The Globalist

As Japan, the US and South Korea meet to discuss the latter’s northern neighbour, we examine the demands from each side. Plus: Pakistan’s former prime minister vows to clear his name after he’s convicted of corruption, we have a natter about the importance of gossip and get an update from our man at the World Cup.

As Iran’s foreign minister and the five world powers still committed to the Tehran Nuclear Accord meet in Vienna, we ask whether they will be able to protect the agreement. Plus: the Brexit meeting at Chequers, Frieze Sculpture and Berlin Fashion Week.

After a rocky couple of weeks in German politics, we learn how the migration debate has impacted on neighbouring Austria. Plus: a year after conflict began, we hear from the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross about conditions for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Mike Pompeo is set to make another trip to Pyongyang but is total denuclearisation a mere pipe dream? Plus: the nonagenarian challenging Brexit in the European Court of Justice and how the disputed region of Abkhazia hopes to use the World Cup to its advantage.

A deal has been made with the EU and interior minister Horst Seehofer has announced that he won't be resigning: is the future assured for Angela Merkel? Plus: MPs call for reform in London’s Home Office in the wake of the Windrush scandal and we find out how a complicated scoring system rewards Wimbledon’s underdogs.

We hear the latest from Mexico, in a special dispatch from the polls. We also debrief on the EU’s proposed solution to the migrant crisis and find out why sumo apprentices are in short supply.

Markus Hippi hosts a special programme from Zürich as our Quality of Life Conference in the city gets underway. We also discuss whether Angela Merkel can survive Europe’s migrant crisis and examine a massive Australian defence contract. Plus: the politics of picking a World Cup team.

A special broadcast from our new Zürich bureau. Hear about John Bolton’s meeting with Vladimir Putin, the relationship between China and Taiwan and the business of leisure in Zürich. Plus: a lookahead to our imminent Quality of Life Conference with Tyler Brûlé.

Can Angela Merkel survive the greatest crisis of her chancellorship? We also examine an historic meeting between leaders from Ethiopia and neighbouring Eritrea and also ask how high-profile figures should tread the diplomatic tightrope.

What will a new European military intervention force mean for Nato? We also have the latest from Turkey as President Erdogan seeks to consolidates his power and ask why the US defence secretary is visiting Beijing.

We have the latest from Turkey as longstanding leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins a new five-year term. We also ask whether big business could turn the tide against Brexit and find out how China’s universities are promoting Xi Jinping.

We look ahead to this weekend’s election in Turkey, unpack the future of South Korea’s relations with Russia and examine why Venezuela has deployed its military to control vendors in its markets.

As Hungary passes a bill banning people from helping migrants, we take a closer look at the unfolding crisis. Plus: is Greece about to get some debt relief from the EU? And we hear how Japan has some of the best-behaved sports fans in the world.

We unwrap the two-day visit to China by North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, examine the latest wave of protests in Italy after a minister suggested the Roma population should be registered and report from Kazan on why the World Cup is not just about football, but film too. Plus: business headlines and the day’s front pages.

We look at China’s influence in Asia and ask if the US is taking the nation’s intentions seriously enough. Plus, why the issue of gender in Australia is being discussed by its prime minister, we learn why France’s aviation sector is causing delays for much of Europe and hear about a new exhibition looking to show the effect of corruption in Ukraine.