#ICYMI with Polly Boiko

Scientists at the UN have warned that the world has just 12 years to prevent climate change turning into a planet-wrecking disaster, telling world leaders they have a “moral obligation” to act. Politicians seemed largely unmoved by the...

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s choice for Supreme Court Justice, is still in line for one of the most influential jobs in the US despite fighting off allegations of sexual assault. His accuser Professor Christine Blasey Ford put up a...

In recent weeks, a university student in Britain and a professor in Sweden, who dared to express their views about gender have both been undone after failing to learn the new rules of free speech. In the modern day it has become absolutely essential...

With every new twist surrounding the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury, an element of farce is not far behind. No sooner had Britain named its two suspects, the accused showed up claiming they were simply on a mini-break. Alexander Petrov and...

Elon Musk’s latest method of spooking shareholders was to legally smoke marijuana while recording a podcast in California. What didn’t make the headlines however was some of his predictions for the future that should spook us all. For a...

Some are predicting that the battle for the city of Idlib could signal the end of the Syrian war. So will the mainstream media then turn to Yemen for its fill of stories on Middle East misery? Erm...doubt it! At first glance Yemen’s war seems...

When Donald Trump uses Twitter to threaten other countries with nuclear weapons, it turns out some people get stressed out about it. Therapists say there is a rise in Trump Anxiety Disorder. The US President of course has a diagnosis of his own when...

Two members of the so-called ISIS Beatles are causing a political and hypocritical headache for Britain, with pesky political ethics getting in the way of attempts to organise a possible execution for them in the US. Washington needs some snippets...

Donald Trump came to Europe for a whistle-stop tour, showing off his own unique brand of diplomacy.  He managed to annoy most of his allies, using a rare method in the world of diplomacy – the truth (and a few half-truths). The...

For some time it’s been clear no one really knows what Brexit means as Britain tries to extract itself from the EU. However, with high-level resignations and the government close to collapse, at least it’s now fun to watch. David Davis,...