The Globalist

We get the early results in Lebanon’s first election in nine years and consider the future for Iran’s relatively moderate president if Donald Trump tears up his nuclear deal. Plus: Mo Salah, the Egyptian football player blazing a trail in the English game and opening fans’ eyes to Islam.

The US's trade-talk aims in China, female voters in the Lebanese election, the ongoing conflict in Yemen and Swedish meatballs.

With the Iran nuclear deal looking to be in peril, we establish what nations both for and against it are seeking to gain. We also get an update on the latest from Armenia, look at the feasibility of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, learn about the history of Mogadishu and look back on 50 years of the musical ‘Hair’.

We discuss the ramifications of Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusations against Iran regarding its nuclear programme. Plus: Japanese and South Korean relations and why kids’ TV character Peppa Pig is being called subversive in China.

Will the EU punish the eastern member states that have failed to respect the rule of law? We will also look ahead to the Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Pyongyang and ask why Brazilian telenovelas remain as popular as ever despite streaming services stealing traditional broadcasters’ audiences elsewhere in the world.

We ask whether high-profile state visits are style over substance and hear how China is making defaming revolutionary heroes punishable by law. Plus: the UK press reaction to the resignation of home secretary Amber Rudd.

We head to South Korea to break down a historic moment between the leaders of the North and South, and discuss rising tensions between Israel and Iran as hopes of saving the nuclear deal fade. Plus: we flip through the papers and sit down for a coffee with the editor of travel magazine ‘Drift’.

We look into Chinese reports that North Korea’s missile-testing site has collapsed, putting nearby nations at risk of radiation exposure. Plus, we look ahead to the Asean Summit in Singapore, get the business news from the Balkans and hear about the curious case of the cherry blossom that attracted far too much attention.

We break down the military grandstanding between Taiwan and China and dissect the theatre around state dinners, after Trump welcomes Macron. Plus: a flip through the morning newspapers and a tour of Rome’s waterways, to celebrate the latest title in our Travel Guide Series.

We get the latest on the van attack in Toronto which left 10 people dead and discuss why Washington singled out just one Russian aluminium-producer for sanctions. Plus: we flip through the morning papers and ask what part of home life Amazon will conquer next.

We assess Emmanuel Macron’s relationship with Donald Trump ahead of a state visit to Washington and get the latest on Italy’s failing attempts to create a government, as the battleground moves to a tiny state in the south. Plus: a flip through the Monday papers.

We assess reports that Spain’s ETA militant group is to dissolve, look at currency changes in Iran and discuss New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern. Plus: the view from Salone del Mobile with American artist Phillip K Smith III, the gender row embroiling Japan’s sumo sector, and why politics and pop music often make for an awkward mix.

For the first time in 60 years, Cuba will be led by a non-Castro; we profile the country's new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. Plus: Saudi Arabia lifts its cinema ban with a screening of ‘Black Panther’ and a word from Jasper Morrison at Milan’s Salone del Mobile.

The UK’s former ambassador to North Korea reflects on reports that Mike Pompeo has already visited Pyongyang to discuss plans for a summit with the US. Plus: Germany’s bid for Euro-reforms, the view from the Commonwealth People’s Forum and why an expensive armoured vehicle is driving controversy in Finland’s political circles.

Is it really a case of “mission accomplished” in Syria? We examine the true scale of the conflict. Plus: why Xi Jinping’s lifetime rule might not be all it seems, Commonwealth leaders arrive in London, the latest from Salone del Mobile in Milan and why the heir to the dairy crown may lie in a glass of milky oats.