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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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Special edition, no 1: Live from the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai:

The first in a series of special live editions recorded at the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai. Tom Edwards hosts a discussion on sustainable placemaking, featuring insights from author and authority on creative cities, Charles Landry; Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck; anthropologist and director at Gehl, Sophia Schuff; and Jonathan Ashmore, founding principal of Anarchitect.

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18 Mar 2024
27 min

Special edition, no 1: Live from the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai 

The first in a series of special live editions recorded at the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai. Tom Edwards hosts a discussion on sustainable placemaking, featuring insights from author and authority on creative cities, Charles Landry; Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck; anthropologist and director at Gehl, Sophia Schuff; and Jonathan Ashmore, founding principal of Anarchitect.

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325518 Mar 2024
43 min

Benjamin Netanyahu hits back at Israel’s Western allies 

Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the US and Germany’s criticisms of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Is the rift between Tel Aviv and its staunchest allies deepening? Plus: A look ahead at India’s election and the UK’s decision to join Asia’s trade club.

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325415 Mar 2024
29 min

Is the tide turning in US-Israel ties? 

Hamas presents a new ceasefire deal and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel. Gregg Carlstrom has the latest. Plus: as Russians vote in an election with no real opposition, we hear from Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza.

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325314 Mar 2024
31 min

Washington considers a TikTok ban 

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that could ban TikTok amid concerns about Chinese influence over the social media giant. Plus: the leaders of Germany, France and Poland plan a meeting to iron out their differences and ‘The Global Countdown’ goes to Brazil.

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325213 Mar 2024
37 min

The US heads for a Biden-Trump rematch 

The latest round of primary votes has set up a rematch between Joe Biden and his bombastic predecessor Donald Trump. Plus: the European Parliament votes on a landmark artificial-intelligence bill and a Japanese-made rocket fails on launch.

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325112 Mar 2024
37 min

Bosnia and Herzegovina recommended to start EU accession talks 

The European Commission recommends that Bosnia and Herzegovina start EU accession talks, eight years after the Western Balkan country applied to join the bloc. Plus: Dutch coalition talks grind on and the latest business headlines.

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325011 Mar 2024
35 min

Caribbean leaders hold emergency meeting on Haiti 

Leaders from the Caribbean regional bloc are meeting in Jamaica to discuss Haiti’s escalating gang violence. Plus: France’s far-right leads the polls ahead of the European elections and Fernando Augusto Pacheco reflects on the 2024 Academy Awards.

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32498 Mar 2024
35 min

Orbán meets Trump in Florida 

Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, travels to Florida to meet with Donald Trump. Plus: Ireland votes on the definition of “family” and Japan joins military drills in France for the first time.

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32487 Mar 2024
31 min

China’s National People’s Congress and Arco Madrid 

We get an update on the National People’s Congress in Beijing, preview Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech and check in on the Arco Madrid contemporary art fair. Plus: a biscuits countdown special.

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32476 Mar 2024
30 min

Super Tuesday and Pritzker Prize winners 

We head to a viewing party in Virginia to assess Super Tuesday’s results with Simon Marks. Plus: Why the Philippines is worried about Asean’s stance on China, an interview with the head of the Munich Security Conference and the Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to Riken Yamamoto.

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32465 Mar 2024
30 min

Nordic Response 2024 and the future of Macy’s 

We hear about the first major Nato exercises with Finland and Sweden as members, Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo gives us an update on Portugal’s elections and the uncertain future of Macy’s. Plus: What next for Austria after Sebastian Kurz’s conviction.

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32454 Mar 2024
30 min

Haiti’s state of emergency and Olaf Scholz in hot water 

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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32441 Mar 2024
32 min

Gaza aid convoy deaths spark global outrage 

The US blocks a UN statement blaming Israel for Gaza aid convoy deaths, Giorgia Meloni makes her second official visit to the US and nationwide strikes in Germany bring public transport to a near standstill. Plus: Max Richter speaks to Monocle’s Robert Bound about his soundtrack for the movie ‘Spaceman’.  

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324329 Feb 2024
30 min

EU takes the lead in the Red Sea 

The EU’s Red Sea mission is involved in its first skirmishes, Mitch McConnell announces his departure as Republican Senate leader and an exhibition on UK-Ukraine relations at the Houses of Parliament. Plus: ‘The Global Countdown’ from Nigeria.

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324228 Feb 2024
35 min

Hamas downplays US ceasefire optimism 

Hamas and Israel underemphasise Joe Biden’s hopes of imminent ceasefire, why artificial intelligence is a big opportunity for the news media and the women missing from family trees lost from the history books. Plus: the latest news from the world of architecture and design.

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