The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.

How can we make sense of it all?

I'm Richard Engel.

And I'm Yalda Hekeem.

And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.

And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.

Each week will cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events

and explain to you why what happens out there

matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim

wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to the Safey Ridge on Sunday podcast. On the show

this week we spoke to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, ahead of his spring

statement. And we were also joined by Ukraine's deputy prime minister to talk about the genocide

that she considers is happening in her country.

Well, it is great to be back on the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast. It's my first one since

returning from maternity leave, so it's really

nice to be here in the studio again. Today, we're joined by Toby Scullthorpe. Hello, Toby. Good morning,

Sophie. Regular listeners may be familiar with the dulcet tones of Toby Scullthor. We've also got a new

a new voice for you to listen to and that is Scott Beasley our producer

Scott's the new Matt how are you doing Scott I'm very good morning Sophie morning

morning morning and welcome back Sophie did you miss us terribly I did actually it's nice to be

back it's really nice to be back good um nice to be back with the qualification that, of course,

the news is completely relentless at the moment. We're going to be talking about the war in Ukraine

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