It was Wednesday when the German chancellor herself came out to announce it was Novichok. German scientists had determined that Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's most outspoken critic, was poisoned with the same Soviet-era nerve agent used against former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal two years ago in Salisbury, England. What happens next?

Why did Turkey choose this moment to reconvert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque? François Picard's panel looks at trouble at home and abroad as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rivalry with Egypt heats up over Libya. Also, after Portland, US President Donald Trump vows to deploy paramilitaries to Chicago and other US cities, plus South Africa's Covid blues with schools forced to shut again... and just how historic is the EU recovery plan?

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Foreign correspondents the world over mourn the sudden death at 68 of The Daily Beast foreign editor Christopher Dickey. François Picard's panel remembers the four-decade career of a journalist whose work took him from Latin America to the Middle East and his adopted home of Paris.

Who ever thought we'd see the day when a US passport didn't get travellers into Europe? François Picard's panel ponders the experience of a European summer without American tourists. Also, Israel goes back into lockdown, the European Union's mixed messages to China over Hong Kong, the argument over whether to ban popular Beijing-owned video-sharing app TikTok, and why French authorities in the end decided to follow the original design in the rebuilding of the spire on Notre-Dame Cathedral.

After his party's disappointing performance in the local elections, Emmanuel Macron has replaced his popular Prime Minister Édouard Philippe with the relatively low-profile Jean Castex. Can a government reshuffle change the French President's luck?

Mark Owen's panel also looks at China's imposing a harsh security law giving it sweeping powers over Hong Kong, the African countries marking their independence and the UK government tightening the lockdown in Leicester as Covid-19 cases surge.

Could Donald Trump be losing the "culture war" over lockdown and social distancing? François Picard's panel reacts to the decision by Texas to pause the easing of confinement rules in the face of a new surge of Covid-19 cases.

Is it a case of "do as I say, not as I do" when Emmanuel Macron visits Boris Johnson in London and neither wears a face mask? Masks will be available to supporters attending Donald Trump's first public rally since the coronavirus outbreak in Tulsa, Oklahoma but many of his supporters see not wearing one as a sign of political allegiance. Also, New Zealand's outcry over three new Covid-19 cases and why Chechens squared off with North Africans during four nights of rioting in the usually quiet French town of Dijon.

From Black Lives Matter in the United States to the toppling of colonial-era statues and calls for police reform, the outrage over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis continues to resonate worldwide. Also, how strong a case is there for coronavirus victims in Bergamo suing the Italian state, why Sweden's government remains popular despite its high Covid-19 casualty count, the restart of football in Spain and England, a possible turning point for Libya's civil war and whether we've heard the last in the 34-year-old case of murdered Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.

Beyond pointing the finger at the United States, protests over the death of George Floyd have countries around the world reflecting on their own issues with racism and police brutality as well as the right to protest during a public health crisis. Also, from Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil to Narendra Modi's India, François Picard's panel looks at the pressure to ease lockdown and the argument over hydroxychloroquine: who knew tribal political divisions could seep into medical opinions?

Why is it still happening? As outrage spreads over yet another killing by police of an unarmed African-American, Twitter filters a Donald Trump tweet for glorifying violence. François Picard's panel reviews the roots and consequences of the riots in Minneapolis and elsewhere. Also in the show: China shrugs off US pressure over Hong Kong, Boris Johnson braves the storm and refuses to sack Dominic Cummings for flouting the UK's lockdown rules and we count down the days until café terraces are allowed to reopen in Paris.