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Trump’s VP pick and documents case, and Gambia’s FGM ban
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has named Republican Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio as his choice for the vice-presidential nominee. The former president’s classified do...
Trump's attempted assassination, Biden’s message and the race for the White House
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention just two days after an attempt on his life. A bullet grazed the former president’...
Trump, and what comes after
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What comes after Donald Trump? On this weekend episode of Reuters World News, political reporter James Oliphant speaks with host Jonah Green about wha...
Biden’s defiance and gaffes, a changed Zelenskiy, the Ambani wedding and soccer finals
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US president Joe Biden vows to stay in the race despite his NATO summit and press conference gaffes. We look at how the war with Russia has changed Uk...
Pelosi and Clooney’s pressure on Biden, Gaza ceasefire talks, France’s far-left dilemma and trash talk
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and key donor George Clooney raise fresh doubts about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office. As Israel steps up its of...
Biden’s Ukraine defense, the Putin-Modi friendship and Michigan bird flu
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US President Joe Biden delivers a forceful speech in defense of Ukraine at a NATO summit. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vl...
Biden at NATO, Ukraine attacks and the Dalai Lama’s age
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US President Joe Biden’s age and the threat of a second Donald Trump presidency loom over the NATO summit. Ukraine also looks to NATO as Kyiv suffe...
French far-right defeat, Kamala Harris’ potential and Italy’s fascist past
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
France faces a hung parliament after a leftist alliance shocked many by beating the far-right National Rally in a snap election. Democrats wonder if V...
Is Britain's Labour Party ready for the world stage?
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Keir Starmer won the UK election with a massive majority. In this special episode of the podcast, we look at his centre-left Labour Par...
UK’s Labour victory, Biden’s crucial TV moment and France’s election runoff
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister as his Labour party wins a massive majority in UK elections. US President Joe Biden will give a televised ...
Biden’s polling pressure, UK election countdown and Lebanese farmers’ white phosphorous worries
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One in three Democrats think US President Joe Biden should end his reelection bid following last week's poor debate performance against Donald Trump. ...
Presidential immunity, Viktor Orban’s EU and SCOTUS’ environmental impact
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US Supreme Court has ruled that presidents have immunity for official acts carried out while in office. Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets Ukraine’...
France's far-right surge, Iran’s runoff and Sweden’s gun crime
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally leads the first round of voting in France’s parliamentary elections. A protege of Supreme Leader Ayatolla...
France’s snap election and the rise of the far right
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Emmanuel Macron launched a risky political gamble by calling a snap legislative election after his centrist party’s poor performance in Eu...
Biden’s debate performance, Trump’s false attacks, Georgia LGBT and austerity risks
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US president Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump faced off in their first presidential debate. We sit down with the leader of Tbilisi Pride as...
Bolivia coup attempt, US debate night and NATO’s new boss
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bolivian President Luis Arce staves off an attempted coup in which heavily armed soldiers stormed the presidential palace in La Paz. President Joe Bid...
Kenya protests, Russian detainees and Biden vs Trump economics
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Protests in Kenya turn deadly as demonstrators storm the parliament building to protest proposed tax hikes and IMF demands. As Wall Street Journal rep...
Trump and Ukraine peace talks, Assange’s freedom and IDF's ultra-Orthodox conscription
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is set to be freed after he pleads guilty to a single US espionage charge. Israel’s supreme court rules ultra-Or...
Attacks in Russia’s Dagestan, new US smuggling routes and Iran’s election
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gunmen attacked synagogues and churches in simultaneous attacks in Russia’s Dagestan region, killing multiple people. New smuggling routes from Indi...
Extreme heat, Somalia’s peacekeepers and Ferrari’s first EV
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme heat kills hundreds and millions more are sweltering worldwide. What does the heatwave mean for the rest of the summer in the Northern Hemisph...
Putin in Vietnam, seafarer shortage and South Africa’s new government
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vietnam is a gamble for the Southeast Asian nation. Yemeni Houthi attacks in the Red Sea deal another bl...
Biden’s spouse plan, Lebanon border and social media fallout
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to North Korea for the first time in 24 years. President Joe Biden is expected to announce immigration relief ...
Ukraine summit, Nike and Lego in Russia and the Saudi-Qatar relationship
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A summit on Ukraine ends with key powers spurning a joint communique agreed on by dozens of countries. A Dutch man brings Western goods into Russia de...
Gaza's decimated healthcare
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Specialist doctors were building a healthcare system in Gaza. Then came war. With each specialist killed, another blow is dealt to an already decimate...
Pentagon’s anti-vax campaign, South Korean shamans and the G7
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reuters uncovers a secret anti-vaccination campaign run by the Pentagon to undermine China during the pandemic. A new generation of online shamans rev...
