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Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Britain and Europe: The road to Brexit Latin America: Saving Colombia’s peace The crisis of the Arab world: From Aleppo to Mosul Europe’s banks: The chronic continent America’s economy: A thoughtful to-do list On companies, political parties, fiscal policy, geology, lords, happiness: Letters to the editor Barack Obama: The way ahead Third-party candidates: Mr Johnson and Dr Stein The campaigns: Heard on the trail Donald Trump’s finances: Taxing patience Battleground states: Carolina crossfire Slavery on film: Blood on the leaves Election brief: student loans: More present than correct Lexington: Mainstream opposites Colombia’s peace process: What now? Hurricane Matthew: Hammering Haiti Brazil’s local elections: Mayor none-of-the-above Bello: The once and future bully The war in Afghanistan: Help needed India and Pakistan: Reversing roles Tax policies: Amnesties international Gay marriage in Australia: Waiting for a vote Banyan: Evil genius The Hui: China’s other Muslims Halal food: Keeping pure and true The war against Islamic State: The battle for Mosul Iraq’s Sunni minority: The day after Zanzibar: Trouble in paradise Nigeria’s self-publishers: Fifty Shades, Sahel-style Italy’s referendum: A great big reform package Spain’s Socialists: The battle for a party’s soul German conservatives: Politisch inkorrekt Russia v America: Going nuclear Jean-Marie Le Pen: Un prophète Charlemagne: The wizard of Budapest The Tories and Brexit: Mind your step The Conservatives and business: Not business as usual The UK Independence Party’s leader: Exit stage right Rethinking the public finances: Plan B Britain’s top cop quits: Plodding off Bagehot: May’s revolutionary conservatism Finance for the poor: Your inflexible friend Microfinance by phone: Cash call The global casino business: Putting it all on grey Airbus: In formation Online surveillance: They’re watching Yahoo Corporate campaigning: Techno parties Discount retailing: A yen for cheapness The music business: Change of tune Management horizons: Quick and dirty Martial arts in Asia: Bloodsport, hold the blood Schumpeter: Peacocks of the sea Banking in Europe: Autumn blues European banking jobs: Career breaks The yuan in the SDR: From base to gold Buttonwood: An emerging threat The Green Climate Fund: The green light GE quits financial services: Capital punishment Asset management: Active defence Free exchange: How the other tenth lives The 2016 Nobel science prizes: Seven tickets to Stockholm Senescience: Greying Medical linguistics: Sounds like trouble Botany: Summoned by screams Cyber-security: The internet of stings The Russian revolution: Missed connection Authorial anonymity: Unmasked? Friendship and competition: Creative tensions Messiness: Autopilot is the enemy Semyon Bychkov: From refugee to maestro Johnson: Weapons of crass construction Obituary: Arnold Palmer: King of the green Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, October averages Markets