Mrs May's June surprise
1. What do you think was the most remarkable thing that happened this week?
Yet again, quite a lot to choose from: More sabre-rattling between Washington and Pyongyang as US Vice-President Mike Pence visits Tokyo and Seoul and delivers a stern message to the North Korean regime after it mounts an ostentatious display of its missile capabilities at a military parade last Saturday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan narrowly wins a referendum that will make him Executive President with sweeping powers that exceed even those of the founding father of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk.
Campaigning for the French election enters the home stretch, with a previously little-known far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon soaring in the polls. So we now have four can…
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