Musk’s Tesla paycheck, the Fed and Giorgia Meloni’s G7
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk says Tesla shareholders are voting to approve his $56 billion pay package. The Federal Reserve holds interest rates as it waits for inflatio...
Gaza ceasefire prospects, Hunter Biden, migrant abuses and stunt women
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A US ceasefire plan for Gaza stalls as neither Israel nor Hamas publicly commit to a deal. Hunter Biden is found guilty of lying about his drug use to...
UN deal, Sinn Fein’s loss, Apple’s ChatGPT deal and Mosul’s comeback
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland’s Sinn Fein suffers a bruising loss in local elections as voters move immigration to the top of their issues list. Apple makes a new AI push...
France's far-right tilt, Israel's war cabinet shakeup and Modi's third term
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
French president Emmanuel Macron calls a snap election after a bruising defeat in European elections. Benny Gantz quits Benjamin Netanyahu’s emerge...
Hamas capabilities, inmates-turned-firefighters and Mick Jagger
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A diminished Hamas shifts to guerilla tactics signalling a long insurgency. The state of Washington pioneers a new initiative, training prison inmates...
Gaza ceasefire setbacks, America’s most downloaded news app and Kenya’s ‘holy’ mission
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Israeli strike on a Gaza school and Hamas leader’s bottom line deliver setbacks to president Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal. The most downloade...
Immigration, Syrians in Lebanon and Starliner's third attempt
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following President Joe Biden’s order stopping asylum seekers from crossing the US-Mexico border, UK immigration policy comes into focus during the ...
Modi’s narrow lead in India, Hunter Biden gun case and Iran-backed allies in Iraq
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India’s Narendra Modi is on track for a historic third term but may fall short of the landslide victory predicted. The jury is seated and will hear ...
Mexico’s first female president, Biden’s Gaza plan, Proud Boys and live shopping
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Benjamin Netanyahu aide confirms Israel accepts a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war being advanced by US president Joe Biden. The militan...
Short of ammo, 'worse than hell': life on Ukraine's front line
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine's soldiers talk of exhaustion, faith, personal loss and a perilous shortage of munitions as Russian forces take new ground. Reuters traveled a...
Trump guilty, Biden’s Ukraine weapons shift and India heatwave
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has become the first US president to be convicted of a crime after a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a...
South Africa election, Biden’s nuclear push and Latin America climate case
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Early projections from South Africa indicate the governing African National Congress will fall short of a majority for the first time since coming t...
Debt - Paul Krugman joins our new economics podcast
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US government debt isn't a crisis to Paul Krugman. The Nobel laureate has long argued that history and arithmetic suggest a crisis is unlikely. But do...
Gaza aid pier damage, Mexico’s election and Korean trash balloons
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A U.S. military-built pier off Gaza's coast is being temporarily removed after part of the structure broke off, in the latest blow to efforts to del...
Rafah camp strike, Papua New Guinea landslide and elephant greetings
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Israeli airstrike has triggered a fire that has killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, prompting an outcry from global leaders...
The Trump criminal trial in 20 minutes
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first criminal trial against Donald Trump heads to closing arguments this week. On today’s Reuters World News, legal reporter Jack Queen boils d...
Protectionism - Listen to episode 1 of Reuters Econ World
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the first episode of our new podcast. Host Carmel Crimmins and China bureau chief Kevin Krolicki discuss recent moves by the US to impose ta...
Putin’s ceasefire demands, World Court’s Rafah ruling and US vs Ticketmaster
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to stop the war in Ukraine if current battlefield lines are recognized. The International Court of Justice i...
Palestinian statehood rift, UK election gamble and Milei's spending cuts
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spain, Norway and Ireland band together to recognize a Palestinian state. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces an election for July 4, with th...
Deadly flight turbulence, China's weight loss market and Kenya’s Haiti deployment
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Passengers are left shaken after severe turbulence hit a Singapore Airlines flight. Eli Lilly’s diabetes drug wins approval in China, intensifying w...
ICC arrest warrants, Iran’s successor, and an interview with Zelenskiy
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The International Criminal Court applies for arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and Hamas leaders. The death of Iran’s president leaves a ques...
Iran's president dead, Assange extradition decision and Taiwan's new president
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash. Julian Assange faces a London High Court decision on his possible extradition t...
Jobs, crime and keeping the lights on. The key issues in South Africa's election
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
South Africans vote in a national election on May 29, and for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago polls suggest the ruling African ...
Gaza aid pier, Trump’s DOJ plans and AI in soccer
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US completes a floating pier to deliver aid into Gaza. Former president Donald Trump plans to stack the US Department of Justice with loyalists i...
Slovak PM shooting, Dutch far right, Jordan’s balancing act and Trump’s defiance
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Europe is on edge after an assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. Netherlands agrees a deal for a right-wing coalition governm...
