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4 December 2024

Episode 3477

59 minutes


Photo: Getty Images

We get the latest from Seoul as South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, declares emergency martial law. Then: Nato leaders gather in Brussels at a tense time for geopolitics, the emir of Qatar boosts his nation’s soft power with a UK state visit and we look at the latest debt-for-climate deal in Barbados. Plus: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, sits down with the CEO of Accor, Sébastien Bazin, at the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes.

4 December 2024

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Qatar’s soft-power state visit

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The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has arrived in the UK for a two-day state visit hosted by King Charles III. For prime minister Keir Starmer, who will meet the Emir today, investment from nations such as Qatar is key to his economic plans. But for Qatar it’s another opportunity to reposition itself on the world stage.

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Accor CEO speaks to Monocle’s chairman, Tyler Brûlé

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Accor CEO, Sébastien Bazin, joined Monocle’s chairman and editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to give him a glimpse of the year ahead at the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes.

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