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The Swedish Christian Democrat MEP Sara Skyttedal joins us from Croatia, where the centre-right EPP group is gathering to discuss their strategy ahead of next year’s European elections.

With elections approaching in both Poland and Slovakia migration is back at the top of the agenda in the EU too. 

Many of the people who attempt the sea crossing from north Africa – especially Libya and Tunisia – have travelled long distances through central Africa to reach the Mediterranean shore, many seeking to escape famine or political turmoil back home.

So Hollywood writers may have got their happy ending – as a tentative deal was struck with studio bosses to end the longest running strike action for decades. 

France is withdrawing its ambassador from Niger – and says it will pull out its troops there by the end of the year – after the democratically elected president was overthrown by a military coup. 

Thousands of ethnic Armenians have been flooding out of Nagorno Karabakh, fleeing what they fear will come after Azerbaijan’s forces seized control of the territory.

It’s back home after seven years away, and with four billion miles on the clock. The Osiris Rex mission has touched down in Utah carrying its unusual cargo. Dust and debris from an asteroid that could reveal the secrets of life itself. Scientists from around the world will now get to examine the dust –…

We’re joined by activist Frank Mugisha, who is currently in London to ask for support from the UK government.

Uganda has begun charging people under its draconian new anti-LGBT law, including two men accused of “aggravated homosexuality”, which can carry the death penalty.

The US has also been a loud supporter of Ukraine giving nearly $50 billion in military assistance.

We spoke to former Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski and began by asking him if he was surprised by this sudden U-turn from the Polish Prime Minister?

Staunch allies Ukraine and Poland seem to have found themselves at odds. The point of contention – Ukrainian grain.

Earlier we spoke to Michael Wolff, the American journalist and author whose new book ‘The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire’ is out next week.

Fox News, conceived by Rupert Murdoch in the 1990s, changed the US political landscape. The right-leaning 24 hour network became a platform for the Republican party, taking Donald Trump under its wing and propelling his success.

Earlier we spoke to David Yelland, former editor of the Sun newspaper, who now has a podcast – When it hits the fan – on the BBC.