Mexico has a new President.

She’s the first woman President.

She’s the first Jewish president.

But most importantly, she’s the second Andrés Manuel López Obrador President.

As the outgoing leader’s hand picked successor takes over, what does the continuity version of his wiley non-orthodox socialism look like when it comes to Mexico’s global standing?

Meanwhile, for once America’s not going for a Mexican. It’s going for a British. The world’s least fashionable takeaway destination is also presently the world’s most underpriced stock market. As American money swoops in, it’s not clear whether they’ll leave the bones.

Finally, news is that Turkey is drifting closer to BRICS membership.

Nato’s most fragile member seems to be ever-further out of alignment with the West. It’s certainly the dawning of a golden age of Multipolarity.

But will it improve on the acronym?

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This week: in light of the upcoming UK General Election, we're digging into what Britain will look like in five years time.

Caught in a low growth high-debt trap, with currency and trade issues cutting off any room to manoeuvre, what's the softest landing for the G7's most vulnerable economy?

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The assassination attempt on Robert Fico has left Europe bemused.

Shouldn’t it have left Europe stunned?

In an age where condemnation of violent rhetoric has never been fiercer, it seems condemnation of actual violence has seldom been milder.

As we move into a more fractious and populist age, what are the implications of the media’s seemingly divergent views on who it is and is not acceptable to assassinate?

The G7 are meeting in Italy - just after Joe Biden dropped his massive package of trade tariffs onto China.

So in the spirit of “never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake”, are the Europeans going to clap as he blows America’s head off?

Nope — turns out they’re going to join him. We’ll be reporting from the G7 suicide pact.

New figures say that China has dialled down its US government bond holdings by $53 billion in the first quarter of this year. Last week, we gave you the full doomsday 2025 scenario for when the Yuan stops backstopping America. Today we’re giving you the real world here and now version. The long slow slide goes on.

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