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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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Monday 21 November:

We ask if an outgoing US president should break with convention to criticise their successor’s policies and discuss whether François Fillon can stop Marine Le Pen from becoming France’s new president. Plus: why is Italy’s top chef threatening to leave the country?

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131321 Nov 2016
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Monday 21 November: 

We ask if an outgoing US president should break with convention to criticise their successor’s policies and discuss whether François Fillon can stop Marine Le Pen from becoming France’s new president. Plus: why is Italy’s top chef threatening to leave the country?

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131218 Nov 2016
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Friday 18 November: 

We ask what the world should make of Donald Trump’s meeting with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and discuss Hungary’s new nuclear deal. Plus: why is Slovenia making water a fundamental right for its citizens?

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131117 Nov 2016
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Thursday 17 November: 

We discuss Trump’s meeting with Shinzo Abe in New York and look at Marine Le Pen’s chances at the French presidency. Plus: Estonia’s chief information officer explains the benefits of his country’s e-Residency programme.

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131016 Nov 2016
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Wednesday 16 November: 

We discuss France’s presidential election, outline the chaos of Donald Trump’s presidential transition and ask what Switzerland can teach the world about democracy: Plus: why you should raise a glass to Beaujolais nouveau.

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130915 Nov 2016
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Tuesday 15 November: 

Following Donald Trump’s election, we discuss the future of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. Plus: political intrigue in the Kremlin as Russia’s economy minister is arrested for corruption.

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130814 Nov 2016
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Monday 14 November: 

We discuss the role of White House chief of staff, analyse French politics one year after the deadly terror attacks of 2015 and judge the prospects for peace in Colombia.

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130711 Nov 2016
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Friday 11 November: 

As speculation begins regarding who will join Donald Trump in the White House, we go through the potential names on the list. Plus: a look at the life and legacy of Leonard Cohen, who has died at the age of 82.

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130610 Nov 2016
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Thursday 10 November: 

We ask how polling companies could get the US election so wrong and how the country can heal the wounds of such a divisive campaign. Plus: South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote today.

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13059 Nov 2016
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Wednesday 9 November: 

As Europe wakes up to the news of a Trump presidency, we unpack what this means for the rest of the world and ask how the US can move forward. Plus: market reactions, security implications and the view from Moscow.

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13048 Nov 2016
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Tuesday 8 November: 

It’s election day in the US and as polls open we head to Miami to analyse what this election means for the rest of the world. Plus: problems for Estonia’s government and how Spain has said no to homework.

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13037 Nov 2016
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Monday 7 November: 

We ask whether Donald Trump has any chance of winning the race to the White House and discuss Hong Kong’s often tortured relationship with China. Plus: what do our accents reveal about us?

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13024 Nov 2016
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Friday 4 November: 

We discuss fears of further escalations after the pro-Kurdish party leader arrests in Turkey, look at the new Spanish cabinet and contemplate the virtues of snobbery.

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13013 Nov 2016
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Thursday 3 November: 

We discuss a successful legal challenge to Brexit with Tony Blair’s former director of communications and a leading barrister. Meanwhile, former Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski gives us his take on the US presidential election. Plus: could the Louvre offer sanctuary to art from war zones?

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13002 Nov 2016
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Wednesday 2 November: 

We ask how fierce the Isis resistance will be as the Iraqi army enters Mosul and whether the EU will punish Turkey over its clampdown on freedom of expression. Plus: the latest technology news from Monocle’s David Phelan.

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12991 Nov 2016
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Tuesday 1 November: 

We discuss comments from the head of the UK’s security service that Russia has become “increasingly aggressive”. Plus: we ask what has caused South Korea’s latest political scandal and profile China’s new fighter jets.

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