Hit It - What's No. 1 On World's Music Charts

Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world.

Worldcrunch's pick of the week is a 1963 live version of the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand". This Fab Fours' classic will feature on their "new" album, On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2, which is set to be released Nov. 11. Following a first volume almost 20 years ago, the compilation will include 63 tracks that hit the BBC airwaves between 1963 and 1964, including "Please Please Me", "Twist And Shout" or "I Got A Woman". The complete tracklist is available here.

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How Ukraine Keeps Getting The West To Flip On Arms Supplies

The open debate on weapon deliveries to Ukraine is highly unusual, but Kyiv has figured out how to use the public moral suasion — and patience — to repeatedly shift the question in its favor. But will it work now for fighter jets?

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U.S fighter jets ready for takeoff on the USS Nimitz

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Pierre Haski

-Analysis-

PARIS — In what other war have arms deliveries been negotiated so openly in the public sphere?

On Monday, a journalist asked Joe Biden if he plans on supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. He answered “No”. A few hours later, the same question was asked to Emmanuel Macron, about French fighter jets. Macron did not rule it out.

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Visiting Paris on Tuesday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksïï Reznikov recalled that a year ago, the United States had refused him ground-air Stinger missiles deliveries. Eleven months later, Washington is delivering heavy tanks, in addition to everything else. The 'no' of yesterday is the green light of tomorrow: this is the lesson that the very pragmatic minister seemed to learn.