UK accuses Russia of plans to install new Ukraine leader

The UK’s foreign minister, Liz Truss, has accused the Kremlin of plans to install a pro-Russia leadership in Ukraine. Also on the programme, is Jamie Dornan too handsome, too stylish, for his role in Kenneth Branagh’s depiction of working class Belfast? A former Hollywood casting director examines the virtues and perils of glamour on screen.

To discuss these issues and more, Rebecca Kesby is joined by Cecile Alduy, professor of French literature and culture at Stanford University, and Oliver Bullough a British journalist and former correspondent in Russia.

(Photo:British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss walks out to greet European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic at Chevening House in Sevenoaks, south of London, Britain January 13, 2022. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS)