We ask if Ukraine could ever be part of Nato, with Rachel Cunliffe and Isabel Hilton. Plus: an Australian soldier loses a war crimes defamation case and Novak Djokovic attracts criticism for entangling sport and politics.

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President Macron reaches out to eastern and central European allies in a speech at Globsec security forum. Plus: Pakistan is urged not to try civilians in military courts and the UK’s trade deal with Australia and New Zealand kicks in. With Lynne O’Donnell and Enrico Franceschini.

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Our Balkans correspondent gives us the latest on the unrest in Kosovo as ethnic Serbs protest the appointment of Albanian mayors. Plus: Sudan’s warring military factions extend a fragile ceasefire, South Africa gives Vladimir Putin diplomatic immunity and an Italian film festival aims to reinvigorate rural communities. With Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Simon Brooke.

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is re-elected as president for a third term. What does this mean for Turkey’s ties with the West and Russia? Tessa Szyszkowitz and Ivor Gaber discuss. Plus: Nigeria swears in a new president, Russian citizens in Latvia take Latvian language tests – and should we boycott art by controversial artists?

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Christopher Cermak brings us a Washington round-up as US debt-ceiling talks progress. Lilian Fawcett and Isabella Jewell discuss why the US is giving away lighthouses and why radio broadcasters are replacing music with sounds of nature. Plus: a check-in with Gaia Lutz at Arco Lisboa.

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Patricia Cohen and John Everard discuss Russia’s deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Germany falling into recession and UK net migration rising to a new record. Plus: Why France is struggling with the arrival of spring tourists.

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Charles Hecker and Sasha Dovzhyk discuss Ron DeSantis’s bid for the US presidency, Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, on tour in Africa and the return of a library book after almost 100 years. Plus: CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh on walking the Darién Gap, one of the world’s most dangerous migrant routes.

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Russia’s sanctioned interior minister visits Saudi Arabia, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán casts doubt on Swedish NATO membership and should a school shooter’s diaries be made public? With Julie Norman and Quentin Peel. Plus: why Germany can’t recruit spies and we hear from a judge for this year’s International Booker Prize.

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A surprise election result in Greece, President Biden and house speaker Kevin McCarthy meet to discuss the US debt limit and Swedish press freedom is recognised by Unesco. With Philippe Marliere and Elisabeth Braw. Plus: the day’s events at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Tom Webb and Markus Hippi discuss Russia’s efforts to lure Western attendees to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the announcement of new sleeper routes across Europe and the world’s first-ever kiss. Plus: a cultural round-up with Steph Chungu and Saj Huq on the global security threats facing governments. 

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