As Volodymyr Zelensky makes a final push to rally EU allies ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, we discuss growing pressure on Europe to boost its defense budget. Also on the programme: as Emmanuel Macron faces mounting calls to resign, could France be heading toward early presidential elections? Plus: the great Guinness shortage and what not to buy your spouse this Christmas.

How would the US pulling troops from the Gulf shift regional power dynamics?
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Is the Gordie Howe International Bridge a symbol of all that’s going wrong between the US and Canada?
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Press freedoms in Afghanistan on the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover
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