The Globalist

We ask if Pope Francis can succeed where diplomacy hasn’t in the Middle East, analyse Hassan Rouhani's visit to Turkey, review the morning papers with Alessio Patalano and launch our World Cup series in Cuiabá.

The politics behind today’s D-Day commemorations. We also find out why nobody wants to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and review the morning’s international front pages.

A look at whether Australia and Indonesia can mend their special relationship, we hear about the potentially rocky meeting tonight between François Hollande and Vladimir Putin, and review the morning’s front pages.

Robert Fox previews the G7 meeting in Brussels later today, we assess two major infrastructure projects in Thailand and India with Tim Forsyth and Rahul Bedi respectively and defence analyst Crispian Cuss reviews the day's front pages.

Charlotte McDonald-Gibson reports on the diplomatic discussions set to take place at the impending G7 meeting on Ukraine, and we get the latest from the Middle East as Syria goes to the polls with Scott Lucas and Rebecca Collard joining us from Beirut.

Joseph Dana analyses the political crisis in Turkey, we discuss the business news in Jakarta, Gerd Gigerenzer explains his new book ‘Risk Savvy’, and Darren McCaffrey reviews the morning newspapers.

Author Ben Judah joins Tadhg Enright and Romas Viesulas to assess the latest in Ukraine, we also hear from Mehrad Vaezinejad about diplomatic moves between Kuwait and Iran, and Peter Cardwell reviews the day’s front pages.

A roundtable discussion about Shinzo Abe’s assertive foreign policy, we also assess the implications of Barack Obama’s West Point speech which has put emphasis on international cooperation, and take a critical look at Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

Rebecca Collard in Cairo and Aziz El-Kaissouni discuss the extended Egyptian presidential election, we ask what a Eurosceptic party in Brussels would look like, and Tom Arnold from The National runs through the day’s business headlines from the Middle East.

We get the latest from Ukraine, ask why Lebanon hasn’t got a president and profile Doha's new international airport.

Tyler Brûlé and Dominic Reynolds discuss the latest news out of Thailand. We also check in with our European correspondents after the "Eurosceptic earthquake" brought about by the EU parliamentary elections and ask whether this year's Palme d'Or is really worth it.

A preview of this weekend’s elections in Colombia, we hear about the Pope’s visit to the Middle East, and review this morning’s front pages with Giles Winn of Sky News.

European election special: our correspondents and contributors provide the view from a selection of major member states ahead of the vote today. We also run through the day's business news with Markus Karlsson of France 24 – and Jason Karaian of Quartz reviews the day's press.

Antonio Sampaio explores the potential impact of a military-police strike across Rio’s favelas today, Rahul Bedi in New Delhi assesses the new opposition against India’s new leader Narendra Modi, and Darren McCaffrey of Sky News goes through the day’s front pages.

Adam LeBor reports on the Ratko Mladic trial at The Hague, Reuters’ senior markets correspondent Pete Sweeney discusses the gas deal that could provide China with energy from Russia for 30 years, and Staffan Sonning of Swedish Radio reviews the day’s front pages.