The Globalist

On the 22nd anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong, we ask a panel why this year’s events will be marked by civil disobedience. Plus: the EU commission can’t decide who should fill the top jobs, we ask what’s causing Europe’s heatwave and Albania decides what to do with a despot’s palace.

We analyse the second of two Democrat US presidential-candidate debates taking place this week, check in with the latest from the G20 summit in Osaka and meet the president of Armenia to discuss quantum physics.

We analyse the first debate between Democrat candidates for the 2020 US presidential race. Plus: the G20 summit in Japan and we speak to astronaut and space-race pioneer Walter Cunningham at Starmus festival in Zürich.

We look at where the US and Iran’s turbulent rivalry is headed. Plus: the latest on the UN’s report on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, we discuss Europe’s relationship with Ukraine and find out how climate change will shape the world’s future.

We discuss the new peace plan for Israel and Palestine being pitched by Jared Kushner. Plus: an update on the UK’s leadership race and we get the latest on the mayoral election that turned Istanbul politics upside down.

Reactions from Turkey as an opposition candidate wins the Istanbul mayoral election, why New Zealanders get to vote in supermarkets and how Hong Kong’s protesters are keeping up the pressure on the authorities.

Why politicians in Brussels are struggling to decide who gets the EU’s top jobs, how much China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un will achieve in Pyongyang and what we learned from Vladimir Putin’s televised phone-in.

The UN’s findings on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the latest on the UK’s Brexit headache, the investigation into downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and a Japanese TV drama with a difference.

We analyse the increasing tension between the US and Iran, look at why Chinese president Xi Jinping is visiting North Korea this week and get the latest on the UK’s leadership race.

We discuss why Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, has been in Washington this week. Plus: Ukraine’s relationship with Europe, Istanbul’s mayoral election and a report from the Art Basel fair.