Will the first fatalities since 1975 along India and China's disputed border leave lasting scars? Beijing and New Delhi have been working hard to prevent further escalation after Monday's high altitude clashes in the Himalayas. Both sides insist no shots were fired, so what did happen in that remote region that's part of the rooftop of the world? Both Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi are transactional and pragmatic, but also both nationalists intent on projecting strength. At a time when coronavirus has citizens the world over second-guessing orders from above, neither wants to appear weak.

France clapped for its carers during lockdown. But will those on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic be rewarded for facing the crisis with resources squeezed by decades of budget cuts? As the government meets with medical professionals before rolling out what it has billed as a major reform plan, François Picard's panel asks if the French are capable of reviewing their top-down approach and preparing properly for an eventual second wave of Covid-19.

How did we go from the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police to the toppling of statues around the world? The Black Lives Matter movement has sparked a global conversation on systemic racism, the slave trade and the colonial past. But where do you draw the line? How to honour the past? Which figures of history deserve to remain in our public squares today?

A new phase begins: As many EU nations lift their coronavirus travel restrictions, host François Picard of The FRANCE 24 Debate is in Schœneck while Deutsche Welle's Melinda Crane is in Saarbrücken at the border between France and Germany.

Would a second lockdown prove politically impossible? As citizens in Europe eye the spectre of cancelled summer travel, some are even second-guessing whether confinement was worth it. In the UK, where a new study shows that 20,000 lives could have been saved had lockdown begun a week earlier and where the Covid-19 infection rate remains high, the pressure is nonetheless building to re-open fast. How to measure success or failure when it comes to lockdown? How many lives did lockdown save? How many livelihoods did it destroy?

How did we go from more cops on the beat to defund the police? France has felt the outrage over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis with calls for an end to police brutality and racial profiling. Now, the government has announced measures that include a ban on chokeholds and the immediate suspension from active duty of officers suspected of wrongdoing. How to build a better relationship between law enforcement and citizens?

Outrage against the system got Donald Trump elected. Now will outrage against the system get him voted out in 2020? The sharing over social media of one video, that of a 46-year-old African American’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, has sparked worldwide uproar over racism and police brutality. But it's Twitter's decision to filter Trump's reaction that led to the US president's decision to sign a decree to rein in social media.

A turning point for Hong Kong and for the planet? Days after China announced a new security law that could effectively submit Hong Kongers to the same censorship as the mainland, local authorities for the first time banned annual June 4 pro-democracy commemorations in that former UK possession. Will the tightening of the screws undermine Hong Kong's place as the world's third-biggest financial centre, or will it be business as usual?

Why is #BlackLivesMatter topping Twitter trends in France? As the whole world watches protests in the United States over the death of George Floyd, François Picard's panel expresses surprise at seeing 20,000 people brave a ban on protesting in Paris to rally over the 2016 death of 24-year-old Adama Traoré in police custody. France abolished slavery for good in 1848, but resentment lingers over its past and tensions between minorities and police spiked during lockdown. How far do the comparisons go?

One week after the Minneapolis killing of yet another unarmed black man at the hands of police sparked nationwide protests, the US president is doubling down with the threat to send in the army and the singling out of radical left antifa activists. When is political violence legitimate? Would a long, hot summer reminiscent of the 1968 race riots in America offer Donald Trump a ticket to re-election?