Johnson’s resignation as MP triggers series of by-elections

UK's ruling Conservative party to face three by-elections, as former PM Johnson and two two of his allies quit their parliamentary seats; also in the programme, the story of the four children in the Colombian jungle; The legal challenge to affirmative action in the US; and we hear from the guitar virtuoso, Pat Metheny on what makes good music.

Our panellists are Anatol Lieven, an author and the director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Professor Diane Roberts. She is also an author and a lecturer of English and creative writing at the University of Florida.

Photo: Former British PM Boris Johnson leaving his London home in March 2023. Credit: Shutterstock