Politics

Poland’s conservative president Andrzej Duda has narrowly won the presidential run-off election – after his liberal challenger Rafal Trzaskowski conceded defeat.

With more on the industry’s reaction to the new border plans being put in place our political correspondent Liz Bates reports from Dover.

Branded as the “UK’s new start” with glossy online adverts, the government has unveiled its plans for the country’s borders and immigration once the Brexit transition finishes at the end of the year.

Earlier we were joined by Anand Menon, who is a professor of politics and European affairs at Kings College, London.

The Government has announced it’s spending more than £700m on new infrastructure, staff and technology to manage Britain’s borders when the UK leaves the European union at the end of the year. 

The Israeli Prime Minister has promised financial help for people whose livelihoods have been devastated by coronavirus.

Florida has confirmed more than 15,000 new cases of coronavirus – the state’s biggest daily increase since the pandemic began.

A new campaign has been launched to protect the future of live comedy – after research showed more than three quarters of venues fear they’ll be forced to close down within the next year.

More of England’s lockdown measures are being eased this weekend – allowing open air pools and theatres to reopen.

We spoke to Evan McMullin – a former Central Intelligence Agency operations officer who ran as an independent during the 2016 United States presidential election.

Critics have accused President Trump of abusing the rule of law – after he commuted the sentence of his friend Roger Stone just days before he was due to serve a three and a half year term in jail. 

We’ve been speaking to the mother of one young man about the horrors of watching her child’s rapid descent into extremism. 

The Independent newspaper’s chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe has reported from numerous trouble spots around the world in his 30-year career.

Wendell Pierce has been speaking to us about the future of theatres, black lives matter and racial injustice in America.

Joining Matt is Professor Wendy Sherman who served as President Obama’s Under Secretary of State and advises the Joe Biden campaign.