The Globalist

The latest from Kenya as it inaugurates a new president, we find out why Russia is trying to ban foul language, and continue our week-long series on monarchies around the world – this time in the Netherlands.

We find out if secretary of state John Kerry can restart peace talks in Israel, discuss why Saudi Arabia is letting women ride bicycles in public and start our week-long series on monarchies around the world by heading to Spain.

We head to Kazakhstan to look at the prospects of a nuclear deal with Iran, find out why a leading opposition figure in Russia is being put on trial and talk TV in America.

We profile PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and discuss prospects for peace in Turkey, find out why Putin is making Russian officials drop foreign assets and head to Brazil as we continue our series on TV around the world.

We’re in Cairo to find out what Morsi will need to do to secure $5bn from the IMF. We find out how healthy Chinese TV is, and why the UAE has become a diplomatic hub.

Dominic Reynolds discusses whether Israel's missile defence system can protect its citizens properly, why Moscow is still supporting Syria, and same sex marriage: will it ever happen in France? Plus, we head to Denmark for our series on world television.

We discuss the release on bail of Egyptian satirist and television host Bassem Youssef, we find out about press freedom in Burma, and take the temperature of television in Turkey.

We ask if Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan is comparable to Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, reveal which Asian nation is investing the most in Africa, and find out what happened to the most famous and feared bull in Spain.

The latest from Nicosia as banks in Cyprus reopen, we look at how the Thai government is making peace with the nation’s southern rebels, and our woman in Stockholm explains more about a genetically valuable wolf causing havoc with its appetite for reindeer.

We dissect the dispute over a shooting between Italy and India with Rachel Sanderson of the Financial Times, discuss whether the US should be taking North Korea’s missile threats more seriously, and learn whether Australian cricketers are about to dump their iconic Kookaburra cricket balls after 120 years.

A focus on the BRICS nations during their gathering in Durban this week, we discuss how it feels to be a Cypriot at the moment, and ask if Dr Ben Carson could really be the future of the Republican party?

The latest from Nicosia after a €10bn bailout keeps Cyprus in the eurozone, a special report on Israel’s discovery of massive natural gas resources, and we speak to one of the last western journalists to interview Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky before his death.

A look ahead to Pervez Musharraf's planned return to Pakistan this weekend, we talk to our correspondent in Jerusalem about Barack Obama’s visit, and two veteran journalists discuss their experiences reporting during the war in Iraq.

An update on Barack Obama’s trip to Jerusalem, we head to a book fair in Caracas, check in with our man in Copenhagen, and discuss the legacy of the Iraq war with Justin Huggler – author of “Burden of the Desert”.

After the surrender of wanted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, we ask what are the next steps? We also look at China's access to Arctic shipping routes, and hear from San Francisco about plans to rename a street presently named after ex-prime minister of Poland, Lech Walesa.