The Briefing
A fast-paced news round-up with expert reporting, business insights, and industry updates on technology, aviation, retail, and media. Anchored from London.
Latest Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
Kyiv-Warsaw ties come under pressure
Joe Biden says he hopes for a truce in Gaza by next Monday as Hamas reviews a ceasefire deal. Plus: ties between Poland and Ukraine are strained as farmers’ protests continue at their border and music concerts drive a tourism boom in Singapore.
