Angela Merkel is expected to win a fourth term in office in the 2017 German general elections. The Economist’s Anne McElvoy, who has been following Merkel's career for decades, has an in-depth profile of the German chancellor.
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Brexit secretary David Davis has been quietly reaching out beyond the EU's formal structures - to some of the places that could have most to lose from Brexit. Our political editor Nicholas Watt rep...
In an interview with Emily Maitlis, former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake said failure to reach a Brexit deal with the EU would be "an utter and complete disaster for this country".
The UK wants a "frictionless" border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit. How might that work? Does the Sweden-Norway border give us any clues? James Clayton investiga...
The UK government has published a paper calling for a “soft” border to be maintained between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. But critics have labelled the document as vague on detail....
The UK has set out an "ambitious new customs arrangement" for a "temporary customs union" after Brexit to prevent border problems as it leaves the European Union. Emma Barnett discusses with leadin...
Will Brexit require a transitional arrangement? How long would the transition period need to be and what would it entail? Nicholas Watt reports on the Brexit question dividing the Conservative part...
Evan Davis is joined by Steven Bullock, a former UK official in Brussels, and UKIP's Suzanne Evans to discuss the need for a transitional Brexit period.
Senior Republicans are resisting spending on the controversial wall when the money - they say - should be spent on disaster relief. The wall was meant to separate America from Mexico but the divide...
Donald Trump was in Phoenix Arizona for his first rally after the events in Charlottesville. Anti-Trump protesters and Trump supporters rallied to the city. BBC Newsnight's Gabriel Gatehouse was th...
Eugene Robinson, Chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board and Associate Editor of the Washington Post, joins Nick Ferrari from Washington to discuss President Trump’s relationship with the media.
Donald Trump has caused alarm storm of controversy for his response to the recent protests in Charlottesville. Is the US president racist, or just another politician protecting his supporter base? ...
The US representative from Guam, Madeleine Bordallo, says residents in Guam are "very concerned" about the way tensions are escalating between North Korea and the US. She spoke to Evan Davis.
Following remarks by President Donald Trump that North Korea "will be met with fire and fury" if it threatens the US, Evan Davis talks to Mark Fitzpatrick, executive director of the non-proliferati...
In his first UK interview, Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump's new - and now fired - communications director at the White House, talks to Emily Maitlis about the future of Jeff Sessions, c...
South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV/Aids in the world - seven million people. Now US funding for the fight against HIV there is under threat, by what's been dubbed the "gl...
Professor Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted every US presidential race since 1984. He believes that President Donald Trump will be impeached during his time in office - an argument he makes in...
Evan Davis discusses the first six months of the Trump presidency with Joshua Green, author of ‘Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency’.
Journalist Michael Wolff is writing a book about Donald Trump's White House and has been a vocal critic of the liberal media.Mark Urban asked him what he makes of the latest chapter in the Trump-Ru...