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Shanghai lockdown: What could China’s zero Covid policy mean for the world economy? – BBC Newsnight

China is ramping up its zero Covid policy as 23 cities and 200 million people are under full or partial lockdown in China. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Shanghai, the country’s leading financial hub, went into lockdown on the 28th March and public services are in chaos. What are the barriers for China getting out of this? And what impact will this have on not only…

French election: Far-right Le Pen closes in on Macron – BBC Newsnight

President Macron’s lead in the polls has shrunk as Sunday’s first-round of voting approaches. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Voters in France go to the polls on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election. Emmanuel Macron is aiming to win a second term, but polls suggest a Marine Le Pen victory is within the margin of error. Another far-right candidate Eric Zemmour is said…

How the Ukraine war has shifted German foreign policy – BBC Newsnight

Since Ukraine’s invasion, Germany has completely transformed its foreign and defence policy, with an €100bn increase in defence spending. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog There was a time when German rearmament would have caused shockwaves across Europe. Since Ukraine’s invasion, Germany has completely transformed its foreign and defence policy, with an €100bn increase in defence spending. But the German armed forces have seen decades of underfunding,…

How Poland is feeling the pressure of the Ukraine war – BBC Newsnight

It’s estimated that 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Poland. Can the country support them alone? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog 300,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Warsaw since the war began and the Polish health system faces managing a million and a half new patients. Is it time for a relocation system for Ukrainian refugees? And is international support now needed? Newsnight’s Policy Editor…

Ukraine crisis: Russia orders troops into rebel-held regions – BBC Newsnight

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Footage released overnight appeared to show Russian military vehicles heading towards the Ukrainian border. Russia said the troops would be “peacekeeping” in the breakaway regions, which it has backed since 2014. But the US said calling them peacekeepers was “nonsense” and…

On Ukraine’s border as tensions escalate with Russia – BBC Newsnight

Newsnight’s international editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Ukraine’s border with Belarus, where 20,000 Russian troops are stationed as the threat of war escalates. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Russia has some 100,000 troops near Ukraine – but denies planning to invade. The tensions come eight years after Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern Crimea peninsula and backed a bloody rebellion in the eastern Donbas region. If diplomacy fails,…

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