Andrew Hammond

The eyes of much of the world have been on the Iran crisis in recent months. However, a very different development in the Middle East, also with international implications, arrived recently with the landmark UK-Gulf Cooperation Council trade deal.

Andy Burnham’s first few days in Downing Street involved extensive introductory phone calls with world leaders. However, the UK’s new prime minister wants the focus of his period in office to be on domestic policy, including tackling the cost-of-living crisis.

The World Cup has been high on sporting successes so far, fueled by the expansion of the event to 48 teams. However, some of the forecasts made about the football tournament’s global economic impact are unlikely to be realized.

June 23, 2016 — the date of the Brexit referendum — remains a seismic moment in the UK’s political history. But the roots of the country’s long period of political instability, which claimed its latest prime ministerial victim on Monday, run even deeper.