who will win a second term in the white house, or might someone else get the chance of a first? and can china survive a third term for president xi? in the studio are: jeff mcallister, time magazine s white house correspondent during the clinton years, and then chief of the magazine s london bureau. he and his wife now run their own international law firm. eunice goes, a portuguese writer and academic, lectures on comparative government which, i guess, is how countries learn from each other s mistakes; and steve richards, who arrived at westminster just as the conservative party was evicting margaret thatcher from downing street. the latest episode of rock and roll politics, his podcast, is entitled the next labour government and the power of markets. have events of the last few hours, perhaps certainly the last few weeks, steve, provided you with an insight into those two thoughts, the power of the market and the prospects for a change of government? prospects for a change
new york s attorney general summoned donald trump to quiz him about his tax affairs. he pleaded the fifth then repeated the words same answer to every question she put. the former president who could be president again hadn t kept schtum when the fbi had raided his florida home. to discuss the week s events in the studio are. eunice goes, portuguese academic and writer, who teaches comparative government. janet daley, born in the united states, a 60s progressive who by the 1980s was a conservative, now writing a weekly column in the sunday telegraph. thomas kielinger has been a foreign correspondent for german media, including in washington dc during the carter and reagan presidencies. he s written biographies of churchill and of both queens elizabeth. lovely to have you all in the studio with us today. let me start with you eunice, on the question of energy for the how busy of the summer has it been for the government and continental europe and trying to address the e
interests. possibly a new arms control interests. possibly a new arms control treaty, syria, what have you control treaty, syria, what have you so control treaty, syria, what have you. so there s a long list of things you. so there s a long list of things that they do need to discuss. all i things that they do need to discuss. alli can things that they do need to discuss. alli can say things that they do need to discuss. all i can say is it will certainly be a all i can say is it will certainly be a very all i can say is it will certainly be a very different summit to the one in be a very different summit to the one in 2018 between trump and putin which one in 2018 between trump and putin which was, one in 2018 between trump and putin which was, as you may remember, a disaster~ which was, as you may remember, a disaster. trump was trying to curry favour disaster. trump was trying to curry favour with disaster. trump was trying to curry favour with putin, said he
mentioned i will be in cornwall next week that g7 summit looking forward to little english sunshine there on the coast, shawn lay will be here next week same time same place, do join him, but from all of us goodbye. the weather is looking absolutely fine this weekend, lots of sunshine in store. at worst, a fleeting shower. for most of us, i think it is going to stay dry. the fine weather is expected to last into next week. on the satellite picture, cloud across the south east and east anglia today. that brought rain, it rained pretty much from late morning, all through the afternoon,
been administered, so they are really been administered, so they are really looking at a glut in vaccine supply really looking at a glut in vaccine supply and i think rich countries should supply and i think rich countries should be supply and i think rich countries should be realising it s in their self interests to share those vaccines self interests to share those vaccines more widely in order to contain vaccines more widely in order to contain the vaccines more widely in order to contain the virus as well as slow the spread contain the virus as well as slow the spread of these variants that are developing and seem to be boomer ringing are developing and seem to be boomer ringing back are developing and seem to be boomer ringing back into rich countries. they ringing back into rich countries. they say ringing back into rich countries. they say charity begins at home, vaccination begins at home need to look after our own country first before we start looking after