Is Germany losing hold of Europe?

BBC world affairs editor John Simpson speaks to Katya Adler, the BBC’s Europe editor, about how the war in Ukraine has changed the power dynamics in Europe. Emre Temel, correspondent for BBC Turkish, explains why Turkey is blocking Finland and Sweden from joining Nato and what President Erdogan stands to gain by casting himself as a mediator in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Francis Scarr, Russia analyst from BBC monitoring, looks at Putin’s propaganda machine. Tom Bateman, the BBC’s Middle East correspondent, talks about the challenges of reporting on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the continuing outcry over the death of Shireen Abu Aqla. And Cuba correspondent, Will Grant, investigates why record numbers of Cubans are migrating to the United States.

Image: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a session of the Bundestag in Berlin (Credit: Omer Messinger/EPA)