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  1. Highlights: Putting the migration crisis into context and #BringBackOurGirls

    Migration to Europe in global perspective; freedom of speech; the Chibok kidnappings.

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  3. Valery Giscard d'Estaing on The Future of Europe

    Valery Giscard d'Estaing on Europe, plus the end of privacy?

  4. US Economy and Al-Shabab

    Jason Furman on globalisation and the US economy plus can al-Shabab be defeated

  5. Star wars, religious violence, and how to make a new emoji

    James Harding and Zanny Minton Beddoes delve into some of the big stories of the week.

  6. Interview with Dr Henry Kissinger

    Dr Henry Kissinger on what he expects from President Trump

  7. Highlights: What challenge does IS pose to Europe's liberal values?

    IS global terror, the death of Alberto Nisman and has Angela Merkel overreached?

  8. Highlights: Putin and the West, infant mortality and violence in Mexico

    Putin's relationship with the West, global infant mortality, and violence in Mexico.

  9. Highlights: Populism on both sides of the Atlantic and revisiting the Hajj stampede

    The rise of populist politics and a look back at September's stampede at the Hajj.

  10. Highlights: How do you fight an ideology?

    Former UK prime minister Tony Blair discusses how we should combat extremism.

  11. Air Pollution and Free Trade Negotiations

    Pascal Lamy, the former director of WTO on trade deals and an air pollution audiograph.

  12. Air Pollution and Free Trade Negotiations

    Pascal Lamy, the former director of WTO on trade deals and an air pollution audiograph.

  13. African Governance plus Mexican Immigration

    Philanthropist entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim on Africa plus Mexican immigration to the USA