Matt Frei , Europe Editor and Presenter

We spoke to Sir Richard Dalton, a former British Consul-General in Jerusalem and ambassador to Iran and Libya.

We spoke to Dr Firass Abiad, Lebanon’s health minister, and asked him to update us on the casualties there after the last two days of attacks.

We spoke to Brigadier General Amir Avivi, who previously served in the Israel Defense Forces and founded the Israel Defense and Security Forum.

We’re joined by author and journalist Kim Ghattas, who is in Beirut.

Germany has supported Ukraine from the beginning of the war despite its industries relying heavily on cheap Russian gas.

We spoke to former U.S. Ambassador to Nato, Kurt Volker.

We were joined by Jens Zimmermann who is a member of parliament here for Olaf Sholz’s SPD.

Such was the shock of elections in two eastern German states – with one more to come at the end of the month – that the government of Olaf Scholz is introducing measures that go against the very grain of the EU’s most sacred principal: the freedom of movement and the Schengen Agreement. 

We’re joined by Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, who is a political journalist and author of ‘Kamala, The Motherland & Me’.

It’s hard to believe, but just over a month ago Joe Biden was still the Democratic presidential candidate.

We spoke to Lindy Li – a top Democratic fundraiser and member of the Democratic National Finance Committee. She was with Kamala Harris after her speech.

We speak to American pollster and communications consultant Frank Luntz, who’s also been in Chicago.

Tim Walz accepts the VP nomination as Kamala Harris prepares to take centre stage at the Democratic National Convention.

We’re joined by US Trade Representative Katherine Tai.

We’re joined by Nayyera Haq, who was a senior director in the Obama White House administration.