The Globalist

We cross to Australia where even prime minister Scott Morrison was surprised by his election victory at the weekend. Plus: culture v economics in US politics, Austria heads for a snap election, a wrap of TV’s Upfronts week, why Cannes is premiering a film shot on an iPhone and our verdict on this year’s Eurovision.

Angela Merkel warns that long-term peace is in danger unless the EU can justify its future. Plus: a UK exhibition lays bare the scale of Yemen’s conflict and a tribute to Australia’s former prime minister Bob Hawke.

The US removes non-essential staff from diplomatic posts in Iraq as tensions with Iran rise. Plus: Sudan’s transition of power, Cannes Film Festival gets political and philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy’s exit from Brexit.

Iona Craig discusses tensions in the Gulf following fresh talks between Yemen’s warring sides. Plus: Ukraine’s view on the EU, the entertainment industry takes on women’s rights in Georgia, and Madonna and Eurovision.

Robert Fox assesses the international repercussions of rising tensions between the US and Iran. Plus: New Zealand and France discuss reining in big-tech firms, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah reveals how real-life politics informs his twisted short stories and Ben Rylan pays tribute to screen legend Doris Day.

We take a look at US foreign policy as we ask what president Trump risks by cosying up to Hungarian strongman Victor Orban. We also hear the latest on the US-China trade war and find out what Mike Pompeo hopes to accomplish in Russia. Plus: what’s the EU really for and a look at the day’s papers.

What next for the stand-off between Iran and its old foes? Also in the programme: will tech companies’ attempts to limit online propaganda also make it harder to ensure its creators are brought to justice? Plus: a round-up of the day’s business news.

We look at yesterday’s elections in South Africa and ask what’s next for the ANC. Plus: Change UK MEP candidate Gavin Esler joins us to explain how his party hopes to fight Brexit and an update from the Venice Biennale.

As Iran pulls out of commitments to its nuclear deal, can the remaining signatories hold it together? Plus: Europe’s far-right parties and the EU elections, Huawei and the west and Monocle’s culture editor in Venice.

As talks between the UK’s two main political parties resume, we ask if Labour and the Conservatives can hope to find common ground over Brexit. Plus, we unpack a new UN report into the catastrophe facing the planet’s biodiversity, get the latest from Israel and on more missile tests from North Korea.