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Putin in India and what Mogherini’s fraud accusation means for EU trust

12/5/2025 • 58 min

We discuss what’s on the agenda as Putin meets Modi in India. Then: the potential fallout for Ursula von der Leyen as the EU’s former chief diplomat, Federica Mogherini, is accused of fraud. Plus: we speak to the winner of The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Play episode

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Emmanuel Macron’s balancing act on his state visit to China
Pope Leo’s last day in Lebanon and the Monocle book on Switzerland
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Why is Washington so interested in Honduras's presidential election?
The future of a nuclear deal and Russia’s path to democracy
Nicolás Maduro’s terrorist group designation and modern space woes
Sudan rejects a US-led ceasefire plan and Salone del Mobile debuts in Riya…
What next in the White House’s renewed push for peace in Ukraine?
Johannesburg braces for G20 summit protests
What’s next for Kosovo as it fails again to pick a prime minister?
Poland rail blast spotlights Russian sabotage in Europe and Zelensky goes …
Why South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea
How close is too close for Germany and China? Beijing meeting sets the sta…
Can Swiss negotiators seal a new trade deal with the US?
Venezuela prepares for a US attack and tariffs slam the brakes on Japanese…
Iraq’s parliamentary elections and a new EU intelligence unit
Ukraine’s energy companies fighting to keep heat and electricity running
Syria announces itself on the international stage: Ahmed Al-Sharaa at the …
Viktor Orbán at the White House: can Hungary’s PM avoid the bear in the ro…
Morocco celebrates as the world gambles with Western Sahara peace
Why does Russia care so much about the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?
What’s in a name? Taiwan’s recognition in Estonia hits a snag
The Novi Sad anniversary protests and Australia’s historic state treaty
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Trump and Xi meet in Seoul and raids in Rio de Janeiro
Dutch elections, Lebanon seeks to disarm Hezbollah and the US government s…
Trump says he will solve the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis ‘very quickly’. P…
Asean leaders meet and Pope Leo heads to Turkey
EU and US sanctions on Russia, Art Basel Paris and tariffs’ impact on the …
EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East and ‘simplification’
President Erdoğan embarks on Gulf tour pursuing a deal with Qatar to buy u…
Japan’s new prime minister, what’s next for Israel and Gaza and L’Oréal ac…
The US-Australia meeting: are critical minerals Anthony Albanese's Trump c…
Zelensky and Trump to meet at the White House
Nato’s defence ministers meet as the European Commission prepares to unvei…
Why is Indonesia’s Prabowo under fire over Israel ban? Plus: Fendi’s new c…
Why Trump’s Gaza peace deal faces its hardest test yet
Trump heads to Israel as hostages are released. Plus: China-US trade tensi…
France charts a path forward as it looks to a new head of government
Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Increasingly isolated, pressure mounts on France’s Emmanuel Macron to resi…
Israel and Hamas hold indirect Gaza talks in Egypt
Who is Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi?
Death toll rises in Morocco as youth protests continue to rock the country
The US government shuts down: what next?
Key EU leaders meet in Copenhagen to discuss drone security and Ukraine’s …
Is China serious about attracting foreign workers or toying with the US?
The aftermath of New York’s UNGA, from Iran to Israel

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