Now that Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day ceasefire proposal put forward by the US, will Russia follow suit? Also in the programme: the EU’s plan to send rejected asylum seekers to deportation centres in non-EU countries and what to expect from France’s new TGV M high-speed trains. Plus, Andrew Mueller’s “On This Day” looks back on the naming of Canberra.

Press freedoms in Afghanistan on the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover
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What’s in a university ranking? How the US and UK still dominate
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Beating the heat and our recommendations for books that transport you
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