Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Housing in America: Nightmare on Main Street Political reform stalls: Africa’s fragile democracies Data analytics: The power of learning Welfare reform: A patchy record at 20 Chinese politics: Beach rules On Egypt, Brazil, sustainability, methane, Canada, politics: Letters to the editor Housing in America: Comradely capitalism Poverty in America: No money no love The campaigns: Fantastic people Entrepreneurial transit: George Washington’s bus Music and violence: Something in his whiskey Nashville: Hot sauce Putrid Pennsylvania: Kaned Flood and fire: From LA to CA Lexington: Normalising narcissism Brazil’s economy: The only way is up Gay rights (1): Open city Gay rights (2): Belize blazes a trail Immigration to Japan: A narrow passage Japanese citizenship: Inspectors knock Protecting India’s cows: Cowboys and Indians The Ismailis of Tajikistan: A hopeful Aga saga Australia and New Zealand: Transported Banyan: Full steam Politics: Xi’s day at the beach History: The return of the Xia African democracy: The march of democracy slows Israel and Gaza: Alms for the enemy Christians in the Arab world (1): Crimes and no punishment Christians in the Arab world (2): Under the gun Putin’s personnel moves: Dancing in the dark Germany’s new security measures: Integration panic Match-fixing in Italy: You betcha Turkish anger at the West: Duplicity coup The hunt for Gulenists: Extradition quest Counter-terrorism: Driving away the shadows The Brexit trigger: To pull or not to pull Ticket touts: A muggle’s game Tax avoidance: You feeling lucky? Lorry drivers: Keep off truckin’ Bagehot: Paddy Ashdown’s grand design Islamic education in Europe: Faith of our fathers Online Islamic education: World-wide mullahs The future of television: Streaming on screens near you Workplace woes: The bane of brilliance Terror and tourism in France: Not all shows must go on Measuring companies: The watchers Industrial gases: Something’s in the air Self-driving lorries: A long haul Schumpeter: Family values Machine learning: Of prediction and policy Buttonwood: To have and to hold Morgan Stanley: Poacher to prey Italian distressed debt: Bargain hunt China’s budget deficit: Augmented reality Free exchange: Medalling prosperity Game theory: Prison breakthrough Aviation and robots: Flight fantastic Weed control: Now try this Reversing deafness: Gone today, hair tomorrow Crime prevention: Cutpurse capers Microbes and humans: With a little help from my friends Russian history: Prison without a roof Annals of brain science: No more memories A history of skyscrapers: The up and up Europe’s single currency: On course to fail “The Get Down”: All beat, no heart Ernst Neizvestny: The unknown warrior Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Corporate profits Markets