What will the social and economic costs be of China's full-scale lockdown of Shanghai? David Aaronovitch examines the problems with the country's vaccination programme.

Joining David in the briefing room are:

Robin Brant, BBC Correspondent based in Shanghai

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has unveiled a plan to stop small boat crossings in the English Channel by sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. But will it work?

Joining David Aaronovitch in the briefing room are:

Mark Easton, BBC's Home Editor

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Ben Carter and Kirsteen Knight

It's a month now since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The west have sanctioned Russia and provided aid packages to Ukraine but what more can it do to help Ukraine win the war?

Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:

Gustav Gressel, senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Berlin office.

Dr Sarah Schiffling, International research fellow at the Humanitarian Logistics Institute in Helsinki, Finland and senior lecturer in supply chain management at Liverpool John Moores University.

Javier Blas, energy and commodities columnist at Bloomberg and co-author of the 'The World for Sale’.

Algirde Pipikaite, cybersecurity and digital transformation policy expert at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

Producers: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight, Octavia Woodward and Louise Clarke-Rowbotham

Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have been underway this week. At the same time Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities have come under savage bombardment. If some sort of peace is to be brokered what compromises might be possible and what will be required to get there?

David Aaronovitch is joined by:

Oleksiy Semeniy, former advisor to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Aglaya Snetkov, author of “Russia's security policy under Putin” and a lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London.

Anatol Lieven, senior research fellow on Russia and Europe at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a visiting professor at King’s College, London.

Dr Julie Norman, lecturer in politics and international relations at University College London and co-director of its US politics centre.

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter

What's the impact in Russia of painful sanctions and a war that's not going to plan?

How is President Putin controlling information and what's required for that to change?

David Aaronovitch is joined by:

Michael Clarke, Visiting Professor of War Studies at Exeter University and former director, Royal United Services Institute

Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po in Paris and former Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Dr. Katerina Tertytchnaya, Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics, University College London

Izabella Tabarovsky, Senior Program Associate at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center (US)

Dr Maxim Alyukov, fellow Kings College London

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Henderson

The war in Ukraine is a week old. What have we learned about the military strength - and tactics - on both sides?

And what might that tell us about how the conflict might play out?

David Aaronovitch is joined in The Briefing Room by:

Vitaliy Shevchenko, Russian editor at BBC Monitoring.

Colonel Liam Collins, founding director of the Modern War Institute in New York.

Ed Arnold, Research Fellow in European security at RUSI and an ex British Army officer who was posted to NATOs Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers

Kataryna Wolczuk, Professor of East European Politics at the University of Birmingham.

Bettina Renz, Professor of International Security at the University of Nottingham.

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter

Russia is facing sanctions from around the world. Can they hit the country hard enough to make it change course and leave Ukraine in peace?

In a live episode David Aaronovitch considers how sanctions have worked in other crises, why they are so frequently used and what circumstances are required for them to be successful.

He is joined by:

Lee Jones, Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary, University of London and author of the book Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work

Tom Keatinge, Director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI

Dr Maria Shagina, Fellow at the Center for Eastern European Studies at the University of Zurich

Tyler Kustra, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter

A few weeks ago a rebel group without an air-force managed to attack a foreign airport 1,000 miles away....from the air using drones. And theoretically what the Yemeni insurgents did in Abu Dhabi is repeatable the world over. Indeed is being repeated. Meanwhile drones are often the weapon of choice for major powers operating a long way from home. So are drones transforming the way conflicts are fought, to what extent is that a bad thing, and what can be done about it?

David Aaronovitch talks to:

Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies at Loughborough University

Producers: Rosamund Jones and Ben Carter

One of Boris Johnson’s key campaign promises in the run up to the last election was to level up the country. Now the government has published a white paper telling us how it intends to do that. So what are the plans, will they work and do they go far enough?

David Aaronovitch is joined by:

Jagjit Chadha, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter

How well 10 Downing Street functions is under scrutiny. Following Sue Gray's report into parties during lockdown, David Aaronovitch explores who does what at the heart of government and asks if the current problems can be fixed.

Contributors:

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight