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Domestic:

• Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review
• SNP Conference

International:

• Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated 
• Update on Ethiopia 

Domestic:

• Corbyn re-admitted to Labour but not as a Labour MP
• Boris Johnson tries to relaunch government with green policies and defence spending
• Priti Patel bullying report

International:

• US transition officially begins and Joe Biden announces his new team
• Crisis in Ethiopia

Domestic:

• Dominic Cummings resigns
• Labour Party NEC elections

International:

• US Election results
• Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal

Domestic:

• Labour EHRC report and Corbyn's suspension

International:

• US Election

Domestic:

• Recap of the Conservative Party Conference 
• Recap of Unite reducing its funding to the Labour Party and left wing MPs rebelling
• Brexit deal collapses then starts again 

International:

• Recap of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan 
• Recap of the US election and elections in Cyprus, Bolivia and New Zealand
• Protests in Nigeria and Thailand

Domestic:

• Ed Davey's speech at Lib Dem Conference
• Labour closing the poll gap
• EU begins legal action against the UK

International:

• First US Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
• Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Domestic:

• Labour Party conference with speeches from new leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds

International:

• Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fight for the US Supreme Court
• UN General Assembly speeches from President Trump and Xi Jinping of China
• FinCEN leak reveals trillions in potentially corrupt global transactions

Domestic:

• Recap on exams fiasco
• Ed Davey's election as Lib-Dem leader
• New bill that breaks international law
• UK Unemployment 

International:

• US election recap
• Riots in Belarus

Domestic:

• Calls to remove whip of Conservative MP accused of rape
• Jeremy Corbyn accuses Labour officials of sabotaging the 2017 election campaign

International:

• A profile of Lebanon in the aftermath of the explosion in Beirut 

Domestic:

• Impact of the Russia report
• Labour settling with Panorama antisemitism whistle blowers

International:

• Trump's chances of re-election
• Portland and federal agents
• EU recovery deal agreed

Domestic:

• Security Select Committee chaos and the Russia report
• Ending Hong Kong extradition and Uyghur Muslims

International:

• China's global diplomatic relations 
• EU bailout deal

Domestic:

• Rishi Sunak's mini budget
• New money for UK borders
• Scrapping the 50% University target

International:

• Violence in Burkina Faso

Domestic:

• The economy
• Brexit talks

International:

• China and Hong Kong
• Ethiopia

Domestic:

• Controversy over Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and Conservative backer Richard Desmond.
• Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as Shadow Education Secretary.

International

• Israel and the West Bank.
• Putin and Russian constitutional changes.

Domestic:

• Marcus Rashford and the govt u-turn on free school meals
• The end of the Department for International Development
• Report into why Labour lost in 2019

International

• Clashes on the India-China border
• Trump rally and the policy focus in the 2020 presidential election

Episode 3 - This week we focus on the debate surrounding statues and their historical pasts. Should statues with tainted histories be taken down, or remain in their place? Also in this episode, we have a roundup of the economic situation at home and across the world and quickly check into Libya for an update on the latest movements in their tragic civil war. 

Welcome to Politics Mad! Every week we will be bringing you a roundup of non-coronavirus related news from across the UK and the wider world.