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Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.
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As Javier Milei’s Europe visit wraps up, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera assesses the international reaction. Plus: why US prosecutors are recommending that Boeing should face criminal charges and we reveal which city has won the bronze medal in Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We unpack the latest as the EU begins accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova. Also in the programme, we look ahead to the Venezuelan elections with Chris Sabatini, discuss the security of Israel’s Iron Dome and find out why Rome’s taxi drought might be coming to an end. Plus: we kick off our series on Monocle’s Quality of Life Index 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After Vladimir Putin’s Asia tour comes to an end, we look at the proposed Asia-Pacific “security architecture” and its effect on Ukraine’s war efforts. Then: we head to the Philippines, where the country’s vice-president, Sara Duterte, has resigned. Plus: we look at a new area of co-operation for the US and China: anti-narcotics. Finally, the latest news from Broadway, as well as a check-in from Paris Men’s Fashion Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Following a trip to North Korea, Russia’s leader heads to Vietnam as he continues his Asia tour. Then: Houthi rebels sink a second ship in the Red Sea and we examine China’s interference in New Zealand and the Pacific. Plus: we speak with author Hamed Amiri for World Refugee Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Summary: Vladimir Putin visits North Korea as tensions escalate across the demilitarised zone. Plus: riots in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, a Balkan roundup and Tokyo preserves the view of Mount Fuji.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
European Union leaders gathered last night to discuss who will take the bloc’s top jobs. Then: Vladimir Putin heads to Pyongyang and Nato puts nuclear weapons on standby, amid a record 13 per cent rise in global spending on nuclear armament this year. Plus: Singapore’s mission to clean up its beaches, business news and we tour an exhibition about writer Franz Kafka.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The war in Gaza risks expanding. Plus: South Africa’s new government of national unity, the latest from Ukraine’s peace summit in Switzerland and whether Apple can catch up to competitors in the world of artificial intelligence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ukraine’s armed forces look to Nato for longer-term predictability in aid. Also in the programme: how Macron’s snap election has upended French politics, the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and a celebration of the love of freight trains. Plus: the papers and latest news from the world of science and health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As leaders of the G7 nations meet in Puglia, we discuss the agenda amid growing West-China tensions. Plus: the latest on the conflict in Sudan, South Korea’s bribery scandal and we check in on the opening day of Art Basel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As Hamas says it accepts a UN resolution which backs a plan to end the war in Gaza, we examine what this means for the region. Plus: Monocle’s editors bring us reports from a spate of creative conferences across Europe in the fields of design, urbanism and animated film.
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We examine the latest developments in Iran’s presidential race and take stock of last week’s European Parliament elections. Plus: a closer look at Belarus’s participation in nuclear drills with Russia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
News from this weekend’s EU elections. Plus: Brics foreign ministers meet in Nizhny Novgorod, the latest on Rafah and how might the detainment of a French scholar in Russia further strain relations with the West?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We reflect on South Korea’s first summit with leaders from 48 African countries and how the country plans to increase its influence in the region. Plus: plans for teetotal cruises in Saudi Arabia, a roundup of retail news and an interview with filmmaker Richard Linklater.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We discuss what the events marking the anniversary of D-Day mean for diplomacy going forward. Plus: Netanyahu’s strategy in Gaza, the latest trade and economy news and the new dating app from Tokyo’s government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We discuss the alliance between Ukraine and Syrian opposition groups in attacking Russian mercenaries in Syria. Later: Australia’s push to bolster its armed forces by allowing foreign recruits, Joe Biden’s new measures to curb migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border and why a Tokyo neighbourhood is banning drinking in public. Plus: a flip through the papers and art news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Israel and Hamas weigh up the latest plan for peace in Gaza. Meanwhile, China has accused the UK’s MI6 of recruiting a couple as spies in the latest incident of alleged espionage going public. Plus: aviation news and why the Swiss Air Force is practising landing on motorways.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1Why neglect of Burkina Faso’s ongoing crisis is the ‘new normal’ and the results from Mexico’s historical election. Also in the programme: Samir Puri is in Singapore as leaders discuss security in Asia, Nick Bryant tells us what’s next for Donald Trump in the wake of his conviction and the latest culture news with Amah Rose Abrams.
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Will Biden let US weapons strike Russia? How violence marred the final day of Mexican election campaigns and we take a look at who will be the next premier of the Netherlands. Andrew Mueller also delivers What We Learned. Plus: the latest news from the world of music and why fries are off the menu at the Paris Olympics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Have South Africa’s elections marked the end of the ANC’s political dominance? We head to Prague for an informal Nato summit with foreign ministers, take a look back at the Bratislava Summit 2024 and assess the South Korea-UAE trade deal. Plus: the latest news from the world of aviation and a check-in from the Hay Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The latest in a series of special live editions recorded at the Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong. Tom Edwards hosts a discussion on ideas for better urbanism, featuring insights from Nobel economics laureate Paul Romer; Shirley Surya, curator of design and architecture at M+; Angelle Siyang-Le, director of Art Basel Hong Kong; Jonathan Crockett, chairman for Asia at Phillips; and Monocle’s editors James Chambers and Nic Monisse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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brits are inbred...just look at them...have a nice day !
you mean Friday 19 August!
Because vaccine visas would be public, the information would be available, that's the whole point. that is why it can't be like a passport and the information in it is sensitive. And also, 3rd world countries wouldn't be able to access a computer and the internet to register and control? This is not a real argument. Who did they interview? My neighbour?