The Late Edition
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Friday 27 May
We discuss Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima – the first by a sitting US president since the nuclear attack in 1945. Plus: we ask whether Venezuela can recover from its current crisis and look ahead to next week’s series on political spouses.
Thursday 26 May
We ask whether Barack Obama should apologise for Hiroshima when he becomes the first incumbent US president to visit the city. We also discuss whether the French government is preparing to water down its labour law reforms in order to avert a national crisis. Plus: why are some US departments…
Wednesday 25 May
We ask if the US-led coalition is winning the war against Isis and whether we should read anything into the narrowing of the polls in the race for the White House. Plus: has Ramzan Kadyrov’s concern for his missing cat shown us a softer side to the feared Chechen leader?
Tuesday 24 May
We take a look at French protests that have seen oil refineries blockaded and closed hundreds of petrol stations. Plus: we ask why India is joining the race to develop a reusable spacecraft and discuss whether Denmark could be the ideal location for students who are about to graduate.
Monday 23 May
We ask why the US is considering selling weapons to Vietnam and discuss whether things will get worse before they get better for Venezuela. Plus: should schoolchildren in Poland be taught about Nato?
Friday 20 May
We ask whether newspaper editors have overstepped the mark in their coverage of EgyptAir’s missing plane and look at how countries confront a past that they would rather forget. Plus: Does anyone care what actors and musicians think about the EU?
Thursday 19 May
We get the latest on Flight MS804, which crashed into the sea as it travelled from Paris to Cairo, and discuss whether the US military should be patrolling the disputed South China Sea. Plus: has a scuffle involving Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau been overblown?
Wednesday 18 May
We discuss whether Donald Trump is developing a coherent foreign policy and ask if Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro is about to fall. Plus: how do successful people in their own right adapt to being the spouses of high-flying politicians?
Tuesday 17 May
We discuss world powers’ plans to arm Libya’s new government and suggestions that al-Qaeda is trying to establish an emirate in Syria. Plus: can anything can be done to stop the destruction of popular tourist sites and is British Airways ending free food and drink for its Economy Class passengers?
Monday 16 May
As the Chinese state media neglects to report on the anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, we ask what this reveals about the country’s relationship with its past. Meanwhile, we explore whether a pair of early twentieth-century diplomats are responsible for the Middle East’s woes. Plus: we were right to predict…
