Why is the Royal Navy sending HMS Dragon to the Strait of Hormuz?
The UK is providing jets, drones and our only operational Type 45 destroyer – HMS Dragon – as part of a multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.Thousands of tankers and cargo ships remain...
13 Maj 19min
Why are we addicted to changing prime ministers?
Keir Starmer is on the brink, as more and more Labour MPs and ministers call for his resignation – less than two years after he walked into Number 10.He remains defiant (for now), but whatever the fat...
12 Maj 17min
Why replacing Keir Starmer isn't straightforward
Despite a disastrous set of local and national election results, the prime minister has vowed to carry on regardless. But dozens of Sir Keir Starmer's Labour MPs have now called on him to resign – or ...
11 Maj 16min
Why is Sergei Shoigu being accused of a Putin putsch plot?
The annual Victory Day parade in Moscow will be a much smaller affair this year, without an intercontinental ballistic missile in sight.Why? Well, the threat of a Ukrainian drone attack is certainly o...
8 Maj 16min
Why Trump's oil boom is bad news for the UK
The emergence of the United States as an energy superpower has reshaped the global economy. Good news for its allies, right? Well, not necessarily...In Texas, fracking has turned America from a major ...
7 Maj 19min
Why the May elections matter
Millions of people are preparing to head to the polls across Britain on Thursday. They'll be voting for thousands of local council seats in England - while people in Scotland and Wales will elect memb...
6 Maj 20min
Why Estonia is on the front line of Russia's rising ambitions
It's the small Baltic state that's no stranger to being invaded - having been occupied by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.But while many hope it will never happen again, there are fears in NATO...
5 Maj 14min
Why the United Nations is no longer fit for purpose
With conflicts continuing in Ukraine, Africa and the Middle East, the global economy being held to ransom and the old world order seemingly up-ended, is there any role left for the United Nations? Fo...
4 Maj 20min
