The latest from the Middle East, why the US battle to become the next House speaker has descended into chaos and a look ahead to the weekend’s elections in Argentina. Plus: we discuss Russia’s nuclear presence in Belarus and Matt Wolf gives you the latest theatre news.

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Journalist Stefanie Glinski and analyst Victor Tricaud give us the latest on the Israel-Hamas conflict. We also look at Olaf Scholz’s Egypt trip and an attack on a synagogue in Berlin. University College Dublin’s Scott Lucas talks us through the chaos in the US Congress as Jim Jordan scrambles for enough support to become the next US House speaker. Plus: Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, visits North Korea.

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UCL’s Julie Norman discusses Joe Biden’s high-stakes visit to Israel in the wake of a devastating blast at a Gaza hospital. We also examine what Ukraine’s use of US-made long-range missiles means for the country’s counteroffensive. Plus: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping strengthen ties at the Belt and Road Summit and Bottega Veneta launches its own academy.

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The latest on the fighting between Israel and Hamas from ‘Haaretz’ journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer in Tel Aviv, as well as a look at the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border. Also in the programme: Vladimir Putin prepares to make his first trip to a major global power since the International Criminal Court arrest warrant to meet Xi Jinping at the Belt and Road Summit. Plus: why Italy’s population is in crisis.

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The results are in after Poland’s general election. Also in the programme: we discuss Australia’s historic “Indigenous Voice to Parliament” referendum, review the papers and give you the latest business news. Plus: Disney turns 100.

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We get the latest on the Israel-Hamas war from Allison Kaplan Sommer in Tel Aviv. Plus: the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, heads to Beijing, Australia gets ready to vote in a historic referendum and a dispatch from Frieze London. 

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Israel forms a unity government as fighting with Hamas continues. A former CIA officer tells us how Israeli and US intelligence could have missed what Hamas had planned. Plus: Volodymyr Zelensky makes a surprise visit to Brussels for a Nato meeting and Thailand’s new prime minister courts foreign investment.

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The latest from Israel and the implications for Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future as the conflict between Israel and Hamas enters its fifth day. Plus: a leak in a Finnish gas pipeline is ‘not an accident’ and how businesses are changing Tokyo’s skyline.

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The latest on the Israel-Gaza crisis: we examine the various international players impacted by the violence and take the long view. Plus: as populist right-wing parties are coming to power across Europe, what can we expect in Poland’s upcoming elections?

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The latest on the Israel-Hamas war from Tel Aviv. We consider Israel’s security failings and ask what Washington’s next move might be. Plus: the day’s newspapers and Bavaria’s election results. 

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