The Globalist

Final campaigning took place in South Africa this weekend ahead of this week’s election. Plus: North Macedonia’s election, we start our series on the mood of a nation and Penguin publishes the speeches of Greta Thunberg.

We get the latest on the unrest in Venezuela, discuss Australia’s election before tonight’s debate and hear why some London councils have banned ice-cream vans. Plus: the Vatican’s women’s magazine’s new editorial team.

New Zealand’s media organisations have agreed to limit their coverage of the man who stands accused of carrying out attacks on mosques in Christchurch, a nationalist party enters the government in Estonia and we unpack the extradition trial of Julian Assange in London. Plus: France’s anti-street harassment law, which has already resulted in 447 fines.

We get the latest from Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaidó seeks to oust Nicolás Maduro. Plus: we delve into the ANC ahead of the South African elections, look at whether the UK’s Labour party will back a second Brexit referendum and get today’s business news.

We start in Japan where, today, 85-year-old Emperor Akihito is abdicating after three decades. Then: who will succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission? Plus: a look at the latest tech stories and front pages of the day.

As Spain’s Socialists win the elections, we examine the repercussions of the far-right Vox party’s gains. Plus: thousands of tribal leaders converge in Afghanistan to establish a framework for negotiations with the Taliban, US-China trade talks resume – and what do Chinese authorities make of the public’s appetite for western media?

With a long national holiday coming up in Japan, it’s all go for Shinzo Abe – we ask about his negotiations with the EU and what he’ll be hoping for as he heads to the US. Plus: smaller economies start to think twice about China’s Belt and Road Initiative, we ask how the French public responded to Macron’s pledges and is a snafu in an Australian newspaper printer a sign of things to come?

With Kim Jong-un meeting Vladimir Putin at the easternmost point of Russia, we ask what the two leaders will be discussing. Plus: have the UK’s Remain parties shot themselves in the foot by not joining forces, how far should biopic makers embellish a life and a look at the day’s Asian papers.

As bids to topple the UK prime minister mount, we ask how long Theresa May can hold onto her position. Plus: we learn why Sri Lanka has suspended Facebook after the weekend’s attacks, get the latest from Northern Ireland and ask if the Earth has entered a new epoch.

We get the latest on the deadly attacks in Sri Lanka, assess the ongoing violence in Libya and discuss Greece’s claim for war reparations from Germany. Plus: we talk to a leading expert on colour pigments.