This week, Markus Hippi gives us the Polish view on the war in Ukraine, while Chiara Rimella and Fernando Augusto Pacheco discuss the Eurovision Song Contest and why it matters to Italians. Plus: Sophie Monaghan-Coombs on Jarvis Cocker’s new memoir and accompanying exhibition at The Gallery of Everything, and Andrew Mueller takes us back to Portugal in 1917 for On This Day.

Isabel Hilton and Oscar Guardiola-Rivera discuss the White House’s global Covid summit; Tina Fordham reports on Finland’s announcement to join Nato; and we discuss the influence of religion on politics. Meanwhile, Fernando Augusto Pacheco is in Turin for Eurovision and Henry Rees-Sheridan brings us his weekly Letter from New York.

Nabila Ramdani and Somnath Batabyal discuss support for the war in Russia and Vladimir Putin’s accidental boost to Nato and European unity. Plus: the Taliban’s further restrictions on Afghan women’s freedoms, a revamp for France’s most famous road and the end of the iPod. Plus: Petri Burtsoff looks ahead to Helsinki’s literature festival.

Lew Lukens and Samira Shackle discuss a shift in the EU balance of power amid the war in Ukraine. Plus: Priti Patel’s attempts to blame lawyers for a delay to her Rwanda asylum plan, Jill Biden’s visit to Ukraine and the Eurovision Song Contest with Fernando Augusto Pacheco.

Stephen Dalziel and Aliona Hlivco join Georgina Godwin to discuss Russia’s Victory Day, UK opposition leader Keir Starmer faces an awkward investigation and Brazil’s Lula launches his political comeback. Plus: what’s next for the European Union? With a report by Alexei Korolyov for Europe Day.

For this week’s in-house Daily, Markus Hippi and Carlota Rebelo discuss differing memories of the Second World War across Europe; republicans eye a historic win in Northern Ireland; and the Eurovision Song Contest with special guest and superfan Fernando Augusto Pacheco. Plus: Sergiy Petukhov reflects on the war in Ukraine ahead of Russia’s ‘Victory Day’ and Monocle’s Europe editor-at-large Ed Stocker speaks to a Ukrainian refugee in Berlin.

Marie Le Conte and Viji Alles give us the latest from Ukraine, as Kyiv asks for more weapons and Russia is accused of violating a ceasefire. Plus: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s European tour, the French left, the first space hotel and our weekly Letter from New York.

Daniella Peled and Jonn Elledge are in studio to discuss a new round of EU sanctions on Russia; a fierce antisemitism row between Moscow and Jerusalem; Donald Trump’s relentless hold on the Republican Party; and London gets a new train line. Plus: Yana Peel, head of arts and culture at Chanel on the inaugural Next Prize.

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Quentin Peel discuss an existential threat to Roe v Wade, the EU’s potential ban on Russian oil and how British and German leaders are politicising Ukraine at home. Plus: James Chambers on the media crackdown in Hong Kong for World Press Freedom Day.

Stephen Dalziel and Alex von Tunzelmann join Georgina Godwin in the studio to discuss the day’s top stories. Plus: journalist Jude Rogers talks about her book ‘The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives’.