Republican Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker

Also on the programme, tension is rising between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh. And is money the solution to Japan’s shrinking population problem?

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss this and more are Arzu Geybulla, an Azerbaijani journalist based in Istanbul, with a special focus on human rights and press freedom, and John Kampfner, British author, broadcaster and commentator.
(Photo: U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy celebrates being elected the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Credit: Reuters).