AUSUK pact: a deliberate snub to France

Sylvie Bermann, a former French ambassador to the UK, China, and Russia, says AUSUK defence pact is a deliberate snub to France. The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, says France would have known his government had "grave and deep concerns" about French submarines, which Canberra has decided to ditch in favour of a nuclear-powered American model. His comments come as France has withdrawn its ambassadors to Canberra and Washington for consultations.

Also in the programme: The third and final day of parliamentary elections in Russia, as opponents of President Putin have been stepping up their complaints that they're being silenced on digital platforms; and Uga Carlini, on her new film - a comedy about a formerly homeless parking attendant who decides to make her lifelong dream of travelling the world a reality when she's diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. This weeks panellists are Isabel Hilton, founder of the London-based 'China Dialogue', a bilingual website, and Manu Lekunze, lecturer in international relations at the University of Aberdeen.

(Photo: Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador to the UK, China, and Russia. Credit: BBC)