Wednesday 26 July

Black Sea security is top of the agenda as the Nato-Ukraine Council meets for the first time. Plus, Sean Ryan and Caroline Frost on European populist parties’ move away from green policies, Japan’s population woes and the iconic British comic celebrating its 85th birthday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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