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The Briefing

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.

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Gaza ceasefire deal: ‘final’ draft:

As Qatar hands Israel and Hamas the “final” draft of a ceasefire deal, Hannah McCarthy joins Christopher Cermak to discuss how likely a truce is before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Plus: we examine the aircraft used to fight Los Angeles wildfires and talk about what diplomacy will look like in the Arctic over the coming years.

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347013 Jan 2025
33 min

Gaza ceasefire deal: ‘final’ draft 

As Qatar hands Israel and Hamas the “final” draft of a ceasefire deal, Hannah McCarthy joins Christopher Cermak to discuss how likely a truce is before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Plus: we examine the aircraft used to fight Los Angeles wildfires and talk about what diplomacy will look like in the Arctic over the coming years.

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346910 Jan 2025
34 min

Austria’s far-right led coalition talks and Taiwan’s digital-nomad visa 

Talks begin in Vienna to try to form a government, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial, Taiwan introduces a digital-nomad visa and it’s the final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s second-round vote in Croatia’s presidential election. Plus: ‘The Invisible Collection’ takes up residency at Féau once again.

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34689 Jan 2025
36 min

Hollywood’s evacuation 

An evacuation order is in effect for Hollywood as thousands of acres surrounding Los Angeles are consumed by fire. Then: we’ll uncover the auction selling off the belongings of style-and-design legend Iris Apfel and look at the future of wellness and luxury travel in 2025. Plus: Tibet’s tourism industry in 2025 with the vice-president of Songtsam Hotels Resorts & Tours. 

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34678 Jan 2025
31 min

Trump’s threats over Greenland and one year of Tusk 

US president-elect Donald Trump reiterates his desire to take control of both Greenland and the Panama Canal. Plus, how has the return of Donald Tusk to Polish politics gone down one year on? Then, the latest business headlines and how the major luxury hotel brands mark themselves apart in today’s market. 

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34667 Jan 2025
29 min

What’s the future of Canada’s Liberal Party and who will lead it? 

We discuss the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader following the Canadian prime minister’s resignation. Then: what can the outgoing Biden administration achieve before Trump’s return to the White House? Plus: the Pope’s historic appointment of a woman to head a major Vatican office and what’s on stage in 2025. 

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34656 Jan 2025
32 min

Ukraine launches fresh offensive in Russia’s Kursk region  

With two weeks to go until Donald Trump’s inauguration, we discuss Russia and Ukraine’s efforts to consolidate as much territory as possible. Then: Syria’s foreign minister calls for an end to US sanctions on his first trip abroad to Qatar. And: what Fernanda Torres’s historic Golden Globe win means for Brazil. 

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34643 Jan 2025
31 min

Friday 3 January 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Chris Cermak. 

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34632 Jan 2025
31 min

Poland’s EU presidency and the world in 2025 

‘The Briefing’ returns with breaking news from around the world in a new year, including the start of Poland's EU presidency.

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34621 Jan 2025
29 min

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part three 

Join us for a New Year’s Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from best-selling author Elif Shafak; globally renowned architect Lord Norman Foster; Georgia Davis, Lizzie Mayland and Abigail Morris of UK band The Last Dinner Party; and Oscar-nominated screen star Jeffrey Wright.

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346131 Dec 2024
41 min

Tuesday 31 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Emma Nelson. 

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346030 Dec 2024
32 min

Monday 30 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Georgina Godwin. Plus: Monocle’s Tom Webb has the papers from Asia.

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345927 Dec 2024
35 min

Friday 27 December 

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from Midori House in London by Georgina Godwin.

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345826 Dec 2024
29 min

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part two 

Join us for a Boxing Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from British film director Steve McQueen; renowned architect Lina Ghotmeh; celebrated painter Maggi Hambling; and Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of 'The Wall Street Journal'.

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345725 Dec 2024
26 min

Christmas Day special 

Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and editor-in-chief, Andrew Tuck, join Tom Edwards, Robert Bound and Gillian Dobias to swap presents, survey the festivities around the world and share their Christmas wishes.

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345624 Dec 2024
29 min

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part one 

Join us for a Christmas Eve special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier; former FBI director-turned-author James Comey; Lisa Jackson, VP of environment, policy and social initiatives at Apple; and legendary film-score composer and music producer, Hans Zimmer.

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