Politics

We spoke to the Israeli Arab MP Aida Touma-Sliman, who is the chair of the women and gender equality committee in the Israeli Knesset.

Northern Ireland Minister Conor Burns is the prime minister’s special representative to the United States on the Northern Ireland Protocol – he joined us from Washington DC.

Boris Johnson has been warned by both the US and the EU that he should not unilaterally rip up the Northern Ireland Protocol which the UK agreed after Brexit, as ministers consider whether to bring in legislation which would override parts of the deal. 

We spoke to the Work and Pensions Minister, Chloe Smith and Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire about how the parties plan to tackle the UK’s stuttering economy.

For the first time since 1963, the Queen missed reading out the government’s legislative plans – leaving Prince Charles and William to fly the royal flag. 

We speak to Katy Balls, the deputy political editor of The Spectator, and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika – who has been a political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.

The country’s known nothing like it since the end of the civil war. Mobs attacking each other on the streets.

The Northern Ireland Secretary, Brandon Lewis, has urged the leaders of the five party’s in the Stormont assembly to re-establish a ruling executive. 

We spoke to Ihor Zhovkva, who is the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Ukraine, and Head of Foreign Policy.

As President Putin commemorated the end of a war 77 years ago, the war he started in Ukraine less than three months back rages on with no end in sight. 

We speak to former Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Kasyanov. 

We speak to Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadim Prystaiko, and Tory MP Tobias Elwood – who is Chairman of the Commons Defence Committee.

Pristine lines of goose-stepping soldiers, gleaming military hardware, stirring music – and President Putin invoking the glorious past of the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. 

We spoke to Labour’s Emily Thornberry, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales.

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will step down if the police fine him for breaking covid lockdown rules.