Will Zelensky find any success with Trump, in the wake of the Alaska Summit? What does the militarisation of Washington DC tell us about America’s political direction? And why are MPs making TikToks? 

Rebecca Moore is joined by the Financial Times’ Working It Editor Isabel Berwick, Plus The 

Observer’s Katie Riley and Stephen Armstrong, as each try to pitch the top story of the day.

Links to the team’s Must Reads and recommendations here: 

• Does HR still need humans?
• What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door
• ANDREW NEIL: The world is being remade. And as the Alaska talks show all too clearly, Britain and Europe are now condemned to the status of mere observers

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