America's right turn on abortion, ground war in Ukraine, Macron's new reality, a summer of strikes

A century-old gun law gone and 50 years of abortion rights overturned: the Republican-stacked Supreme Court is pushing the needle to the right. Also this week, as Severodonetsk is set to fall to Russian forces, Ukraine has just gained official candidate status to the EU. Is the bloc braced for the backlash? And as Emmanuel Macron sees his wings clipped by France’s legislative elections, he is bargaining with all sides and outwardly accentuating the positive. Finally, this travel season looks set to be the summer of strikes.