Live from the Monocle Quality of Life Conference in Barcelona

How worried should we be about China’s fresh military arsenal? Plus: Japan’s abandoned suitcase problem

China’s hugely expensive military parade sets the tone for an ‘Axis of Upheaval’

Europe gets closer to firming up security guarantees for Ukraine. Plus: the growing global toy market

Thailand’s PM is suspended by court

Russia’s UK ambassador summoned over deadly Kyiv strike

Why France and the Netherlands can’t get their political acts together

Thousands in Israel stage ‘day of action’

China says no, could Switzerland step up? Possible peacekeepers in Ukraine

Twenty-eight countries demand immediate press access to Gaza as the UN declares famine in the enclave

Stubb, Trump and the challenge of negotiating peace today

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: Ukraine talks abroad, media disputes back home

Is a fresh ceasefire between Israel and Hamas possible?

Europe’s key leaders head to Washington to back Zelensky. Plus: Are young people reading books again?

Ukraine’s view of Putin-Trump talks and the new issue of Monocle

Zelensky meets Starmer ahead of Putin-Trump talks

Is the global push for a Palestinian state a distraction from Gaza?

Zelensky warns of Russian offensives ahead of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

EU leaders urge Trump talks ahead of Putin meeting on Ukraine in Alaska

Tensions on the Mexican border as US announces largest-ever migrant-detention facility