In this week's podcast Denis Staunton begins in Iraq where insurgents led by Isis have taken Mosul and are battling the Iraqi army 60km outside Baghdad.

He discusses the situation with Lara Marlowe in Tehran, Michael Jansen in Cyprus and Paddy Smyth in Dublin.

He then moves to Brussels to analyse the latest on the battle to elect Juncker, the man who could bring an end to Cameron's government in the UK.

Worldview is a foreign affairs podcast presented by the deputy editor of the Irish Times Denis Staunton and produced by Sinead O’Shea.

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