The killing of George Floyd has resulted in protests across the US and the world. Andrew Mueller is joined by Charles H Ramsey – former Washington police chief and co-chair of the Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which was set up by Barack Obama – to consider how the police can be reformed. Plus: Amy Pope looks at Joe Biden’s chances of healing a nation if he is elected in November, and Errin Haines explains why for black people this is a pandemic within a pandemic – and why this time, it may be a tipping point.

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Why did Russia get punted out of the G7 and why does Trump want it back in? Andrew Mueller explains.

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Has the pandemic accelerated China’s plans? Andrew Mueller talks to James Chambers about the escalating situation in Hong Kong, to Beijing journalist Sophia Yan about China’s plans elsewhere and to former diplomat John Everard about how other countries can usefully – and tactfully – try to change China’s behaviour.

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As the trial begins of Israel’s long-serving prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Andrew Mueller explains what the charges are why Netanyahu is still in the job.

The devastating impact of coronavirus has, quite rightly, become the top priority of the EU and the UK. But Brexit is still happening. The current transition period is due to end on 31 December and the 30 June deadline for extending that transition is looming. Does a global pandemic make an extension – or a deal – more likely or less? And might the UK government’s spin doctors spy an unlikely opportunity? Andrew Mueller is joined by Naomi O’Leary, Raoul Ruparel and Lance Price.

The devastating impact of coronavirus has, quite rightly, become the top priority of the EU and the UK. But Brexit is still happening. The current transition period is due to end on 31 December and the 30 June deadline for extending that transition is looming. Does a global pandemic make an extension – or a deal – more likely or less? And might the UK government’s spin doctors spy an unlikely opportunity? Andrew Mueller is joined by Naomi O’Leary, Raoul Ruparel and Lance Price.

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Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah have signed a power-sharing deal that ends months of political uncertainty. Andrew Mueller wonders if this really will bring the kind of change that the country desperately needs.

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How do you hold elections during a pandemic? What impact does it have on voters? And what effect might it have on the result? Andrew Mueller is joined by Lukasz Lipiński, Ryan Williams and Victoria Kim.

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After Chinese and Indian troops stage a cross-border fistfight (and not for the first time), Andrew Mueller explains how the dispute began and asks whether this is likely to escalate further, or if it’s just a case of bored boys being boys.

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The US and the UK both think of themselves – and each other – as exceptional nations. In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, however, they have both been badly hit – and criticised for their slow response. Have they been caught out by the idea that things like this don’t happen to them – and, if they do, that they will cope on their own terms, in their own way? Andrew Mueller is joined by George Parker and Amy Pope, and Alex von Tunzelman outlines the history of exceptionalism.

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