The Fourcast

The government is in a deepening leadership crisis with pressure building on Keir Starmer to resign. So what happens now? And if Starmer does step down, who should follow?

Jackie Long is joined by French philosopher Manon Garcia, whose latest book, Living with Men, reflects on what she witnessed while observing the trial of the men who raped Gisèle Pelicot

Has Russia’s war in Ukraine entered a new phase? Jackie Long speaks to Angela Stent, who explains how US strategy has shifted, and Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik, who describes the reality of life in Kyiv.

Krishnan speaks to Israeli journalist Anshel Pfeffer and Iranian author Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini about the limits of 'decapitation strategy', and why Western governments have so often misread Iran

The war in Iran is already sending shockwaves far beyond the battlefield. Can this crisis be contained? And if not, how vulnerable are our economies?

Eighteen days into a war that has reshaped the Middle East, the question that matters most is also the hardest to answer: who is actually winning?