Tommy and Ben talk about the national security implications of Trump's Mar-a-Lago document indictment, China's eavesdropping base in Cuba, Ukraine's military counteroffensive and critics of US policy, USAID's suspension of food aid to Ethiopia following an investigation into theft, how Sudan's civil war is getting worse, how crypto currency is funding North Korea's ballistic missile programs, the death of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, protests in Senegal and executions in Iran. Then Ben talks to friend of the pod David Lammy, Britain's Shadow Secretary of State, about Boris Johnson's resignation from parliament and the arrest of Scotland's former leader Nicola Sturgeon.

Ben and Tommy talk about the extraordinary failed coup attempt against Vladimir Putin by Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenary group in Russia. They cover the infighting that got Russia to this point, what it means for Putin's image and power, the amnesty deal that ended the insurrection and why Belarus was involved, and what it's like at the White House when a crisis like this happens.