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Correspondents' Look Ahead 2018

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead

How do you look ahead in a world which constantly takes us by surprise, sometimes shocks us, often makes us ask 'what happens next?' Who would have predicted that President Trump would, to use his words, fall in love with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, whose country he had threatened to totally destroy? Who could have imagined that a prominent Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, would be murdered and dismembered in a Saudi Consulate? And, on a happier note, we’re relieved that, as the year ends a climate change conference in Poland did manage to save the Paris pact, and maybe our world. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet talks to correspondents from around the globe about what might happen in the world in 2019.

Guests:
Katya Adler, Europe editor
Yolande Knell, Middle East correspondent
James Robbins, Diplomatic correspondent
Steve Rosenberg, Moscow Correspondent
Jon Sopel, North America editor
Producer: Ben Carter
Editor: Penny Murphy

(Image: King Mohammed VI, Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron. Credit: EPA/BENOIT TESSIER / POOL MAXPPP OUT)

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53 minutes

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  • Fri 28 Dec 2018 09:06GMT
  • Sat 29 Dec 2018 00:06GMT
  • Sat 29 Dec 2018 04:06GMT