The Fourcast

"The way regimes end in Russia, it's pretty messy but always rather quick. And things like that occur usually when Russia had started a war and started to lose it." Hubertus Jahn, professor of Russian history at Cambridge University, discusses recent events on @C4TheFourcast.

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"We'll see a fierce rivalry that is at the same time thickly cooperative." On the @C4TheFourcast political scientist Graham Allison says he hopes the US-China can manage a rivalry partnership over the next few decades, but admits the China could become the predominant power.

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"When a rapidly rising power threatens to displace an established ruling power, in general, the outcome is very bloody." On the @C4TheFourcast, political scientist Graham Allison explains the "Thucydides Trap" theory and why the US and China are following the path of history.

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"People didn't even want this stuff, but it was being sold to them." On @c4thefourcast, journalist Ben Westhoff says fentanyl, the drug "50 times stronger than heroin", has "changed the whole game" with drug dealers saving money by lacing heroin with the synthetic opioid drug.

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"We do it better than anyone else, because there's no one else." On @c4thefourcast, historian David Cannadine explains the history of Britain's royal rituals and what King Charles' modern coronation tells us about where we are today.

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Russia is making this big push at the moment in Africa. They are actively going out there." On @C4TheFourcast, @lindseyhilsum explains why Russia and Western countries are competing for influence over African nations.

"He wins the presidency from, either from a courtroom or indeed a jail cell... constitutionally that is entirely possible." On the @C4TheFourcast, @mattfrei discusses the other investigations Donald Trump faces and what it would mean if he still won the presidency.

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"We're giving Donald Trump all this oxygen once again through the media, which is exactly what he craves." On the @C4TheFourcast, @mattfrei discusses a momentous week for American democracy - and wonders whether the media has learnt anything from covering Trump over the years.

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"The one consistent hesitation people have is Keir Starmer. That's not great." On @c4thefourcast, @PGMcNamara discusses @Channel4News exclusive polling with @JLPartnersPolls - and if Rishi Sunak has what it takes to win the next election.

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"Most people were expected to make considerable sacrifices... if our leadership wasn't doing it, I think that's quite disappointing." On @c4thefourcast, @devisridhar talks about why Boris Johnson's Partygate inquiry matters, three years after the pandemic began.

“Providing impartial news is what I regard as important.” @adamboultonTABB tells the @C4TheFourcast that a growing list of so-called ‘presenticians’ blur the line between broadcast news and campaigning politicians.

"One quality I think chancellors probably need is luck. And on that basis, Jeremy Hunt is a great chancellor." Economics reporter Neil Macdonald explains on the @C4TheFourcast why the government has a bit more money to play with ahead of tomorrow's budget.