Friday 29 September

Democratic party senator Dianne Feinstein, who represented California for 31 years, has died at the age of 90. We look at her trailblazing legacy but ask if she’s added to the argument for age limits in politics? Her tenure is juxtaposed with Greece, where a 35-year-old political outsider has taken the reins of the opposition promising modernisation. We’ll get the latest on deteriorating relations between Ukraine and Hungary, which could thwart President Zelensky’s EU accession ambitions. Plus: pandas are caught in a diplomatic freeze and President Carter turns 99 but has to bring forward celebrations due to the impending US government shutdown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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