This is the tale of two cities: each is global, diverse and has a thriving economy but is part of a nation that faces a grave constitutional dilemma. A week after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, we compare the state of London to that of Montréal 30 years ago. We head to Canada to see what lessons the UK can learn from Quebec’s sovereignty movement.

As the UK wakes up to the consequences of leaving the European Union, we look at the chances of last week’s referendum result being overturned.

We speak to three senior UK politicians about the implications of Brexit, ask whether Scotland will demand a fresh referendum and examine what this means for Northern Ireland and the peace deal. Steve Bloomfield interviews former Europe minister Peter Hain, former Government minister Vince Cable and former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind.

Africa is a continent of 54 nations, the vast majority of which could be considered democratic on paper. And yet in the past year Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza and Congo-Brazzaville’s Denis Sassou Nguesso have all changed their constitutions to allow themselves a third term. What’s the story?

The UK may be about to leave the European Union but Europe certainly doesn’t want it to go; from Finland to Greece, from left to right, there is overwhelming support across the continent for the UK to remain. Why does Europe feel its union is stronger with the UK in it? Steve Bloomfield speaks to Yanis Varoufakis and Radek Sikorski to find out.

Next week UK voters will decide whether or not their country will remain in the European Union. But the vote has consequences for the rest of Europe too. After Brexit, should we be prepared for Frexit, Nexit or Finexit?

Ahead of this month’s referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, we speak to two politicians on either side of the divide. Douglas Carswell, the sole member of parliament for the anti-EU UK Independence Party, and Vince Cable, former business secretary and Liberal Democrat MP, state their cases to Steve Bloomfield.

We tend to associate great speeches with moments of triumph or the heat of battle. Yet some of the finest and most impassioned political speeches have been made by losers.

June is a good month for football fans. But the Euro 2016 and the Copa America aren’t merely about the game, they’re about identity and nationalism too. These events are some of the only times when nations come together and when we have the opportunity to take a proper look at how they’ve changed.

We are living in an era where we have more information at our fingertips than ever before. And yet the quantity of information is not matched by the quality. Outright lies, genuine misunderstandings, quotes out of context – how do you separate the wheat from the chaff?