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A roundup of the day’s most important news stories from around the world, from TLDR News. But we don’t just tell you what’s happening, we explain it: making complex topics simple to understand. Listen to the Daily Briefing for your global news bulletin every weekday.Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR’s print magazine, here: https://toolong.news/daily

Why Argentina's Election Just Got More Interesting

9 mins; October 23, 2023

Why US Troops Were Attacked in Syria & Iraq

10 mins; October 20, 2023

Two UN Votes on a Gaza Ceasefire. Two Rejections.

8 mins; October 19, 2023

Biden Visits Israel as Crisis Escalates

9 mins; October 18, 2023

Will Iran Take Pre-Emptive Action Against Israel?

8 mins; October 17, 2023

Australia Rejects Constitutional Change (again)

10 mins; October 16, 2023

Why Has Netanyahu Formed a National Government?

9 mins; October 12, 2023

How Albania & Bulgaria Beat Russia at the UN

9 mins; October 11, 2023

Why the EU Backtracked on Palestinian Aid

10 mins; October 10, 2023

Hamas Attacks Israel: What Just Happened?

10 mins; October 09, 2023

Why the US Shot Down a Turkish Drone in Syria

8 mins; October 06, 2023

Why the US is Sending Iranian Bullets to Ukraine

8 mins; October 05, 2023

US Speaker Ousted: What Next?

8 mins; October 04, 2023

Are the EU and US Turning Their Backs on Ukraine?

8 mins; October 03, 2023

Why Slovakia's Election Might Undermine Ukraine

9 mins; October 02, 2023

Why Has Kazakhstan Shunned Russia?

8 mins; September 29, 2023

Will Taiwan's New Submarine Help Defend Against China?

9 mins; September 28, 2023

Why Is India Attacking Canada at the UN?

8 mins; September 27, 2023

Biden Sends Zelenskyy New Long Range Missiles

9 mins; September 26, 2023

Macron Orders French Troops to Withdraw from Niger

8 mins; September 25, 2023

Are Saudi-Yemen Peace Talks Making Progress?

9 mins; September 22, 2023

Why Poland is Halting Military Support for Ukraine

9 mins; September 21, 2023

Why Azerbaijan Attacked Nagorno-Karabakh

10 mins; September 20, 2023

Why Ukraine is Suing Poland, Hungary and Slovakia

10 mins; September 19, 2023

Why Has China's Defence Minister Gone Missing?

8 mins; September 18, 2023

The Three Factors that Caused the Libya Floods

8 mins; September 15, 2023

Why Germany & Italy Have Fallen Out Over Migration

8 mins; September 14, 2023

Why Biden is One Step Closer to Impeachment

8 mins; September 13, 2023

G20's Plan to Link India to Europe

10 mins; September 12, 2023

How an Election Became a Referendum on China & India

9 mins; September 11, 2023

Was a Military Coup Good News for Gabon?

9 mins; September 08, 2023

Putin's Anger at US Nukes in the UK

8 mins; September 06, 2023

Why Putin is Meeting with Kim Jong Un

8 mins; September 05, 2023

Why Ukraine Sacked its Defence Minister

8 mins; September 04, 2023

Has Zelenskyy Used a Brand New Weapon Against Russia?

9 mins; September 01, 2023

Why China's New Map Has Angered its Neighbours

9 mins; August 31, 2023

Gabon Coup: What the Hell Just Happened?

9 mins; August 30, 2023

Could Ukraine Hold a Wartime Election?

8 mins; August 29, 2023

Which Countries are Joining the BRICS Bloc?

10 mins; August 25, 2023

Did Putin Kill Prigozhin?

10 mins; August 24, 2023

Russia Threatens Georgia with Annexation

9 mins; August 23, 2023

Why is Yevgeny Prigozhin in Africa?

9 mins; August 22, 2023

Left-Wing Victories in Ecuador & Guatemala

10 mins; August 21, 2023

Is Spain Heading for Another Election?

9 mins; August 18, 2023

China Says US is 'Playing with Fire' Over Taiwan

9 mins; August 16, 2023

Why Latvia's Government Just Collapsed

10 mins; August 15, 2023

Is Wagner Recruiting in Poland?

