Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher with the Sipri Arms and Military Expenditure Programme, tells us about the think tank’s latest report on global weapons sales. Plus: Joe Biden hosts Poland’s president and prime minister in Washington, Mipim kicks off in Cannes and a special interview with director Brian Knappenberger about his ground-breaking new docuseries, ‘Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War’.
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Burkina Faso’s neglected crisis and security in Asia
A violent end to campaigning in Mexico and will US weapons be used to strike Russia?
UAE signs a free trade agreement with South Korea and South Africans go to the polls
Special edition, no 2: Live from the Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, presented by UBS
Special edition, no 1: Live from the Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, presented by UBS
Leaders from South Korea, China and Japan meet in Seoul
China responds to Taiwan’s new president with military drills
UK prime minister calls general election
Israeli officials shut down AP broadcast and Finland looks to stem migration from Russia
Protests in Mexico and Thailand’s plan to recriminalise cannabis
Taiwan's new president is inaugurated
Michael Cohen’s testimony and South Africa’s case against Israel
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China and the Arab League Summit in Bahrain
Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ bill and Copenhagen Democracy Summit
The latest from Rafah and a record number of internally displaced
Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara and Eurovision 2024
Israeli strikes near Rafah and a setback for China’s expansion in central America
Will the US stop additional weapons deliveries to Israel?
Russia’s nuclear weapons drills and Xi Jinping arrives in Belgrade
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