Leadership crisis: What next for the UK after Liz Truss?
The Tories have given themselves a week to pick a replacement, the fifth since Brexit. What is the best way to pick a party leader? Would a general election instead be better?
Juliette Laurain Sport News
Putin turns to Tehran: Can Iranian drones offset Moscow's losses in Ukraine?
But if the aim is to make Ukraine unliveable, it's anyone's guess: for 11 days, Iranian-made drones have been targeting critical infrastructure like power stations, as retribution for the humiliating explosion that partially knocked out of service the main bridge link between Crimea and the Russian mainland. Can Putin make the Ukrainian population freeze this winter? There is also talk of Iranian medium-range missile purchases.
Figurehead prime minister? Liz Truss and the UK's political instability
The UK has now had four prime ministers and counting in the six years since Brexit. What brought on such turmoil in a democracy once admired for its stability?
No stopping Xi? China's leadership to further bolster president's powers
China is still on course to one day overtake the United States as the world's most powerful nation but an inevitable slowdown of its economy is upon us, compounded by nearly three years and counting of a zero-Covid policy that we thought would be eased soon. But will it?
Should Saudi Arabia worry? Biden warns of consequences over OPEC+ oil cuts
A global recession caused by what? Is it really in the self-interest of Gulf states to boost a run of record profits when Putin's war forces their customers to accelerate the switch away from fossil fuels? Is it the role of the United States - also a leading oil and gas producer - to pressure OPEC?
Annexation Day, Trouble in the Baltic Sea, UK tax cuts, Brazil election
When Vladimir Putin says no going back, it comes in a week where it is all coming to a head: the referendum, mobilisation and the explosions that took out the currently-offline Nord Stream pipelines, pipelines hit by the equivalent of hundreds of kilos of TNT according to the Danes. All sides point to sabotage. In whose interest is it to blow up the natural gas link between Russia and Germany? On the day Germany rolled out a €200 billion energy subsidy plan for consumers and businesses. Here in France, there is talk of mandatory measures if the French do not watch their energy consumption this winter.
Putin orders mobilisation, Italy's elections, Iranian protests, Lebanon closes banks
Polls ahead of Sunday's general election are predicting the hard-right trio of Georgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi are favourites to form the country's 70th coalition government since World War II and the first with a far-right prime minister since the war. Meloni has been squarely on the side of Ukraine in the war with Russia, but her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party also has a proven track record of bashing Brussels.
'Sanctions are here to stay': How does Europe plan for winter without Russian gas?
Meanwhile in Paris, the French prime minister was rolling out the government's plan to get households and small businesses through the winter as bills skyrocket. To avoid blackouts, an extra sweater and quick showers are strongly recommended.