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Russia’s election and US-Japan talks on Ukraine

We discuss this weekend’s presidential election in Russia, which will grant Vladimir Putin another six-year term. Plus: US efforts to involve Japan in providing additional military support to Ukraine, the future of government in the Netherlands and theatre news. 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