11/04/2025 20:06 GMT

President Trump has attacked the head of the US Central Bank Jerome Powell for refusing to cut interest rates, saying he should be terminated from his position. We speak to economists for and against sacking the president's latest critic. Also on the programme: The French president Emmanuel Macron has spoken…

Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and top diplomat Marco Rubio hold talks with European counterparts in Paris. Will Washington take a tougher line with Moscow? Also on the programme: Palestinian officials in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes overnight hit camps for displaced people, killing dozens; and scientists have found new…

A US judge has ruled there is "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in contempt of court, after it violated an order against deporting Venezuelan migrants under an obscure wartime law. Judge James Boasberg said the government had shown "willful disregard" of his verbal order to turn around the…

Just weeks into a vicious trade war between the world's two largest economies, Beijing admits it's feeling the pressure; we look at China’s strategy moving forward. Also in the programme: we report from newly uncovered secret prisons in Bangladesh; and nature as you've never heard it before – Stewart Copeland…

Tens of thousands of people have been killed. Millions have been displaced and brutalized, and sexual violence is widespread.. But there's still no sign of peace. Also on the programme: Harvard University has federal funding removed after it refuses to accede to demands from the Trump administration. And we hear…