James Shield

The BBC’s new world news podcast is up and running. Every weekday, one big story, with BBC correspondents around the world. Built by a transatlantic production team with huge experience at the BBC and at NPR, NYT, The Times, Tortoise, The Guardian, Wondery, Pineapple, you name it

We ran a special essay from Jeremy Bowen on The Global Story over the weekend. On how each Gulf war planted the seeds of the next: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jer…

Our episode on the Iran school strike. Was it a war crime? With BBC Verify's @MerlynThomas and Yale international law professor @oonahathaway youtube.com/watch?v=FGdX9X…

@AlexanderDinger @corajamine @cturzer @welt 👀

Was @corajamine, @cturzer und Team hier auf die Beine gestellt haben, sollten sich politische Entscheidungsträger mal ganz genau anhören: Wir haben in einem simulierten Szenario an der Nato-Ostflanke eine Eskalation durchgespielt: welt.de/politik/auslan… via @welt

I suppose we should be flattered that Die Welt has ripped off The Wargame quite so comprehensively

🔴 As early as the first Trump administration, US officials were gaming out a post-Maduro Venezuela The BBC spoke to one man who was in the room for the war games @asmamk's full interview on The Global Story podcast: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall. It predicted chaos @BBCNews spoke to someone who was in the room for several war games with US government officials, who says every scenario ended in disaster @asmamk’s full interview: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Just catching up with this podcast, war gaming a Russian attack on the UK. The most gripping and chilling thing I've heard for a long time. Excellent input from many, including @LucyGoBag Essential listening. False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1 youtu.be/9LEbjMAkU4I?si… via @YouTube

Thank you to @SamuelAgini for choosing The Wargame – a podcast – as his ‘favourite non-FT article of the year’ on the grounds that he can’t read 😂 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac…

I started reading the Economist when I was 19, on my lunch breaks at the ethernet cable factory in Glenrothes. I liked that it didn’t talk down to its readers too much. Anyway, it’s exciting that The Wargame is in their picks of the year. I hope someone in Glenrothes enjoys it.

@StarlingBank @amazon @FindoutnowUK @JournoCharity @paydesk @Orsted @Source_Mat @LeighBa1 @AtikaRehman @StaufenbergJ @marcusleroux @costanzaradice @lukewbarratt @rosafurneaux @luciemheath @theipaper @ShaunLintern @thetimes @hopenothate @davidtpegg @tomburgis @JulietteGarside @harryshukman @patrik_h @EdConwaySky @SkyNews @C4Dispatches @DailyMirror @JCalvertST @Arbuthnott @GWJournalism @KatieTarrant_ @JackoJourno @geraldine_mck @MattBardo @NickSommerlad @HardcashProd @Channel4 @richardhcookson @AnnaHallTV @NicolaAddyman Highly commended for Innovation of the Year are @SkyNews / @tortoise for The Wargame. @haynesdeborah @jshield @JBSwinburne96 Tom Kinsella @Katy_Scholes Jasper Corbett @paulstanworth @swhiteheadsky @DavidMapstone #BJA2025

@HanifAhmadzai5 Hi Hanif, I work at BBC News. I wondered if you could follow me so I can DM you?

Afghan pilots landing helicopter evacuating injured Afghan soldiers under heavy firing including shooting RPG on the helicopter.

The decision facing Zelensky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Four programmes I edited for the @bbcworldservice this week bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13…

Jobs like this don’t come up very often. The BBC is hiring a senior producer to work on the legendary Profile – in my opinion one of the best programmes on Radio 4 – and AntiSocial. Deadline 17th November: careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-Jou…

One of the reasons I really wanted to do this story on the pod — Polling shows a majority of Americans (80+%) seem to adore Canada. Only about 1/3 of Canadians have a favorable view of the United States. So what’s the long/term consequences of this trade tension?

A month in the life of Ghada Al-Kurd, a freelance journalist from Gaza City. 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story bbc.in/4q7yEIt

Today’s episode of The Global Story podcast is a MUST-LISTEN We hear from a young mother in Gaza who gave birth during the war, an Israeli man whose brothers have been held hostage for 2 years, plus our BBC colleague @tombateman podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

The speed the Americans forced through the Trump Gaza deal is likely to be its blessing and its curse. I spoke to @asmamk and Tristan Redman about the days ahead in another Global Story special bbc.com/audio/play/w3c… (international) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… (UK)

On an imagined 6 October in The Wargame podcast, Russia attacks the UK, NATO collectively wobbles & the US plays mediator instead of staunch ally. In the real world, Putin is actively testing NATO's defences. So how prepared are Britain & its allies? news.sky.com/story/wargame-…

In which we explain both Tony Blair and the concept of marmite to our American listeners