Nearly three years after the UK voted to leave the EU, and after three failed attempts to push a deal through Parliament, there is still deadlock and uncertainty about how to deliver BREXIT. Whoever succeedsTheresa May as Prime Minister will have to find a way out of the crisis. There are 10 ten candidates vying for the job of British Prime Minister. The leading contender is Boris Johnson. He wants the UK to leave the EU with or without a deal by October 31st, the current deadline. So, will the United Kingdom walk out of the European Union without a deal? And what would a no-deal Brexit mean for the EU and the rest of the world?

Guests on the show:

Ann Widdecombe

MEP, Brexit Party

Hilary Fordwich

British American Business Association

Theodore Christov

Professor, George Washington University

Has Donald Trump really converted the Republican Party into a working-class, populist party? With dozens of lobbyists moving in and out of the administration, is he delivering on his campaign promise to "drain the swamp"? Bigger Than Five host Ghida Fakhry asks Trump's former Senior Economic Advisor Stephen Moore about the influence of big corporations in the White House. Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-THv7wYlM

The so-called “Trump of the Tropics”, Jair Bolsonaro was sworn is as Brazil's president in January. The former army captain promised to stamp out crime. In the first four months of his presidency, 558 people were killed by police in Rio de Janeiro alone. That's nearly five killings per day, according to the government's own data. Bigger Than Five went to São Paulo to hear how Brazilians there view their populist president.

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Far-right parties stripped a significant number of seats from the center in several EU countries in the recent parliamentary elections. Bigger Than Five looks at the populists on the rise in Europe.

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The specter of far-right populism has become global. From Hindu-nationalist Narendra Modi in India, to Hungary’s anti-immigration leader Viktor Orbán, to the “Trump of the Tropics” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, to a rising far-right movement in Europe, is this populist revolt the answer to the world’s problems? Or is it a disruptive force threatening the international order?

Guests:

Stephen Moore- A former Senior Economic Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump and an economist at The Heritage Foundation. He was previously considered for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board.

Jon Alterman- Senior Vice President, Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Frank Buckley- Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law and former campaign speechwriter for President Trump.

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Former U.S. Acting Secretary of State Thomas Shannon tells Bigger Than Five host Ghida Fakhry that he regrets the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. He also cautions against military confrontation, saying it's not in the interest of the U.S. to go to war with Iran. Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEqnN_FOLrA

What do Iranians think about rising tensions between the US and Iran? Will the two sides go to war? Four Iranians from Tehran and Mashhad, two of the biggest cities in the country, share their thoughts about sanctions, US President Donald Trump and the threat of war.

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Is the US setting the stage for military conflict with Iran? As tensions rise between the two sides, will the tug-of-war in the Persian Gulf lead to an open war? The Trump administration is deploying an additional 1500 military personnel and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East. The Pentagon says that this is in response to ‘Iran’s plans to attack the US and its interests in the region’. The build-up is making many here in Washington nervous about a looming military confrontation despite the recent softening of Trump's tone. It all started when US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, announced the deployment of an aircraft carrier battlegroup to the Gulf in reaction to what he described as troubling threats from Iran, without providing any specific evidence. Tehran is now threatening to reconsider its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear agreement that President Trump withdrew from in May 2018. Trump also slapped on Iran the harshest financial sanctions ever imposed on any nation. So what will come out of this standoff?

Guests:

Thomas Shannon Jr

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 until 2018 and Acting Secretary of State in early 2017.

Jamal Abdi

President of the National Iranian American Council.

David Pollock

Fellow at the Washington Institute and former Senior Advisor for the Broader Middle East at the US State Department.

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Venezuela sits on the largest proven oil reserves in the world, but its economy tanked and its people are facing an humanitarian crisis. What happened?

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Venezuelans Joselyn Moreno Almeida and Jorge Eliézer Parrado describe life caught in the middle of their country’s political tug of war.

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