This is the year that international athletes take centre stage in Paris. This is the year that half the world votes, regimes change and both Brits and Americans have the chance to choose new leaders and new futures for their countries. This is the year that two brutal wars — one in the Middle East, one in eastern Europe — continue to tear lives apart. This is the year that started when another teenager lost their life to knife crime in London, just before the clock struck midnight.
2024: This could be the year…
