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1261 - Explainer 527: Andy Burnham and the revolving door of UK politics

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1261 - Explainer 527: Andy Burnham and the revolving door of UK politics

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Explainer 527: Andy Burnham and the revolving door of UK politics

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Powering Purpose in London

The scramble for critical minerals

Explainer 525: You can’t keep a Le Pen down

Does the US still have a free press?

Explainer 524: Why is Marco Rubio trying to unify Libya?

Live from Almedalen 2026: The state of Swedish politics

Explainer 523: Flight of the White Eagle

‘El juego bonito’: Can the beautiful game help Mexico win off the pitch?

Explainer 522: The World Cup seat France won’t fill

Live from Odesa: Ukraine’s journey from needing help to providing it

Explainer 521: Trump Island

Lessons from Odesa: the changing landscape of war

Explainer 520: Is it the end of the road for Ferrari’s new electric vehicle?

Upping the ante: How prediction markets are shaking geopolitics

Explainer 519: Why Morocco and Senegal’s football rivalry is the one to watch this World Cup

The Cuban man-made crisis: will the US’s maximum-pressure campaign topple Havana’s government?

Explainer 518: Duterte vs Marcos in the latest episode of Filipino Family Feud

The rise of the middle powers

Explainer 517: How the revival of gerrymandering is hurting democracy

Live from Delphi: Can Europe remake itself into a superpower?

Explainer 516: Are Albertans about to leave Canada?

Live from Delphi: Can the US and Europe find a way back?

Explainer 515: Has King Charles saved the special relationship?

Live from Delphi: Europe breaks with the US over the war in Iran

Explainer 514: Why is Teddy Afro’s music roiling Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed?

From Maga to Orbán: The cracks emerging in the global right

Explainer 513: Why does Viktor Orbán’s defeat matter?

Operation Epic Fury: Is that it?

Explainer 512: Why is JD Vance in Hungary?

As the war in Iran enters its second month, is victory for anyone still possible?

Explainer 511: Why is Germany telling Syrians to return home?

Why has Israel invaded Lebanon?

Explainer 510: From Angola with love: are there Russian spies in southern Africa?

The war in Iran: the global fallout

Explainer 509: Is Cuba next on Trump’s hit list?

Iran: Are the US and Israel fighting the same war?

Explainer 508: How did rapper Balen become prime minister of Nepal?

The Foreign Desk Exclusive: Canada prime minister Mark Carney on the new world order

Live special: War in Iran

Explainer 507: Pakistan-Afghanistan: What’s fuelling this week’s overlooked conflict?

Munich Security Conference special: Is Europe awake yet?

Explainer 506: How did Mexico’s drug cartels bring the country to a standstill?

Munich Security Conference special: Will the transatlantic alliance survive?

Powering Purpose in Munich

Explainer 505: Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?

Is it worth prosecuting the powerful?

Explainer 504: The jailing of Jimmy Lai: China’s stand against Hong Kong media and the UK’s middling response

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