The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.

How can we make sense of it all?

I'm Richard Engelt.

And I'm Yalda Hekeem.

And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.

And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.

Each week will cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events

and explain to you why, what happens out there

matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim,

wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello, welcome to the All-At Politics podcast from Sky News. I'm Adam Bolton.

Joining me this week are the Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens,

the Europe director at the Economist Intelligence Unit, Joan Hoey,

and Sky's political correspondent Kate McCann.

I'm going to talk about the geopolitics of COVID-19 a bit later on.

But first of all, another extraordinary and unprecedented week in Westminster.

This week, the Prime Minister's absence.

And of course, we all wish Boris Johnson well.

But how is the government functioning and who's really in control?

Well, let's just start listening to not Boris Johnson, but those people who are stepping into

the breach. The Prime Minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving.

I can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical

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