Georgia’s ruling party has withdrawn a draft ‘foreign agent’ bill from parliament after two nights of protests against the proposal, whose critics say marked a slide into Russia-style repression.

The square in front of Georgia’s parliament is filled with tents and banner-waving demonstrators. Riot police are out in force and state buildings have been sealed off with padlocks and chains.

Georgia’s opposition has called for snap elections after at least 240 people were injured when riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters angry that a Russian MP had been allowed to address Georgia’s parliament.

Large white envelopes, tearful eyes, downcast faces and a clutch of bags and boxes; these were the tell-tale signs of which workers were leaving Deutsche Bank’s offices in London, New York and Tokyo for the last time, as Germany’s biggest lender kicked off its mammoth 18,000 dismissals on Monday.

Nike will miss out on promised financial incentives to build a plant in Arizona after the company was caught in the middle of another politically charged controversy for its decision to remove US Independence Day-themed shoes featuring an 18th-century American flag.

The prime minister announced plans to shut down parliament for five weeks this autumn to thwart efforts to stymie his Brexit strategy. Was it wrong, clever or unconstitutional? And what does it mean for legislative efforts to avoid a no-deal Brexit?

The prime minister set off on his first visit to world leaders, meeting Angela Merkel in Germany and Emmanuel Macron in France. What was his Brexit message - and has anything changed? Plus, we discuss the leak of the Operation Yellowhammer document.

The Labour leader announced plans this week to form a temporary government to avoid a no-deal Brexit, appealing to other opposition MPs to back his efforts. But he was soon rebuffed by the Liberal Democrats and independents who don't trust him in office. Does this plan to stop a no deal have any chance of success?

Theresa May's last days in No 10 - is she going with a bang or a whimper? And who will be the next prime minister, and what do we know about him? Plus, the new top team in Brussels, the balance of power in Europe and what it will mean for Brexit.

The ballot papers have gone out to Conservative members for the leadership election and voting has begun. Boris Johnson is leading in the polls, Jeremy Hunt is still fighting - but is it game over for him? We also discuss the prospect and wisdom of an early election.