Presidential SEAL: Donald Trump puts his stamp on military discipline
Donald Trump used to lionise generals, but this week he had a falling out with the top brass. Are the armed forces becoming as politicised as America’s other institutions? We also take a look at the e...
28 Nov 201922min
Global warning: The UN sounds the alarm on climate change
The UN has just released its annual report on how well the fight to slow climate change is going. It finds that efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions are going from bad to worse. We also look at ...
27 Nov 201919min
Start spreading the cash: Michael Bloomberg runs for president
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York, has announced he is running for president. But he is late to join the race and not very popular with Democratic primary voters. We also loo...
26 Nov 201920min
Protest vote: Hong Kongers send a message to Beijing
After almost six months of protests and street battles, Hong Kongers have had a chance to vote in local elections. They sent a clear message of support to those agitating for greater democracy. We loo...
25 Nov 201922min
Bibi in the corner: Binyamin Netanyahu’s indictment
After years of investigations, Israel’s prime minister has been indicted. A fraught legal case will complicate the already messy business of cobbling together a government. We examine the work of a pi...
22 Nov 201921min
Fuel to the fire: growing unrest in Iran
After petrol subsidies were slashed, protests of surprising ferocity have flared up across the country—and neither the government nor the demonstrators seem to be backing down. The illicit trade in rh...
21 Nov 201920min
Settling in: Israel-Palestine policy
The American administration’s shifting position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank will have little immediate effect—but may end up sharply crimping hopes for a Palestinian state. The first debat...
20 Nov 201921min
Bits in pieces: a fragmenting internet
The early vision for a borderless, unregulated internet has not panned out as its pioneers hoped. How to handle the “splinternet”? Doug Jones is Alabama’s first Democratic senator in a quarter of a ce...
19 Nov 201922min
