Nina Dos Santos and Michael Binyon assess the state of the opposition in the US as liberals win a majority in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Also in the programme: how Le Pen’s right-wing allies have been condemning her court verdict and why Germany is bolstering its civil protections. Then: what ended China’s piano craze? Plus: Matt Ridley’s new book on sexual-selection theory, ‘Birds, Sex and Beauty’.

What would Denmark do if the US invaded Greenland? Plus: the latest from the Gulf
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EU leaders meet in Brussels and Japan’s prime minister lands in Washington
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The war in Iran’s effect on Ukraine. And: Universal healthcare as a moral imperative
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