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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: BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead to 2023

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30/12/2022 GMT

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BBC journalists gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2023 might have in store

Razia Iqbal asks some of the BBC's top correspondents from around the world to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what 2023 might have in store.

Razia Iqbal asks some of the BBC's top correspondents from around the world to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what 2023 might have in store. This time last year Russian troops were massing on the Ukrainian border but little did we know how quickly war would begin and how bravely the people of Ukraine would defend their country. But how will the war play out in 2023? Can either side allow it to endlessly drag on? What ramifications will the reversal of the zero Covid policy in China be? Can Cyril Ramaphosa survive as South African president next year in the wake of a corruption scandal? Will protests in Iran become the new norm or will 2023 see a return to the status quo?

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

Presenter: Razia Iqbal
Panel: Andrew Harding, Lyse Doucet, Sarah Smith, Stephen McDonnell, Steve Rosenberg and Yogita Limaye. 
Producers: Ben Carter and Matt Toulson
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Lizzi Watson

Image: Hands holding 2023, Credit: Getty Images

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