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’.

An increasingly isolated Trump weighs next steps in the war in Iran
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Mark Carney in London to strategise Western response to Iran and Trump’s demands for help
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As Washington plays down disruption, how safe is the Strait of Hormuz?
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