Yalda Hakim
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
Lead World News Presenter at Sky News.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
New pod out now on Spotify and Apple - bts of my interview with Zelenskyy and unpacking everything he said. 🎙️
In an exclusive interview with Sky's Yalda Hakim, Zelenskyy said Trump must act now.
But could his tone invite a repeat of the disastrous Oval Office meeting?
Listen to Yalda and Richard Engel discuss their thoughts 👇
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But could his tone invite a repeat of the disastrous Oval Office meeting?
Listen to Yalda and Richard Engel discuss their thoughts 👇
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September 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
New pod out now on Spotify and Apple - bts of my interview with Zelenskyy and unpacking everything he said. 🎙️
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Remember how the whole world mobilised against South Africa's Apartheid?
Does the world care that the Taliban has completely erased women from public life?
Afghan-born Australian journalist Yalda Hakim was Nick Bryant's's guest yesterday morning:
#Afghanistan
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Does the world care that the Taliban has completely erased women from public life?
Afghan-born Australian journalist Yalda Hakim was Nick Bryant's's guest yesterday morning:
#Afghanistan
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Four years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan: Yalda Hakim - ABC listen
Just over four years ago the Taliban seized control of Kabul in a matter of days and established a de facto government, after decades of Western military intervention to stop exactly that.
Despite p...
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September 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Remember how the whole world mobilised against South Africa's Apartheid?
Does the world care that the Taliban has completely erased women from public life?
Afghan-born Australian journalist Yalda Hakim was Nick Bryant's's guest yesterday morning:
#Afghanistan
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Does the world care that the Taliban has completely erased women from public life?
Afghan-born Australian journalist Yalda Hakim was Nick Bryant's's guest yesterday morning:
#Afghanistan
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
All new from Richard and I this week - unpacking Ukraine’s massive drone attack inside of Russia and how this might change modern warfare.
Also - why it is so important for international journalist to be allowed into Gaza to report.
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Also - why it is so important for international journalist to be allowed into Gaza to report.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Aor...
Has Ukraine proved Trump wrong?
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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June 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
All new from Richard and I this week - unpacking Ukraine’s massive drone attack inside of Russia and how this might change modern warfare.
Also - why it is so important for international journalist to be allowed into Gaza to report.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Aor...
Also - why it is so important for international journalist to be allowed into Gaza to report.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Aor...
New episode out this week - I’ve been speaking to both sides of the negotiating table of a Gaza ceasefire. Listen to what they tell me… and, Richard’s eyewitness account of Iran.
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Could a ceasefire deal in Gaza be close?
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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May 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New episode out this week - I’ve been speaking to both sides of the negotiating table of a Gaza ceasefire. Listen to what they tell me… and, Richard’s eyewitness account of Iran.
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open.spotify.com/episode/6fUH...
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"The feeling that a journalist gets when he or she uncovers something... With storytelling you can translate to an audience that same feeling." Juan Ravell
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
@robertodeniz.bsky.social
#SirHarrySummit
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
@robertodeniz.bsky.social
#SirHarrySummit
May 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The feeling that a journalist gets when he or she uncovers something... With storytelling you can translate to an audience that same feeling." Juan Ravell
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
@robertodeniz.bsky.social
#SirHarrySummit
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
@robertodeniz.bsky.social
#SirHarrySummit
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"It's not easy to accept the idea that just for doing your job you have to go into exile... But for me the most important thing as a journalist was to tell the story." @robertodeniz.bsky.social
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
Juan Ravell
#SirHarrySummit
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
Juan Ravell
#SirHarrySummit
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"It's not easy to accept the idea that just for doing your job you have to go into exile... But for me the most important thing as a journalist was to tell the story." @robertodeniz.bsky.social
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
Juan Ravell
#SirHarrySummit
@yaldahakim.bsky.social
Juan Ravell
#SirHarrySummit
We’re back after a week off… and back with a bang! Richard is inside Iran and given incredible rare access.
We bring you guys up to speed with the US/Iran nuclear deal and assess Trump’s foreign policy as 100 days of his second term approaches…
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We bring you guys up to speed with the US/Iran nuclear deal and assess Trump’s foreign policy as 100 days of his second term approaches…
open.spotify.com/episode/59W0...
Inside Iran special - how close is a nuclear deal?
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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April 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We’re back after a week off… and back with a bang! Richard is inside Iran and given incredible rare access.
We bring you guys up to speed with the US/Iran nuclear deal and assess Trump’s foreign policy as 100 days of his second term approaches…
open.spotify.com/episode/59W0...
We bring you guys up to speed with the US/Iran nuclear deal and assess Trump’s foreign policy as 100 days of his second term approaches…
open.spotify.com/episode/59W0...
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The retreat from aid will result in hardship and suffering for millions — and inevitably in many lives lost. And it won’t make our world safer or more stable.
My @skynewsrss.bsky.social interview with @yaldahakim.bsky.social 👇🏻
My @skynewsrss.bsky.social interview with @yaldahakim.bsky.social 👇🏻
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March 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The retreat from aid will result in hardship and suffering for millions — and inevitably in many lives lost. And it won’t make our world safer or more stable.
