Jonathan Samuels takes a look at what’s making Saturday’s newspaper headlines with Polly Mackenzie, the head of the think tank Demos, and PR consultant Alex Deane.
Finland holds rank of the happiest country in the world
The UN has released its annual World Happiness Report, and you’d be surprised to hear the happiest place on earth isn’t DisneyLand or some island in the Caribbean. It’s Finland. Liz Maddock finds out...
Serbia imposes lockdown to slow the spread of the virus
Serbia has announced a set of new COVID-19 prevention measures that will be in place until Monday, as it deals with a new surge of infections. The government says it may decide to extend them even further, if the...
Palestinian man killed by Israel army in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot in the head and killed 48-year-old Palestinian protester, Atef Hanaysha, during a demonstration against illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied #WestBank.
Distastrazeneca: Missteps & post-Brexit rivalry disrupt EU vaccine rollout
It was the week where the EU 🇪🇺 woke up to the fact that it had exporting 10 million doses of #vaccine to the UK 🇬🇧 while Britain has been blocking #AstraZeneca doses from going the other way.