New Caledonia riots, Lael Brainard interview and Blinken’s rock performance
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Riots rage in New Caledonia, as France approves changes to voting rules in the French territory. President Biden’s top economic adviser – Lael Bra...
Biden’s China EV tariffs, Blinken in Ukraine and secret US-Taiwan drills
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ukraine to reassure Kyiv of American suppor...
Russia security shake-up, tent schools in Gaza, TikTok and Swiss neutrality
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russian president Vladimir Putin replaces his defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Gazan students do what they can to keep learning during war, including c...
Is cow cuddling safe? And other bird flu questions
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weekend episode we take a deep dive into bird flu. Reporters Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek weigh in on what impact the latest outbreak is...
Israel at Eurovision, the US tractor glut and China’s sporty pets
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel qualifies for the Eurovision final as the war in Gaza casts a shadow. Falling crop prices mean a glut of unsold tractors and combines. And as t...
Biden’s Rafah warning, Brazil floods and German politician attacks
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden vows to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah. Severe flooding in Brazil kills at least 100 pe...
Stormy Daniels, Biden's arms block, TikTok and Kashmir
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. The US halts a weapons shipment to Israel to try and head off an all-out Rafah in...
Gaza-Egypt crossing, Biden on antisemitism, Eurovision and the Met Gala
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel has taken control of a critical Gaza-Egypt crossing point. President Joe Biden will address antisemitism in a Holocaust Remembrance Day speech....
Rafah evacuation, Xi in Paris, Chad polls and Italy’s white-collar mafia
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gazans start leaving Rafah as Israel warns of operations. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first trip to Europe in five years. Chad votes in the...
The Balkan gangsters who became Europe’s top cocaine suppliers
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Balkan traffickers have mastered the supply of cocaine to Europe from South America, say authorities. On this special episode, journalists Gabriel Sta...
The Niger base with Russian and US troops, German marijuana and animal consciousness
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russian soldiers have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops. We take a look at how Germany’s new rules on marijuana are playing ou...
Berkeley’s bet, Weinstein re-trial and Georgia protests
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As campus protests flare over the war in Gaza, some universities, such as Berkeley, are taking a different approach. Harvey Weinstein faces a New York...
UCLA clashes, the Fed, marijuana and chickens vs eggs
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clashes break out between rival pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators on UCLA’s campus. The Federal Reserve wraps up its two-day meeting as ...
Columbia standoff, Sudan starvation and UK Labour’s leg up
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Protesters at Columbia University occupy a building on campus, as a standoff with the school over a pro-Palestinian encampment escalates. We talk to e...
Rafah, high treason in Germany and Italy’s tourism squeeze
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel wrestles with a possible invasion of Rafah as international pressure for a ceasefire mounts. Nine men go on trial over an alleged coup plot in ...
Weinstein, Trump partial immunity, Spanish PM’s weekend off and Yellen’s options
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A New York court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. The US Supreme Court’s conservative justices lean towards supporting some pres...
Food vs energy - the debate around solar farming
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a competition going on for the best farmland in America right now, and at the heart of this is a question: what is the best use of this land...
Blinken in China, Trump immunity, Haiti violence and Russian censors
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China with a warning about Beijing's support for Russia. The US Supreme Court takes up a historic case to d...
TikTok countdown, Trump’s foreign courters, Boeing and plastic divide
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US Senate approves a bill to ban TikTok unless it’s sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. Countries around the world prepare for a possible secon...
Iran’s ‘bad hijab’, Darfur threat, Ukraine recruits and Tesla challenges
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions mount inside Iran as crackdowns intensify on the streets. The UN says more than one million people are in immediate danger in Sudan’s Nort...
Trump in court, Netzah Yehuda and Ukraine aid
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Opening statements begin in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan. An IDF battalion faces possible US sanctions over alleged rights violatio...
India election: Modi’s popularity, Hindu pride and global status
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Voting is underway in India’s election, the world’s biggest. From the icy Himalayas to humid jungles nearly a billion people are eligible to vote ...
Israel’s retaliation, Ukraine’s weapons and your brain, your business
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel strikes Iranian targets, but Tehran is signalling it will not respond. Ukraine struggles to fund its domestic manufacture of weapons as it wait...
Gazans’ shattered IVF dreams, a Nazi slogan and coral reef stress
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Israeli strike on a Gaza IVF clinic destroyed 4,000 frozen embryos along with the dreams of Gazan families. A far-right German politician is on tri...
Trump’s trials, Powell’s warning and geopolitics at the Olympics
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court hears a January 6th case with implications for Donald Trump. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish turn on interest rates raises the s...
TikTok bishop stabbing, Trump in court, Solomon Islands and US election lingo
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Australia reels from a second mass stabbing as a bishop and parishioners are wounded at a Sydney church. Dozens of jurors are disqualified as Donald T...
