The Late Edition
Latest Episodes
Friday 13 May
What’s the best way to commemorate a disaster? We’ll also ask what our maps reveal about the identity of our cities and our editors will look forward to Eurovision’s grand final tomorrow.
Thursday 12 May
As world leaders discuss corruption in London we convene our own summit to plot the best way to tackle it. Will Russia see the activation of a US missile defence system in Romania as an act of aggression? We’ll also ask whether Ukraine’s Eurovision entry is too political for this…
Wednesday 11 May
We ask what will become of Brazil if its politicians elect to topple the country’s president and whether the Queen should have offered her opinion on the behaviour of Chinese officials. Plus: Hillary Clinton’s plans to release previously undisclosed UFO files.
Tuesday 10 May
We ask whether governments should be allowed to kill their own citizens in airstrikes and if the UK’s prime minister David Cameron was right to describe some countries as “fantastically corrupt” ahead of his own anti-corruption summit. Plus: Georgia plans to put the country’s single people on a national database.
Monday 9 May
The UK’s prime minister David Cameron warns that a vote to leave the EU could threaten peace on the continent, we ask what Russian commemorations in Moscow reveal about Vladimir Putin’s worldview and find out how Tony Abbott’s wine selection sparked a political row in Australia.
Friday 6 May
We analyse the potential impact of US involvement in Yemen’s civil war, discuss whether Russia’s concert in the ancient city of Palmyra was anything more than a crude PR stunt and ask whether the public’s wish to call the UK’s new polar research ship ‘Boaty McBoatface’ should be respected.
Thursday 5 April
We ask whether protests against France’s new labour laws will define President Hollande’s administration, find out why a national newspaper in the UK has lasted just nine weeks and tell you about a musical that celebrates the European Union.
Wednesday 4 May
We look to the US as Donald Trump becomes the last man standing in the race for the Republican nomination. Meanwhile, we ask whether the race to become the mayor of London been the ugliest contest in recent British political history. Plus: we discuss what Chanel’s fashion show in Havana…
Tuesday 3 May
We ask whether the EU should have its own army, discuss Russia and peace in Syria, and find out why a French government minister is trying to prevent the country’s artists from singing in English.
Monday 2 May
We discuss Israel, Hamas and Egypt’s unlikely alliance against Isis and the Alternative for Germany party’s new explicitly anti-Islamic view.
