Apr 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu visits Hungary despite the ICC arrest warrant

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is visiting Hungary this week, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over war crimes. How should Europe react to Viktor Orbán’s decision not to comply with the order? Also on the programme: we assess what ... Show More

58m 15s

Dec 2024

Macron faces calls to resign and the latest from Seoul

As France’s political crisis reverberates across Europe, Simon Bouvier and Florence Biedermann join Emma Nelson to discuss the options Macron has left. Plus: Andrew Mueller on how not to stage a coup d’etat and Nordic news with Petri Burtsoff.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva ... Show More

58m 58s

Nov 2024

Will the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu make a difference?

As the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, among others, we assess what effects it will have in resolving the conflict between Israel and Gaza. Then: Narendra Modi wraps up a historic visit to Guyana, Moldova cl ... Show More

59 m

Jan 2023

Friday 20 January

Our final live broadcast from the World Economic Forum comes as this year’s gathering comes to a close. We’ll look at the key takeaways from this edition with Thomas Seifert, deputy editor-in-chief of Austria’s ‘Wiener Zeitung’; hear from former US ambassador to Ukraine, John E H ... Show More

32m 56s

Feb 2023

Monday 27 February

France’s Emmanuel Macron announces a visit to China to seek Beijing’s help in ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party elects Elly Schlein as its new leader. Plus: we report from the vigils in Washington over the weekend in support of Ukraine and lo ... Show More

33m 1s

Mar 2024

Macron-Poutine : après la diplomatie, le temps des menaces

Le lundi 26 février, lors d’une conférence de presse à Paris, Emmanuel Macron a pour la première fois estimé que l’envoi de troupes occidentales en Ukraine ne devait « pas être exclu ».  En faisant cette déclaration, le président marque un nouveau tournant dans ... Show More

27m 27s

Mar 2022

Platform 5

Taking the next train out of Ukraine... We speak to the BBC’s Fergal Keane in Lviv, where he’s been speaking to Ukrainians fleeing to Poland.Writer and podcaster, Jon Ronson, joins Adam and the BBC’s Marianna Spring to talk about culture wars and misinformation in Ukraine And bro ... Show More

30m 35s

Oct 2023

Why the West is starting to fracture over Ukraine

Last night, for the first time in American history, the House of Representatives voted to remove its speaker from office. It was a victory for a group of Republicans who oppose giving Ukraine further American aid – which, for now, is on pause. Meanwhile in Europe, Slovakia's rece ... Show More

29m 11s

Feb 2023

Zelensky's Flying Visit

Ukraine’s President makes a surprise visit to the UK.We get reaction from one of the people who shared the stage with President Zelensky at Westminster Hall, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the House of Commons speaker. Chris and security correspondent Frank Gardner are also on hand to chew o ... Show More

33m 13s

Jun 2024

Young, French, and voting hard-right

French president Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after his party was soundly defeated by the hard-right opposition in Sunday’s EU elections. The National Rally has been boosted by young voters, personified by the 28-year-old president of the party Jordan Bardella. So w ... Show More

28m 39s

Jun 2022

How Long Will Europe Support Ukraine?

At the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European leaders painted the battle in stark moral terms, imposing harsh sanctions against Russia and talking about President Volodymyr Zelensky as a hero.But as the war drags on, different conversations have taken place beh ... Show More

27m 20s

Thursday 5 October