The Globalist

Angela Merkel warns that long-term peace is in danger unless the EU can justify its future. Plus: a UK exhibition lays bare the scale of Yemen’s conflict and a tribute to Australia’s former prime minister Bob Hawke.

The US removes non-essential staff from diplomatic posts in Iraq as tensions with Iran rise. Plus: Sudan’s transition of power, Cannes Film Festival gets political and philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy’s exit from Brexit.

Iona Craig discusses tensions in the Gulf following fresh talks between Yemen’s warring sides. Plus: Ukraine’s view on the EU, the entertainment industry takes on women’s rights in Georgia, and Madonna and Eurovision.

Robert Fox assesses the international repercussions of rising tensions between the US and Iran. Plus: New Zealand and France discuss reining in big-tech firms, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah reveals how real-life politics informs his twisted short stories and Ben Rylan pays tribute to screen legend Doris Day.

We take a look at US foreign policy as we ask what president Trump risks by cosying up to Hungarian strongman Victor Orban. We also hear the latest on the US-China trade war and find out what Mike Pompeo hopes to accomplish in Russia. Plus: what’s the EU really for and a look at the day’s papers.

What next for the stand-off between Iran and its old foes? Also in the programme: will tech companies’ attempts to limit online propaganda also make it harder to ensure its creators are brought to justice? Plus: a round-up of the day’s business news.

We look at yesterday’s elections in South Africa and ask what’s next for the ANC. Plus: Change UK MEP candidate Gavin Esler joins us to explain how his party hopes to fight Brexit and an update from the Venice Biennale.

As Iran pulls out of commitments to its nuclear deal, can the remaining signatories hold it together? Plus: Europe’s far-right parties and the EU elections, Huawei and the west and Monocle’s culture editor in Venice.

As talks between the UK’s two main political parties resume, we ask if Labour and the Conservatives can hope to find common ground over Brexit. Plus, we unpack a new UN report into the catastrophe facing the planet’s biodiversity, get the latest from Israel and on more missile tests from North Korea.

Final campaigning took place in South Africa this weekend ahead of this week’s election. Plus: North Macedonia’s election, we start our series on the mood of a nation and Penguin publishes the speeches of Greta Thunberg.

We get the latest on the unrest in Venezuela, discuss Australia’s election before tonight’s debate and hear why some London councils have banned ice-cream vans. Plus: the Vatican’s women’s magazine’s new editorial team.

New Zealand’s media organisations have agreed to limit their coverage of the man who stands accused of carrying out attacks on mosques in Christchurch, a nationalist party enters the government in Estonia and we unpack the extradition trial of Julian Assange in London. Plus: France’s anti-street harassment law, which has already resulted in 447 fines.

We get the latest from Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaidó seeks to oust Nicolás Maduro. Plus: we delve into the ANC ahead of the South African elections, look at whether the UK’s Labour party will back a second Brexit referendum and get today’s business news.

We start in Japan where, today, 85-year-old Emperor Akihito is abdicating after three decades. Then: who will succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission? Plus: a look at the latest tech stories and front pages of the day.

As Spain’s Socialists win the elections, we examine the repercussions of the far-right Vox party’s gains. Plus: thousands of tribal leaders converge in Afghanistan to establish a framework for negotiations with the Taliban, US-China trade talks resume – and what do Chinese authorities make of the public’s appetite for western media?