Israel’s next move, US red line on Iran and Trump’s trial
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel considers its next move following the first direct attack on Israeli territory by Iran. President Joe Biden tells Israel that the US will not p...
10 years after the Chibok kidnappings
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A decade after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female students from a Nigerian Christian school, Reuters reporters explore the efforts to rehabilitate those ...
Iran’s message, foreign leaders’ plea to Republicans and Myanmar’s rebels
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iran signals to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way that aims to avoid major escalation. Japanese Prime ...
Middle East on high alert, independent voters and US rate cut timing
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Middle East is on high alert for a possible Iranian attack. Who are the independent voters at the heart of the US presidential race and what do th...
Biden on Gaza ‘mistake’, Sudan’s Iran drones, US bullet train and landmark climate ruling
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the war in Gaza is a "mistake" as Eid al-Fitr celebrations begin. A year into S...
Solar eclipse, Dimon’s succession, Trump on abortion and Vatican on gender change
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Skywatchers across North America enjoy the solar eclipse with cheers, music and matrimony. Reuters photographers were there to capture the moment. JPM...
Gaza ceasefire talks, Iraq investment and slavery tribunal push
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel and Hamas have sent teams to Egypt for fresh talks on a potential ceasefire. Gulf Arab states are investing in Iraq as they seek to grow soft p...
The truth is out there: the Peruvian grave robbings at the center of ‘alien’ claims
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two small fossilized corpses were presented in Mexico as a sign of life beyond Earth - join Reuters journalist Cassandra Garrison on a journey for the...
Biden’s Gaza ultimatum, the US jobs report and a total eclipse of the sun
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US President Joe Biden delivers an ultimatum to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel prepares for a possible retaliation from Iran. Th...
World Central Kitchen’s Israel accusation, Democrats’ Florida opportunity and bird flu in cows
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrity chef and World Central Kitchen’s founder, Jose Andres, says Israel deliberately targeted an aid convoy killing seven of his workers, in an...
Taiwan quake, Israel-DC balancing act, Ukraine’s drones and reindeer herders’ power struggle
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan has killed at least nine and trapped dozens of people. The Israeli strike on aid workers in Gaza and the suspecte...
Gaza aid workers killed, Iran's Syria embassy bombed, Wisconsin's primary and Erdogan's election loss
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Israeli air strike has killed seven aid workers working for World Central Kitchen in Gaza. Iran says Israel has bombed its embassy in Syria, in a ...
The military exemption dividing Israel
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weekend episode we delve into the tensions over a bill to extend ultra-Orthodox Jews’ exemption from compulsory military service in Israel. ...
Israeli soldiers’ videos, Biden’s oil boom and Germany Inc’s racism problem
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israeli soldiers have been posting photos and videos of themselves toying with lingerie found in Palestinian homes. US oil companies are booming under...
Baltimore bridge collapse and its supply chain impact and Japan’s Trump bet
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Rescue workers lose hope for more survivors after a ship crashed into a Baltimore bridge causing it to collapse and putting global supply...
UN Gaza ceasefire, ISIS-K threat and Boeing’s boss
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US and Israel are on a collision course after a US abstention allowed the passage of a UN Gaza ceasefire resolution. Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-...
Moscow attack, Israel’s military politics and the Fed’s election year challenge
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Suspects appear in court after a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow leaves Russia reeling from the deadliest attack in more than two decades....
Trump 2024: Messianic messaging, a GOP transformed and RFK Jr’s impact
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weekend episode our political journalists speak with host Jonah Green about how an analysis of polling shows a GOP transformed. As the former ...
US pushes Israel, Ukraine weapons and Senegal’s election
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US puts pressure on Israel with a draft resolution at the UN. How the EU hopes to use Russian assets to pay for weapons for Ukraine. Senegal heads...
Somali pirates, the Fed and Intel’s plan
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve fuels a Wall Street rally after signalling it’s still on track for three rate cuts in 2024. Somali pirates re-emerge, piling pre...
Royal photo, Islamic State probe, Trump’s cash woes and Detroit's auto win
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A second royal photograph distributed by Kensington Palace is discovered to have been edited in eight places. The UN mission probing ISIS crimes in Ir...
Gaza hunger, women's health research, Gambia FGM and Italy’s news kiosks
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Famine is imminent in northern Gaza and could spread across the enclave, according to a U.N.-backed report. President Biden signs an executive order s...
Putin's landslide win, Bank of Japan and McDonald’s boycott losses
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin claims a landslide election win further tightening his grip on power. The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates f...
The unity debate in Northern Ireland
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Carmel Crimmins this St Patrick’s Day weekend on a melodious journey to Northern Ireland. As political changes amplify questions about the futu...