The Summer of Seismic Political Shocks

First: Does journalism face its gravest danger yet? Christiane speaks to reporter Amy Goodman and filmmaker Tia Lessin, about their new documentary exploring the fight for an independent press. Then: A powerful new exhibition imagines the life Emmett Till was denied. Historian Sa ...  Show more

Ukraine reels from yet another night of deadly strikes from Russia that killed at least nine people, including children. Poland blames Moscow for firing a missile into its territory, creating a massive crater after it landed and exploded in a field. Two NATO fighter jets were act ...  Show more

Britain’s Labour Party came to power promising to restore order and stability. Our correspondent explains whether its <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/10/07/the-sue-gray-saga-casts-doubt-on-keir-starmers-managerial-chops?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcas ...

As polling gets under way in local and regional elections across the U.K., we take the opportunity to focus on politics across the Channel.Alex Clarkson, lecturer in German and European Studies at King's College London tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Heari ...  Show more

The world is braced for a brat summer as Kamala Harris steps in for Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate - George Osborne and Ed Balls consider whether the fevered KHive reaction spells success, or simply masks the very real challenge ahead. 

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As the country prepares to go to the polls next year, The Economist sits down with the leader of the Labour Party. Could <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/04/26/sir-keir-starmer-on-starmerism?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligenc ...