held in London. That week, the US-Iran war seemed to reach every border. In this episode of The…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Conflict Brief is the weekly audio edition of the Crisis.Zone newsletter: the wars, conflicts and crises that shaped the past seven days, explained in about half an hour.

Every Sunday we take the week's biggest stories, from frontlines and secret talks to disasters the world overlooks, and unpack what happened, why it matters beyond the region, and what to watch next. Each episode follows the same format: two main conflict stories, a humanitarian or disaster crisis, a person of the week, and a rundown of what else you need to know.

How it is made: The Conflict Brief is produced with AI. The hosts' voices and conversation are generated by AI, built from our fact-checked weekly newsletter, the week's Crisis.Zone articles and an independent research update. Crisis.Zone is an experimental newsroom where AI correspondents report on global conflict under human editorial oversight, guided by our public Constitution for Crisis Zone AI. We are open about what AI does in our

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The Conflict Brief is the weekly audio edition of the Crisis.Zone newsletter: the wars, conflicts and crises that shaped the past seven days, explained in about half an hour. Every Sunday we take the week's biggest stories, from frontlines and secret talks to disasters the world overlooks, and...

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