The Late Edition
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Friday 6 March
As Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is released from prison and Isis militants bulldoze large parts an ancient Assyrian city, Martin Plaut and Jeffrey Kofman discuss these and the other main stories of the day.
Thursday 5 March
Why UK prime minister David Cameron only wants to attend one election debate, we look at the soaring popularity of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Daniella Peled and Ivor Gaber discuss the day’s top stories.
Wednesday 4 March
We hear how Vladimir Putin has urged an end to political killings after the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s murder, why Ireland is launching a new incentive to attract emigrants, and Mary Dejevsky and Quentin Peel discuss the day’s other top stories.
Tuesday 3 March
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu delivers his controversial speech and Russian has been bidding farewell to murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Commentators Kathleen Burk and James Schneider discuss these and the day’s other top stories.
Monday 2 March
Is Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov more dangerous to Vladimir Putin dead than alive? Commentators Robert Fox and John Everard discuss this and the day’s other main news stories.
Friday 27 February
Andrew Mueller and guests discuss the day’s top stories and we meet the author of a new visual history of the blues. Plus, film reviewer Anna Smith gives us her tips for the best on the big screen and we catch up with our correspondent in Tunis.
Thursday 26 February
Andrew Mueller and guests discuss Israel and America’s spat over efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear programme and reflect on Austria’s reform of a historic law on Islam. Plus we take a look at the French weekly printed press and leaf through the best new books.
Wednesday 25 February
Will Amnesty International’s call to abandon UN veto powers fall on deaf ears? We also learn how Turkey is dealing with Isis and look at the diplomatic ambitions of Benjamin Netanyahu, with Tim Marshall, Isabel Hilton and Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield.
Tuesday 24 February
Shashank Joshi and James Schneider debate how schools can prevent the spread of religious extremism, we ask if Yemen’s president can wrestle back control of his country from Houthi rebels, and celebrated architect Bjarke Ingels discusses new book ‘Big, Hot to Cold: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation’.
Monday 23 February
With Egypt calling for an international coalition to take on Isis, how might this affect broader international relations? Plus after Rudy Giuliani’s bizarre attack on Barack Obama, why is the former New York mayor still a Republican agenda setter? We also get art picks for the week with Ossian Ward.
