Roundtable

Just a little more than 100 kms off the coast of West Africa and the Canary Islands are a new favoured route for people smugglers trying to get migrants into Europe. And it’s one of the deadliest crossings there is.

GUESTS:

Graham Keeley

Freelance Journalist

Lina Vosyliute

Centre for European Policy Studies

Thamsanqua Zhou

Africa Analyst

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

If Joe Biden’s election is the end of an isolationist US, then Europe will be looking at the Presidents elect with as much interest as any corner of the world. Who’s got the most to gain- and lose - from a new relationship with the world’s most powerful man?

Paul Poast

University of Chicago

Pieter Cleppe

Policy Analyst

Anthony Dworkin

European Council on Foreign Relations.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Maybe it’s being an island nation, perhaps it’s all that old Britannia Rules the Waves stuff, but whatever the reasons for not so far landing a deal, fishing rights could yet prove the breaking point - yet this is an industry that accounts for just one tenth of one percent of the UK’s GDP

Guests:

Barrie Deas

Chief Executive at the NFFO

Bryce Stewart

Marine Ecologist at University of York

Pim Visser

President of the EAPO

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Is there more hope or less for peace between Serbia and Kosovo now that the Kosovar President has stepped down to face charges of war crimes? Will the case bring more entrenchment and resentment or could it pave the way for a long-lasting deal between two unhappy neighbours?

Guests:

Ivana Zanic

Humanitarian Law Center

Serbeze Haxhiaj

Investigative Journalist

James Ker-Lindsay

Balkans Peace Negotiator

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

As if Chinese bats that brought Covid aren’t bad enough, now there are Danish Mink carrying a mutation that’s already infected people. Is the disease changing so rapidly it’s impossible to keep up? This is RT

GUESTS:

Part 1: COVID-19: Mutation danger?

Dr Bharat Pankhania

Senior Clinical Lecturer

Ann Marie Kimball

Epidemiologist

Wim van der Poel

Zoonotic Virus Researcher

Part 2: COVID-19: Does mass testing work?

Louise Kenny

University of Liverpool

Lubomir Rehak

Slovakian Ambassador to UK

Richard Koller

Mathematician at Comenius University

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

After attacks in France and Austria, the UK raised its terror threat alert to highly likely; so what are we looking at here - the prospect of more random acts of violence, or an overreaction by authorities?

GUESTS

Richard McNeil Wilson

Counter Extremism Researcher

Lewis Herrington

Author of ‘Understanding Martyrdom Terrorism in Europe’

Rizwaan Sabir

Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

Is Poland’s government ready to back down on a court ruling that would ban pretty much all abortions? The scale of protests has set the scene for a confrontation between hardliners and those on the streets.

Guests:

Krystyna Kacpura

Federation for Women and Family Planning

Professor Anita Prazmowska

Professor at London School of Economics

Tomasz Ociepka

Analysis Center of the Jagiellonian Club

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Four countries - four different cures for Covid. Today we examine the different ways in which Sweden, Italy, France and the UK are tackling the pandemic. Does anyone have the right answer? This is RT

Guests:

Stefan Swartling Peterson

Professor of Global Health

Dr. Flavia Riccardo

Epidemiologist

Viviane Kovess-Masfety

Professor of Public Health

Mishal Khan

Associate Professor of Health Policy

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

France’s president remains at odds with Muslim leaders in Europe as his authorities respond to attacks: closing down mosques, shutting rights organisations. What is Emmanuel Macron’s issue with Islam?

Idriss Sihamedi

Founder of Muslim Charity Baraka City

Yasser Louati

Human Rights Advocate

Peter Allen

Freelance Journalist

Nacira Guenif

Sociologist

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

America First was Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan - we will look after ourselves, not other countries. How have the last four years changed America’s approach to foreign affairs - and indeed changed the world at large?

GUESTS

Klaus W. Larres

Professor of History & International Affairs

Scottie Nell Hughes

Political Commentator

Gina Yannitell Reinhardt

Associate Professor, University of Essex

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.