Will strikes in France scupper the travel plans of millions headed for the Euro 2016? The strikes are intensifying at the worst possible time, but there is cause for optimism, reports Lara Marlowe.

To explain how Trump has gone from no-hope candidate to nominee, and what the divisive billionaire needs to do in the next phase of the race, Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole, fresh from a three month residency in Boston, is in studio.

And from Hong Kong our China Correspondent Clifford Coonan describes the sensitive reaction there to global criticism of a racist advertisement broadcast that went viral last week.