My @skynewsrss.bsky.social interview with @yaldahakim.bsky.social 👇🏻
My @skynewsrss.bsky.social interview with @yaldahakim.bsky.social 👇🏻
New pod out now!
Talking Trump’s ambitions for a third term, why he’s pissed off with Putin and also… what is happening in Serbia?
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Talking Trump’s ambitions for a third term, why he’s pissed off with Putin and also… what is happening in Serbia?
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Donald Trump forever?
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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April 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New pod out now!
Talking Trump’s ambitions for a third term, why he’s pissed off with Putin and also… what is happening in Serbia?
open.spotify.com/episode/6efL...
Talking Trump’s ambitions for a third term, why he’s pissed off with Putin and also… what is happening in Serbia?
open.spotify.com/episode/6efL...
Talking about *that* Signal chat with Richard this week. And:
🎧Turkey protests -what’s going on?
🎧Trump and the group chat.
🎧 Tel Aviv - protestors back on the streets following Netanyahu firing of Shin Bet chief.
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🎧Turkey protests -what’s going on?
🎧Trump and the group chat.
🎧 Tel Aviv - protestors back on the streets following Netanyahu firing of Shin Bet chief.
open.spotify.com/episode/6y5l...
Spotify
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March 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Talking about *that* Signal chat with Richard this week. And:
🎧Turkey protests -what’s going on?
🎧Trump and the group chat.
🎧 Tel Aviv - protestors back on the streets following Netanyahu firing of Shin Bet chief.
open.spotify.com/episode/6y5l...
🎧Turkey protests -what’s going on?
🎧Trump and the group chat.
🎧 Tel Aviv - protestors back on the streets following Netanyahu firing of Shin Bet chief.
open.spotify.com/episode/6y5l...
A little different this Wednesday - joined by the fascinating and always thoughtful Elif Shafak
to talk about her new book, the Yazidi people, free speech, Trump, her native Turkey and the importance of the arts.
A Women’s History month special.
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to talk about her new book, the Yazidi people, free speech, Trump, her native Turkey and the importance of the arts.
A Women’s History month special.
open.spotify.com/episode/4sYt...
"Democracy is in Decline”: On Turkey, Trump and the Truth with Elif Shafak
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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March 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A little different this Wednesday - joined by the fascinating and always thoughtful Elif Shafak
to talk about her new book, the Yazidi people, free speech, Trump, her native Turkey and the importance of the arts.
A Women’s History month special.
open.spotify.com/episode/4sYt...
to talk about her new book, the Yazidi people, free speech, Trump, her native Turkey and the importance of the arts.
A Women’s History month special.
open.spotify.com/episode/4sYt...
On this International Women's Day I am thinking about the millions of Afghan women and girls who continue to have their basic human rights denied.
Today it is 1267 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from going to school.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Today it is 1267 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from going to school.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
March 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On this International Women's Day I am thinking about the millions of Afghan women and girls who continue to have their basic human rights denied.
Today it is 1267 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from going to school.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Today it is 1267 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from going to school.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Afghanistan is no longer in the headlines as it once was, but the fate of Afghan women and girls should haunt the conscience of humanity. ⬇️
My piece ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
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My piece ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
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https://news.sky.com/story/leaving-afghanistan-teen-cricketer-had-to-burn-medals-now-she-wants-right-to-play-for-country-13323128
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March 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Afghanistan is no longer in the headlines as it once was, but the fate of Afghan women and girls should haunt the conscience of humanity. ⬇️
My piece ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
t.co/IdX4EuhLfn
My piece ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
t.co/IdX4EuhLfn
“We don’t want anything from them except our rights.”
That is all the Afghan women’s cricket team wants from the ICC. To have the chance to play on the world stage, like the men. So far, their calls have gone unanswered.
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That is all the Afghan women’s cricket team wants from the ICC. To have the chance to play on the world stage, like the men. So far, their calls have gone unanswered.
news.sky.com/video/share-...
'We deserve better': Afghan female cricketers in exile urge ICC to set up refugee team
In the three and a half years since the Taliban returned to power, the rights of Afghan women and girls have been savagely curtailed. Many fled, including twenty members of the Afghan women's cricket ...
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March 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“We don’t want anything from them except our rights.”
That is all the Afghan women’s cricket team wants from the ICC. To have the chance to play on the world stage, like the men. So far, their calls have gone unanswered.
news.sky.com/video/share-...
That is all the Afghan women’s cricket team wants from the ICC. To have the chance to play on the world stage, like the men. So far, their calls have gone unanswered.
news.sky.com/video/share-...
To mark International Women’s Day which is this Saturday, I will be joined on the show by three Afghan female cricketers in exile in Australia. They are calling for the ICC to let them play as a recognised refugee team. Do join us tonight to hear my conversation with them.
March 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
To mark International Women’s Day which is this Saturday, I will be joined on the show by three Afghan female cricketers in exile in Australia. They are calling for the ICC to let them play as a recognised refugee team. Do join us tonight to hear my conversation with them.
