'One concern is that Trump is going to win, and this country will be under a virtual dictatorship for at least the next four years.'

Mark Urban hears from both sides of the street - and both side of the political divide - in a Pennsylvania swing county.

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How should we assess talk of a new US civil war?

On the battlefield of Gettysburg, Mark Urban reflects on America's fractured politics.

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Has Joe Biden lost the college student vote?

Mark Urban finds out how one protestor plans to vote in November.

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Biden turning up the heat publicly now

What has happened in Gaza today?

Mark Urban explains the military and diplomatic developments over the last 24 hours.

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24 years ago today Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president for the first time. Fast forward nearly a quarter of a century: he’s starting his fifth term. A few thoughts about Putin and where Russia’s heading. bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Additional pressure to force through an improved deal, or a sign there will be no ceasefire this week and Israel is now launching its major Rafah operation? We’ll see in the coming days

US turning up the pressure on Netanyahu

#Ukrainecast - YOUR qtns answered by 2 friends of the pod, Samantha de Bendern & BBC Newsnight’s
Mark Urban

• has Russia used chemical weapons?
• in light of Macron’s comments, cld Western troops ever be deployed in 🇺🇦 • what are prospects for peace, & at what cost?

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Elex reax & deep dive analysis plus intel on who’s gonna win London/West Mids mayoral races

With Prof Sir John Curtice (What UK Thinks: EU)
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Stephen Bush
Nicholas Watt

+ we’ll talk live to Conservative Rt Hon Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽 & Labour’s Steve McCabe

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A run across the Mall in Washington DC, an early morning ritual during the decades I’ve been coming here for Newsnight

At the Trump trial in New York this morning where the judge found him in contempt of court for recent public pronouncements, fined the former president $9000

NEW: GRU Unit 29155, Russia's notorious assassination and sabotage squad, ran a family of illegals for years in Czechia. Meet arms dealers Nikolay and Elena Šapošnikov. Friends of Unit 29155 founding commander Gen. Andrey Averyanov, they helped the same operatives who poisoned

The latest pint, pub and book tweet.

The pint - Gun Brewery Best Bitter.

The pub - The Nelson Arms - a wonderful discovery in Tonbridge (I can see Alessio Patalano holding court here)

The book - 'Red Devils' by Mark Urban - which I am already hugely enjoying 50 pages in.

🧵Leaders of 18 countries with citizens being held hostage by Hamas releasing joint statement calling on Hamas to take deal on table to release the hostages and get a ceasefire. A senior US admin official says they have had some signals Hamas may be ready to sit down again. will

Woke up to the news that Senate has *already* voted to force ByteDance to sell its share of TikTok. Wow that was fast! especially by politicians’ standards. They REALLY want this to happen.
So what happens now? President Joe Biden has to sign it off - he has already said that he

The Treasury is claiming that hitting the target of raising UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP in 2030 amounts to a '£75 billion increase'.

How do they get to this £75bn number? 🤨

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The UK is to boost its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. That’s very important:
- funding crisis on new kit goes away (for now…)
- vital reinvestment in ammo stocks
- answer criticisms from former minister Rt Hon James Heappey MP + Tory back benchers
- challenge to Labour to match