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24 September 2023

We interview English chef Tom Kerridge, discuss a feature on the exciting art scene in São Paulo and examine the relationship between France and the UK.

23 September 2023

In the final episode of our special ‘In the Room’ series, we look back at the 10-week Falklands War between Argentina and the UK in 1982. Andrew Mueller speaks to Michael Heseltine, former deputy prime minister of the UK…

22 September 2023

Volodymyr Zelenksy concludes his North American tour with a trip to Canada after spending time at the UN in New York and meeting congressional leaders in Washington. But 18 months in to the war, is international support…

22 September 2023

We’re joined by James Rogers as the first large ship leaves a Ukrainian Black Sea port since Russia quit the grain deal. And Joana Ramiro has the latest as Brazil’s Supreme Court prepares to vote on abortion rights. Plus…

22 September 2023

Poland has decided to stop sending weapons to Ukraine: how did it get to this point? Plus: Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox and News Corp, Estonian filmmaker Ilmar Raag explains why saunas are being sent to the…

21 September 2023

Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of News Corp and Fox. Is it the end of arguably the most influential media career of our times? Also in the programme: France arrests a journalist after reporting on leaked documents…

21 September 2023

We explore how urban activism can help to save our cities, including one man who galvanised efforts in Ukraine to build back better and the battle against the redevelopment of a cultural hub in Helsinki.

21 September 2023

Diplomatic disputes rock several continents as Poland decides to stop sending weapons to Ukraine and India appears to suspend visa services for Canadian citizens. We also discuss Syria’s push to end diplomatic isolation as…

21 September 2023

The diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of a Sikh leader continues. Plus: Guatemala’s deepening political crisis, a look ahead to Eswatini’s election and a flick through the latest issue of Monocle…

20 September 2023

What the ceasefire between ethnic-Armenian forces in Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh tells us about a distracted Russia. In New York, the UN discusses the plight of girls and women two years after they…

20 September 2023

The latest as Azerbaijan and ethnic-Armenian authorities in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh agree to a ceasefire. Plus: Libya’s media crackdown, why US governors from the country’s southwest are visiting Taiwan and…

20 September 2023

Is the South Caucasus heading for war? Plus: an update on the Sahel region, France and Germany desire a new ‘inner circle’, and we go troll hunting in America.

19 September 2023

The UN General Assembly kicks off in New York but does the organisation still matter? Plus: Austria rethinks its cosy ties with Russia and a look at some of the most bizarre diplomatic gifts given to world leaders.

19 September 2023

India expels a Canadian diplomat amid an escalating row. Plus: Tina Fordham on the United Nations General Assembly as it kicks off in New York, a round-up of news from Latin America and a dispatch from Feria Habitat Vale…

19 September 2023

Will the UN General Assembly step up its action on climate change? We also discuss the Iran-US prisoner swap, the latest on the conflict in Sudan and Justin Trudeau’s claim that the Indian government was involved in the…