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16 May 2023

Episode 3057

59 minutes

A Chinese ‘peace’ envoy arrives in Ukraine as Volodomyr Zelensky pushes for military supplies abroad, South Africa sticks to its controversial stance on Russia and the EU plans to build internet cables under the Black Sea. Plus: we check in with film critic Karen Krizanovich as the Cannes Film Festival begins, and Monocle’s Fiona Wilson talks food diplomacy, as carbonara pancakes are on the menu in Hiroshima ahead of the G7 summit.

16 May 2023

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Chapter 1

Newspaper review

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Latika Bourke surveys the day’s papers, covering Ford’s plans to scale back future investments in China, US security agreements in Papua New Guinea and Micronesia, and Tom Hanks’s fears that AI will lead to him appearing in films after his death.

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Cannes kicks off

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Film critic Karen Krizanovich is in Cannes as the 76th iteration of the film festival gets under way today amid increased security fears as a result of the threat of protests.

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