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BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead

BBC journalists gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2024 might have in store.

Nuala McGovern and some of the BBC's best correspondents gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2024 might have in store.

Nuala McGovern asks some of the BBC's top correspondents from around the world to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what 2024 might have in store.

2023 has been dominated by the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel and Gaza and a global cost of living crisis. Next year will see nearly half of the world’s population going to the polls.

Forty elections are scheduled to take place next year, in countries including the USA, UK, South Africa, India, Russia and Pakistan. How will the results of some of those elections shift the geopolitical tectonic plates? And will we see any resolution to those conflicts.

Big questions, but luckily we have some of the BBC's best minds on hand to provide plenty of answers.

Contributors:

Yogita Limaye, BBC South Asia and Afghanistan Correspondent

Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent

Sarah Smith, BBC North America Editor

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC Asia Correspondent

Mayeni Jones, BBC West Africa Correspondent

Steve Rosenberg, BBC Russia Editor

Producer: Ben Carter
Production Co-ordinator: Ibtisan Zein
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead to 2024: What to Look Out for in 2017

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What to Look Out for in 2017

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Donald Trump, climate change, the Iran nuclear deal - what's going to happen in 2017?

Donald Trump, climate change, the Iran nuclear deal, Syria, Brexit, the Iran nuclear deal, Cuba, the Middle East - what's going to happen in 2017?

Donald Trump, climate change, the Iran nuclear deal, Syria, Brexit, the Iran nuclear deal, Cuba, the Middle East - what's going to happen in 2017? 

Last year when they got together the correspondents were firmly predicting that Marco Rubio would become the Republican presidential candidate – and that Britain was likely to vote to stay in the EU. So as the saying goes, making predictions is a tricky business… especially about the future. Yet our experts can at least lay out the parameters for what is likely to happen in the spheres of geopolitics, economics and society more widely – and give us essential tips on what and who to look out for in 2017.

Owen Bennett-Jones and BBC correspondents Lyse Doucet, James Robbins, Kevin Connolly and Jon Sopel forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year.

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