7 mins; August 14, 2023

Niger Coup: ECOWAS Deploys Troops on Standby

8 mins; August 11, 2023

Ukraine Attempts Attacks on Moscow and Crimea

8 mins; August 10, 2023

Pakistan Election: Imran Khan Banned From Politics

8 mins; August 09, 2023

How Ukraine Stopped an Assassination Attempt

8 mins; August 08, 2023

Russian Warship Attacked by Ukraine

9 mins; August 04, 2023

Why Have Poland and Ukraine Fallen Out?

8 mins; August 03, 2023

Belarus Violates Polish Airspace

9 mins; August 02, 2023

Why Ukraine is Attacking Russia

9 mins; August 01, 2023

Did Trump Try to Destroy Evidence?

9 mins; July 28, 2023

Ukraine Escalates its Counteroffensive

9 mins; July 27, 2023

Will Republicans Impeach Joe Biden?

9 mins; July 26, 2023

Where the Hell is China's Foreign Minister?

10 mins; July 25, 2023

Spanish Election: Far-right Fall & Socialists Beat Expectations

9 mins; July 24, 2023

Why Has Erdogan Pivoted to the Middle East?

9 mins; July 21, 2023

Has the Wagner Group Left Ukraine for Good?

9 mins; July 20, 2023

Did a US Soldier Defect to North Korea?

9 mins; July 19, 2023

Why are there Tensions Between the EU and Latin America?

8 mins; July 18, 2023

Did Ukraine Attack the Crimea Bridge (Again)?

10 mins; July 17, 2023

Why Thailand's Democracy is at Risk

11 mins; July 14, 2023

What's Happening to Russia's Generals?

10 mins; July 13, 2023

Will Ukraine Ever Join NATO?

9 mins; July 12, 2023

Will Sweden Finally Join NATO?

11 mins; July 11, 2023

Is the US Breaking International Law in Ukraine?

8 mins; July 10, 2023

Where the Hell is Prigozhin?

8 mins; July 06, 2023

Ukraine Claims Russia Plots to Destroy Nuclear Plant

9 mins; July 05, 2023

Has Ukraine Attacked Moscow?

10 mins; July 04, 2023

Why is Poland Reinforcing its Border With Belarus?

9 mins; July 03, 2023

Why a Russian Diplomat is Squatting on Australian Soil

9 mins; June 23, 2023

Why Does Musk Want to Fight Zuckerberg?

8 mins; June 22, 2023

Would F-16s Lead to a Ukraine Victory

8 mins; June 21, 2023

The EU's New Plan to Counter China

9 mins; June 20, 2023

Ukraine Makes Gains in Zaporizhzhia

10 mins; June 19, 2023

Could Africa End the Ukraine War?

9 mins; June 16, 2023

Why Things Just Got Worse for Boris Johnson

10 mins; June 15, 2023

Putin Sends Nuclear Weapons to Belarus

10 mins; June 14, 2023

Russia Loses Another Top General

9 mins; June 13, 2023

Kim Jong-Un's Promise to 'Hold Hands' With Putin

11 mins; June 12, 2023

Ukraine Reacts to Fallout From Dam Destruction

9 mins; June 08, 2023

Will Erdogan Reverse His Economic Policies?

9 mins; June 07, 2023

What the Hell Happened to the Kakhovka Dam?

8 mins; June 06, 2023

Has Ukraine's Counteroffensive Just Begun?

9 mins; June 05, 2023

Why BRICS is Challenging the US

11 mins; June 02, 2023

Russians are Attacking Russia... Again

9 mins; June 01, 2023

Will South Africa Grant Putin Immunity?

9 mins; May 31, 2023

Moscow Attack: What the Hell Just Happened?

10 mins; May 30, 2023

Will the Debt Ceiling Cause an Economic Crisis?

9 mins; May 26, 2023

Why Trump Ridiculed DeSantis' Big Announcement

9 mins; May 25, 2023

Why NATO Wants a Foothold in Japan

8 mins; May 24, 2023

What the Hell Just Happened in Belgorod?

9 mins; May 23, 2023

Russia Finally Captures Bakhmut

9 mins; May 22, 2023

Will the G7 'Starve the Russian War Machine'?

8 mins; May 19, 2023

Ecuador's President Triggers 'Mutual Death' Clause

8 mins; May 18, 2023

Why Parliament is at Risk of Burning Down

8 mins; May 17, 2023

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