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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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Friday 2 June:

A look at war-crime allegations and their impact on the reputation of Australia\'s defence forces. Also in the programme: is it a moment of reckoning for Norway after a damning report on how the nation has treated its indigenous population? Plus, Andrew Mueller on what we learned this week. 

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30352 Jun 2023
33 min

Friday 2 June: 

A look at war-crime allegations and their impact on the reputation of Australia\'s defence forces. Also in the programme: is it a moment of reckoning for Norway after a damning report on how the nation has treated its indigenous population? Plus, Andrew Mueller on what we learned this week. 

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30341 Jun 2023
35 min

Thursday 1 June: 

More than 40 European leaders gather in Moldova near the Ukrainian border to show solidarity with both nations. Also in the programme: Anna Lührmann, Germany’s minister of state for Europe and the climate, on how Berlin has been affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine and Fernando Augusto Pacheco on the biggest pop hits in Lithuania.

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303331 May 2023
30 min

Wednesday 31 May: 

The latest from Washington ahead of a crucial US debt-ceiling vote, the biggest discussion topics at the Globsec 2023 Bratislava Forum and a debate in Russia over whether valuable artworks belong to museums or the church.

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303230 May 2023
30 min

Tuesday 30 May: 

Russia blames Ukraine for what it describes as a ‘terrorist’ drone attack on Moscow and we check in with the annual Globsec Bratislava Forum on foreign policy, security, European affairs and economy. Plus: Odile Renaud-Basso on the finances behind the rebuilding of Ukraine and Fernando Augusto Pacheco takes a look at the day’s newspapers.

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303129 May 2023
32 min

Monday 29 May: 

Markus Hippi and guests cover the days biggest news stories.

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303026 May 2023
31 min

Friday 26 May: 

Our Istanbul correspondent checks in as voters in Turkey prepare for the second round of a presidential election with global implications. Plus: casualties have been reported after an airstrike on a Ukrainian medical centre – and did South Africa send arms to Russia?

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302925 May 2023
33 min

Thursday 25 May: 

Russia’s arrest of two Ukrainians accused of planning to attack a nuclear power plant, military drills on the North Korean border and business news with Bloomberg’s Yuan Potts. Plus: remembering Tina Turner, the “Queen of Rock’n’Roll”, with Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé and Fernando Augusto Pacheco.

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302824 May 2023
31 min

Wednesday 24 May: 

Karen Middleton of ‘The Saturday Paper’ in Canberra explains India’s new migration deal with Australia. Plus: reactions to the racism suffered by Brazilian footballer Vini Jr and updates from the Cannes Film Festival and the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum.

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302723 May 2023
33 min

Tuesday 23 May: 

We discuss who is behind the recent ‘sabotage’ attacks in Belgorod. Plus: Narendra Modi receives a rockstar welcome in Australia, a look ahead to Turkey’s election and news from the Balkans.

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302622 May 2023
32 min

Monday 22 May: 

Greece’s New Democracy party scores a major victory in the country’s general election. What happens next? Plus: a look at Sudan’s temporary ceasefire, today’s papers and a fashion round-up.

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302519 May 2023
33 min

Friday 19 May: 

The Arab League summit begins in Jeddah, with Syria back at the table for the first time in 12 years and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky attending in person. Plus: Lebanon’s central bank chief becomes a fugitive and, in What We Learned, Andrew Mueller looks back at the week.

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302418 May 2023
34 min

Thursday 18 May: 

Central Asian leaders meet in China for a summit with President Xi Jinping. Plus: 440,000 young Greeks prepare to vote for the first time and Fernando Augusto Pacheco visits Finland for the Global Countdown.

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302317 May 2023
31 min

Wednesday 17 May: 

The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, launch an international coalition to help Ukraine procure F-16 fighter jets. Meanwhile, Joe Biden cancels his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea to focus on the ongoing debt-ceiling talks. Plus: we hear from our foreign editor in Mongolia and speak to our design editor ahead of the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

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302216 May 2023
30 min

Tuesday 16 May: 

A look at the Durham report on the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, a check-in with our Istanbul correspondent on how the mood is changing in Turkey on the second round of the presidential election and a leaf through today’s international newspapers.

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302115 May 2023
35 min

Monday 15 May: 

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, visits the UK as part of his European tour. Meanwhile, we get the latest on Thailand’s elections, in which voters seem to have rejected the military-aligned parties in the current government, and Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco gives us his Liverpool Eurovision Song Contest debrief.

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