New pod with guest Matt Pottinger out now. He was part of first Trump administration and directed his Asia policies. Really fascinating chat - he is sounding the alarm about China and Taiwan. Xi is “preparing his economy for war”.
Do have a listen …
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Do have a listen …
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Peace in Europe, War with China?
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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March 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New pod with guest Matt Pottinger out now. He was part of first Trump administration and directed his Asia policies. Really fascinating chat - he is sounding the alarm about China and Taiwan. Xi is “preparing his economy for war”.
Do have a listen …
open.spotify.com/episode/2rxF...
Do have a listen …
open.spotify.com/episode/2rxF...
Emergency pod recorded shortly after I left the room with Zelenskyy … enjoy wherever you usually do.
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open.spotify.com/episode/3Qv6...
In the room with President Zelenskyy
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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March 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Emergency pod recorded shortly after I left the room with Zelenskyy … enjoy wherever you usually do.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Qv6...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Qv6...
With President Zelenskyy with a small group of journalists at Stansted before he left for Ukraine. He seemed energised and spoke only in Ukraine. A different mood from what we saw on Friday.
March 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
With President Zelenskyy with a small group of journalists at Stansted before he left for Ukraine. He seemed energised and spoke only in Ukraine. A different mood from what we saw on Friday.
Emergency pod recorded late last night after those Oval Office scenes.
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open.spotify.com/episode/0UeA...
Emergency podcast: The big bust-up between Trump and Zelenskyy
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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March 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Emergency pod recorded late last night after those Oval Office scenes.
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open.spotify.com/episode/0UeA...
I encourage everyone to go and watch our special programme from last night on Sudan made by the brilliant Yousra Elbagir who has reported tirelessly on the conflict for the past two years. ⬇️
youtu.be/1e4L_6nEy_Y?...
youtu.be/1e4L_6nEy_Y?...
Sudan War Special Programme | The World with Yalda Hakim
YouTube video by Sky News
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February 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I encourage everyone to go and watch our special programme from last night on Sudan made by the brilliant Yousra Elbagir who has reported tirelessly on the conflict for the past two years. ⬇️
youtu.be/1e4L_6nEy_Y?...
youtu.be/1e4L_6nEy_Y?...
Another huge week! New episode out now.
🎧 The mineral deal - what do we know? Richard recording from Odesa.
🎧 Will Europe fill the defence vacuum left by US?
🎧 Trump brings Putin in from the cold.
🎧 German elex fallout
open.spotify.com/episode/4PfY...
🎧 The mineral deal - what do we know? Richard recording from Odesa.
🎧 Will Europe fill the defence vacuum left by US?
🎧 Trump brings Putin in from the cold.
🎧 German elex fallout
open.spotify.com/episode/4PfY...
Putin Trumps Zelenskyy?
The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · Episode
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February 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Another huge week! New episode out now.
🎧 The mineral deal - what do we know? Richard recording from Odesa.
🎧 Will Europe fill the defence vacuum left by US?
🎧 Trump brings Putin in from the cold.
🎧 German elex fallout
open.spotify.com/episode/4PfY...
🎧 The mineral deal - what do we know? Richard recording from Odesa.
🎧 Will Europe fill the defence vacuum left by US?
🎧 Trump brings Putin in from the cold.
🎧 German elex fallout
open.spotify.com/episode/4PfY...
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Last week, we co-hosted an event with ODI Global on media representation of refugees.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the panel and in the Q&A. It was a constructive conservation.
@yaldahakim.bsky.social @dianewriter.bsky.social, Andrew Connelly, Emma Young, Nazek Ramadan, Vivienne Francis
Thanks to everyone who participated in the panel and in the Q&A. It was a constructive conservation.
@yaldahakim.bsky.social @dianewriter.bsky.social, Andrew Connelly, Emma Young, Nazek Ramadan, Vivienne Francis
February 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Last week, we co-hosted an event with ODI Global on media representation of refugees.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the panel and in the Q&A. It was a constructive conservation.
@yaldahakim.bsky.social @dianewriter.bsky.social, Andrew Connelly, Emma Young, Nazek Ramadan, Vivienne Francis
Thanks to everyone who participated in the panel and in the Q&A. It was a constructive conservation.
@yaldahakim.bsky.social @dianewriter.bsky.social, Andrew Connelly, Emma Young, Nazek Ramadan, Vivienne Francis
Could Ukraine be the Trump administration’s Afghanistan?
I think yes - it very much could be as negotiations get underway.
Richard and I spoke about that on this week’s The World podcast, available wherever you get your pods now.
I think yes - it very much could be as negotiations get underway.
Richard and I spoke about that on this week’s The World podcast, available wherever you get your pods now.
February 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Could Ukraine be the Trump administration’s Afghanistan?
I think yes - it very much could be as negotiations get underway.
Richard and I spoke about that on this week’s The World podcast, available wherever you get your pods now.
I think yes - it very much could be as negotiations get underway.
Richard and I spoke about that on this week’s The World podcast, available wherever you get your pods now.
Can Europe survive without America?
YouTube video by The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim
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February 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM