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Gideon talks to Simon Kuper, FT columnist and author of World Cup Fever, about what distinguishes this World Cup from previous tournaments. What role has geopolitics played historically in the World Cup and is there any truth to some of the conspiracy theories surrounding this year's events? Clip: ITV Sport

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Bellingham brace carries England past Norway into World Cup semi-final
World Cup shows US is ‘golden market’ for football, says Major League Soccer boss
How western Europe became a formidable football factory
Why are China and India so bad at football?
Inside the secretive Fifa committee that suspended the US red card

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Marine Le Pen has run for the French presidency several times before, but her chances of winning next year look better than ever. Gideon talks to the FT's Victor Mallet about the source of her growing popularity and what a far-right government would mean for France and the EU. Clip: The Guardian

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Le Pen revives presidential bid echoing Trump
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will run for president
Marine Le Pen’s massive double gamble on presidency
France’s crowded race to replace Emmanuel Macron

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The war in Iran triggered a new round of conflict between the Hizbollah militia in Lebanon and the Israeli army. More than 4,000 people have been killed and about a million displaced. Lebanon and Israel signed a peace deal in Washington at the weekend to end the fighting, but without Hizbollah’s participation, can the deal hold? Gideon puts the question to the FT's editor Roula Khalaf and Andrew England, the FT's Middle East editor. Clip: This is Beirut

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Lebanon’s deal with Israel sparks backlash
How Hizbollah’s fighters ended up in court
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Doha for talks over US-Iran deal
How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

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In this special edition of the Rachman Review, Edward Luce, the FT's Washington commentator, talks to Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff for Barack Obama, about where the Democratic party has gone wrong in recent years and how to win back the confidence of middle America. This is an edited version of a discussion that took place at the recent FT Weekend Festival in New York.

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Rahm Emanuel says Trump ‘got schooled’ by Iran in bad ceasefire deal
Why young America is trending socialist
Rahm Emanuel and the 2028 ‘ideas primary’
How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

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What are the repercussions of the Iran war for American power? How will the outcome be viewed by America’s allies and the leadership in Beijing? Gideon discusses these questions with Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, Katherine Thompson, who until recently was a senior official in the Pentagon under President Trump, and Philip Gordon, who was national security adviser to vice-president Kamala Harris. This is an edited version of a discussion that took place at the recent FT Weekend Festival in New York. News clip: Fox News

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America’s allies look to declare independence from the US
The rise and fall of US hegemony
Nato chief reveals Italy allowed US planes to use bases in Iran war
Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate

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