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Latest Episodes
Europe weighs Ukraine’s reconstruction and lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Global leaders meet in Rome to explore the reconstruction of Ukraine and its eventual accession to the EU. Then: lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portuguese art fairs and a pop star drops by.
Erdoğan’s crackdown on his political opponents intensifies
As Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s grip on his opposition tightens, we discuss the future of the country and why there are now calls for an early election.
More Trump tariffs, ASEAN foreign ministers meet and the race for icebreakers in the Arctic
Can the EU strike a trade agreement with the Trump administration? Israel’s ultra-orthodox jews are drafted to fight, ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Malaysia and the global race to build more icebreakers.
Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK, Japan’s emperor heads to Mongolia and Haute Couture Week
Emmanuel Macron visits the UK, while Japan’s emperor, Naruhito, is in Mongolia for a weeklong trip. Plus: Haute Couture Week in Paris, news from Ukraine and the UAE, and Speedos in summer.
Trump and Netanyahu meet in Washington. Plus: Paris honours the designer of its Métro with a museum
President Donald Trump and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Washington to discuss Iran and Syria.
The future of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ and the UK redesigns its banknotes
US Congress votes on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”. Plus: the Mercosur-EU trade deal that was years in the making. Then: what would you put on the UK’s banknotes?
As the US halts aid and Russia intensifies strikes, what will happen to Ukraine?
We head to Kyiv to confront the new reality of war in Ukraine as the US halts key aid. Plus: the effects of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Americans and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Japan in the firing line as Trump nears decisions on tariffs
We get the latest from Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, Fiona Wilson, as Japan looks to placate Donald Trump on trade and tariffs – without buying American rice.
The Senate’s marathon voting session on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As Trump remains determined to pass his mammoth new bill before 4 July, we discuss why beauty might be in the eye of the partisan beholder.
Ukraine’s diplomatic-charm offensive across the African continent
As Kyiv turns to Africa in its struggle against Moscow, we discuss how much African influence really matters to Ukraine’s overall war effort.
