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What unites Ukraine and the Western Balkans?

We get the latest from a Western Balkans summit that includes Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Then: the latest battle for Pacific Island influence between the US and China, what Japan can do about its record-low birth rate and how Christian nationalism is rising in the US. Plus: technology news with David Phelan and fine wines in the Arabian Peninsula. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Mark Rutte meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul

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  Blinken in China; Haiti’s ongoing crisis; the rise of Latin music

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  Poland flexes its diplomatic muscles

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  Global military spending reaches an all-time high

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  Middle East tensions and the future of the US-Ukraine relationship

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  Israel’s airstrikes on Iran: what happens next?

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  The future of the EU according to the Enrico Letta report

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  G7 foreign ministers meet in Capri

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  Trump’s historic day in criminal court and Salone del Mobile starts

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  Iran launches missile strikes in Israel and the Thailand-Myanmar border cr…

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  The sentencing of Vietnamese billionaire and fraudster, Truong My Lan

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  Will Iran retaliate against Israel?

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  Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the US and the International Booker Priz…

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  Mexico’s diplomatic rift with Ecuador and Zimbabwe’s new currency

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  Israel’s isolation grows six months into war against Hamas in Gaza

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  Benny Gantz calls for early elections in Israel