24 April 2026

26 minutes

Available for over a year

John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses the confrontation between Iran and the United States in the Gulf, looks at the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, and examines the effect of the downfall of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, on the European Union.

Producer: Kate Cornell

Executive producer: Benedick Watt

Commissioning editors: Silvia Costeloe and Paul Royall