The World This Week

It has been a week that has seen a US Presidential debate take place, again. The last 90 minutes cost President Biden his job! This time it started with niceties, an extended hand from Kamala Harris that has become known as the ‘power move handshake’: look it up on TikTok. 

“Let’s have fun” said Donald Trump! And If they didn’t, we did. News lines emerged that would make the satirical Onion website proud. ‘Immigrants are eating dogs and cats in Springfield’ read one. Then one very famous self-styled ‘childless Cat lady’ set out her stall too. Has Tuesday night alt...

It has been a week which saw France finally appoint a new prime minister. A mountain hiking, smooth-talking septuagenarian – Michel Barnier. Monsieur Brexit, former EU point man negotiating Britain’s divorce. He has served in the cabinet of many French Presidents in decades gone by. Now, he is back as the oldest PM in the French fifth Republic replacing the youngest one! But why Barnier? And why did he want the job? Is it because he is the master of eggshell diplomacy?

It has also been a week which saw some of the biggest protests against the Neta...

This week saw the first sit-down interview for Kamala Harris as US presidential nominee. After a headline-grabbing summer where she’s dominated the American media landscape, we look at the reinvention of Harris: from gaff-prone veep to self-assured and highly polished campaign candidate. We also look at Donald Trump's manoeuvres to regain the spotlight. 

It's also been a week that’s seen the Russian-born CEO of the messaging app Telegram arrested at an airport outside Paris, placed under formal investigation and banned from leaving France. Pavel Durov is alleged to have enabled the proliferation of illicit activity and se...

One month after Emmanuel Macron’s surprise announcement of snap elections, the French Parliament has been elected, but France still needs to find a Prime Minister, with no group holding a majority. Meanwhile, Joe Biden hosted a NATO heads of state meeting, which raised concerns when he confused Kamala Harris with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky with Vladimir Putin. In Barcelona, angry residents splashed water on tourists and expressed their frustration with mass tourism through protests.

Produced by Gavin Lee, Luis Miguel Cabrera, Guillaume Mercier and Louison Girard.

It's been a week that's seen a new government sweep into power in the UK. A landslide win by Labour has ended 14 years of Conservative rule. It's the Conservatives' worst defeat in living memory. After electoral devastation, voters are trusting the centre left to get the UK through choppy waters. Can Keir Starmer steer calmer? 

It's also been a week of mixed fortunes in the US presidential race. Donald Trump's week could hardly have gone better. The US Supreme Court ruled that he is immune from prosecution for offences relating to his time in office. The White Ho...

This week has seen the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, protesters taking the streets in Kenya against government plans for a finance bill, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed and returning to Australia.

Sticking with Biden? Democrats in panic after TV debate

It was a bad week for US President Joe Biden after an at times confused and incoherent live TV election debate against Donald Trump. Critics are questioning Biden's age, as are some of his own party loyalists, after what has been described as the worst presidential ca...

This week we discuss France's political turmoil, Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea, the prosecution of Arundhati Roy, and Netflix being sued over the veracity of its "Baby Reindeer" series.

France's snap legislative elections campaign: Left-wing alliance unveils economic manifesto

Twelve days since the shock announcement from President Emmanuel Macron and a week to go until voting in the first round of the French snap elections begins, the newly formed new French left-wing alliance has announced its economic programme. The New Popular Front is promising to raise €30 billion and tax businesses and the rich if it...

It's been a week of political aftershocks in France, after the earthquake that was President Emmanuel Macron's sudden decision to call snap elections. His gambit, in testing the far right's EU election triumph and his banking on it being just a sign of voter frustration, is an "all the chips on the table" moment and early polls suggest the National Rally is still on course for victory. Meanwhile, an "electionally challenged" G7 gathers in Italy.

Produced by Gavin Lee, Luis Miguel Cabrera, Guillaume Gougeon and Laura Burloux.

This week has seen world leaders gather on the beaches of northern France to commemorate 80 years since the Normandy landings – the moment that marked the start of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany. This year, Ukraine's leader was invited but Russian officials were cold-shouldered. We discuss the politics of D-Day diplomacy. 

It's also been a week that's seen TV debates and election drama in the UK. Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were combative but clipped by the question master in their first leaders' debate. The week was also milk-shaken up by the return of a gho...

It’s been an historic week in the US, where for the first time a former president has been convicted of a criminal offence. Donald Trump was found guilty on all charges in the so-called hush money trial on Thursday. Will this make any difference to his chances in the US presidential election?

Elsewhere, the past seven days have seen Israeli troops reach the centre of Rafah, in spite of warnings from Western allies to halt operations. We also look at why the AI Instagram image "All eyes on Rafah" has gone viral.

Meanwhile, the ru...