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China escalates tensions with Taiwan

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17 October 2024

Episode 3408

37 minutes


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China’s Coast Guard breaks from the norm and joins this week’s record-setting military exercises around Taiwan. Then: president Zelensky brings Ukraine’s victory plan to the EU and Italy sends migrants to Albania. Plus: Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco takes us to Kazakhstan on this week’s ‘Global Countdown’.

17 October 2024

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Italy ships migrants to Albania, Tirana eyes the EU

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In a deal set to cost more than €600m, Italy has sent migrants to Albania for the first time this week. Monocle’s Guy De Launey weighs in on whether ‘practical and pragmatic’, as Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has billed the scheme, is accurate.

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