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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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Is Russia trying to hold the world’s grain supplies to ransom? We also look forward to the World Economic Forum and pay tribute to Greek composer Vangelis who has passed away at the age of 79.

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2765	20 May 2022 30 min	Friday 20 May: Is Russia trying to hold the world’s grain supplies to ransom? We also look forward to the World Economic Forum and pay tribute to Greek composer Vangelis who has passed away at the age of 79.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2764	19 May 2022 30 min	Thursday 19 May: Has Russia finally conquered what is left of Mariupol? We bring the biggest news from Cuba and Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the Lebanese music charts.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2763	18 May 2022 30 min	Wednesday 18 May: We discuss Nato expansion ahead of Mevlot Cavusoglu’s meeting with US counterpart Anthony Blinken and look at the possibility of a trade war between the EU and the UK. Plus: Japan’s gradual opening to tourists.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2762	17 May 2022 30 min	Tuesday 17 May: Turkey's president says that he is opposed to Finland and Sweden joining Nato but what does that mean for security in the region? We profile France's new prime minister Élisabeth Borne, the first woman to hold the post in 30 years, and get the latest business news from Bloomberg.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2761	16 May 2022 30 min	Monday 16 May: Reports suggest that Russia has lost a third of its ground combat forces in Ukraine. We discuss the implications for Finland and Sweden as they prepare their Nato applications. Plus: North Korea and Eurovision.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2760	13 May 2022 30 min	Friday 13 May: How is Russia viewing Finland’s attempts to join Nato? Plus: an update on Lebanon’s election and Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto speaks to Alessandro Cattelan, the host of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2759	12 May 2022 30 min	Thursday 12 May: Why are Finland’s leaders calling for the country to apply to join Nato “without delay”? Plus, we discuss France’s new left-wing coalition, find out why the sale of Maradona’s 1986 World Cup shirt is going down badly in Argentina and give you Fernando Augusto Pacheco’s special pop countdown from Turin.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2758	11 May 2022 30 min	Wednesday 11 May: What role are Western spy agencies playing in the war in Ukraine? Plus: Monocle’s Beirut correspondent on Lebanon’s elections, Vicky Pryce on the World Bank and we speak to Finland’s Eurovision entry, The Rasmus.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2757	10 May 2022 30 min	Tuesday 10 May: What is behind French president Emmanuel Macron’s plans for a “new European community”? Plus: emergency talks over power-sharing in Northern Ireland, the Australian campaign trail and Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco previews this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2756	9 May 2022 30 min	Monday 9 May: What does Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day speech tell us about Russia’s war objectives? Plus: Beijing and Shanghai impose further lockdown measures, Brazil’s Lula launches his presidential campaign and, as it’s Europe Day, we find out about the man who imagined a united continent.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2755	6 May 2022 30 min	Friday 6 May: The latest from Ukraine: new evacuation efforts begin for the hundreds of civilians trapped inside Mariupol’s steelworks and Monocle’s Ed Stocker reports from Berlin, where he met refugee Masha Gontar. Plus: Japan’s plans to finally reopen to tourism.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2754	5 May 2022 30 min	Thursday 5 May: How is Russian state-run media portraying prospective Nato members? Plus: why Chile’s leftist leader is in trouble, broadcaster Juliet Linley reviews the papers from Zürich and Japan’s pop charts.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2753	4 May 2022 30 min	Wednesday 4 May: Why is the Belarusian army conducting fresh military drills? Plus: France’s conservatives consider a pact with president Emmanuel Macron, Bloomberg’s Yuan Potts brings us the day’s business news and David Phelan on the latest gadgets.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2752	3 May 2022 30 min	Tuesday 3 May: Is the US Supreme Court preparing to overturn the nationwide right to abortion? Plus: divisions among EU member states on how soon they should end their dependence on Russian energy, the latest business news and plans for the first space hotel.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
2751	2 May 2022 30 min	Monday 2 May: As US House speaker Nancy Pelosi becomes the highest-ranking US official to go to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president, we ask whether America’s efforts will be enough. Plus: Narendra Modi in Europe, the future of the French left and Fernando Augusto Pacheco’s tribute to Régine, the self-proclaimed inventor of the disco.	Download Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play

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