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Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?

The editor of the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Russian service, Famil Ismailov, analyses Vladimir Putin's future
Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?

What should we done with stolen treasures? Katie Razzall confronts colonialism's legacy
Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?

Plus, Donald Trump's legal problems, and European farmers protest
Unspun World: How will Trump's second presidency affect the war in Ukraine?

John Simpson reflects on how the collapse of the Soviet Union has shaped Putin鈥檚 Russia
Unspun World: How will Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs affect global markets?

John Simpson looks at whether an economic downturn is on the horizon
Unspun World: How Russia's economy has survived despite sanctions

Plus, examining the US military's role in the Middle East
Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics

Migration is topping Europe's political agenda. Europe editor, Katya Adler, explains why
Unspun World: How might Gaza be governed in the future?

John Simpson examines how Gaza could be governed in the future
Unspun World: How has the Russia-China relationship changed?

Plus, what an assassination attempt tells us about Europe's politics
Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?

Plus, gang violence in Haiti, and the possibility of unmanned ships on the oceans
Unspun World: Donald Trump鈥檚 whirlwind start to his second term

John Simpson examines Donald Trump鈥檚 first few weeks in office
Unspun World: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin negotiate over a ceasefire in Ukraine

John Simpson analyses the negotiations over a ceasefire in Ukraine
Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?

John Simpson examines the risk of nuclear escalation in Russia鈥檚 war with Ukraine
Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?

Reporting from Ukraine's battlefields. Plus, how worried should we be about AI?
Unspun World: Can Ukraine continue to rely on US support?

John Simpson examines whether a European army could provide a bulwark against Russia
Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?

President Biden puts America first. So will he succeed in reshaping the global economy?
Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?

Biden and Xi's meeting builds bridges with deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking
Unspun World: Can Israel win its war in Gaza?

John Simpson analyses Israel offensive in Gaza, China's economy and Indonesia's election
Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?

Stories from the frontline as tensions rise from Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse
Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge the president鈥檚 power?
Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?

Short-term politics gets in the way of dealing with an ever-warming planet
Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza

A pause in fighting in Gaza but what鈥檚 it like for those living there?
Trump's tariffs explained

Ben Brown and Sumi Somaskanda examine the key questions about US tariffs
The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities

Sanaa, Aden and Taiz - stuck in a 鈥渘o war, no peace鈥� limbo
The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict

Ten years on, where do the warring parties in Yemen stand?
The Global Jigsaw: Who鈥檒l be Argentina鈥檚 next president?

After a shock primary win, a far-right libertarian economist is in pole position
The Global Jigsaw: What hope for Haiti?

Gang violence has turned the small Caribbean nation into a 鈥渓iving nightmare鈥�
The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin

What next for the notorious group after the plane crash that wiped out its leadership?
The Global Jigsaw: Turkey鈥檚 anti-LGBT drive

What鈥檚 behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?
The Global Jigsaw: Turkey's foothold in Africa

Ankara is touting itself as a 鈥渘on-colonising鈥� alternative to Western powers