With Navalny’s funeral due to take place this week his widow Yulia says the West should take a more innovative approach in helping the Russian opposition. Also in the programme, 15% of the Democratic votes in Michigan’s presidential primaries were marked “uncommitted”; and last year’s asylum applications rose to the highest level since 2015 says the EU’s Asylum Agency.

(Candles burn as people attend vigil following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Credit: Reuters)