* Iran elections: what are voters talking about? * Cave explorer Robbie Shone * Hanau attack: why mainstream politics is part of the problem * Ireland: Where it all went wrong for Leo Varadkar *

* Hanau shooting * EU budget negotiations * Burkino Faso violence threatens new migrant wave * US Democratic presidential debates * Blue whales return to South Georgia * The open city of Palermo *

* Verdicts on human rights activists in Turkey * Why the UN cannot help Idlib refugees * How Amazon could help the environment * Bloomberg's bid for the Democratic nomination * New UK immigration law to keep out low skills workers *

Reality Check Series: Conspiracy Theories, by John Cummins

Coronavirus political consequences in China . EU health ministers; Salvini's immunity removed; World Cup skier Kilde, conspiracy theories part 4

Germany CDU crisis; Antarctic chinstrap penguins; Franz Fischler on UK/EU Trade talks; anti.government protests in Beirut; Conspiracy theories part 2

* The risks of drinking and skiing * The prospects for post-Brexit trade talks with the EU and the US * Cycling in polluted Serbia * Nuclear fission and a solution for clean energy *

* US Politics: Republicans and Democrats react to impeachment acquittal * Living in Shanghai with the coronavirus threat * Thüringen political shock * Ireland elections and the rise of Sinn Fein *

* Preserving Europe's forests * Trouble looming for COP26 * Yemen medical evacuations * US politics: Iowa and State of the Union address * Why some viruses are self limiting * Voices from Wuhan *

* Brexit talks begin * Economic impact of the coronavirus * Renewed fighting in Idlib * FPÖ "Historikerbericht" * Kurz meets Merkel*