Friday 9 October

Emma Nelson and Peter Cardwell cross to Washington as the sudden exit of Kevin McCarthy from the race for the US house speaker’s position leaves the Republican party unsure of where to turn next. Meanwhile, when your job is to inform Nobel prize winners of their victory, how do you navigate the big phone call without sounding like a hoax? Plus: Ben Rylan finishes the week with a favourite film from our Monocle Cinémathèque collection.