On air

Samira Shackle and James Schneider discuss the day’s top news stories, we check in with our correspondent in Milan and Karen Krizanovich reviews the week in cinema.

We evaluate the state of Libya after a series of violent attacks this week, before debating whether the bookmakers have it right when it comes to predicting the next president of the US. There’s also a browse through the best non-fiction books out this week.

Kathleen Burk and Sebastian Borger look at the US and China’s new greenhouse-gas emissions plan and the success of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. We also talk about Independent 2014 in New York and review the latest in radio and television.

As CNN plans to stop broadcasting in Russia, we look at the nation’s new media laws. Plus all the latest from the Apec summit and inside a new exhibition that explores the relationship between Sikhs and their beards.

Jeffrey Kofman and Tim Marshall mull over the day's top news stories, Azar Nafisi explains her new book The Republic of Imagination, Claire Rigby reviews the Brazilian art scene and we check in with our correspondent in Athens.

Can Barack Obama still make an impact in the Middle East? Our guests James Boys and Robert Fox give us their take on the US president’s oncoming final two years in power.

Mary Dejevsky and Quentin Peel trade memories of their coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall, author John Crace explains why the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition in the UK isn’t a marriage made in heaven, and our book reviewer analyses Boris Johnson’s love of Winston Churchill.

Shashank Joshi and Daniella Peled focus on the latest stories from the Middle East, we celebrate 40 years of punk pioneers Blondie, and learn why so many big-name actors are flocking to Broadway.

Guests Samira Shackle and Raffaello Pantucci discuss possible deal for Russia to process uranium for Iran, look at how micro-loans could help combat extremism and whether China's new drone-downing laser will come to the aid of Pakistan. Plus: a series of lost Arabic fairy tales that are being published in English for the first time.

With election results in for Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia, we analyse the region’s changing geopolitical dynamics. Plus we tour Turkey’s presidential palace and hear about a drop in British contemporary art buyers.

Phil Clark and Mary Dejevsky review the