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27 January 2025

Episode 3529

59 minutes

As the election in Belarus is labelled a “sham”, Hanna Liubakova joins Emma Nelson to discuss what lies ahead for Alexander Lukashenko and the country. Plus: more captives are released in Gaza and Israel; and the iconic French dance soon to be enshrined on the country’s cultural-heritage list.

27 January 2025

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As Aleksandr Lukashenko is ‘re-elected’, is there any resistance left in Belarus?

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Belarus’s president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has secured a seventh term in office in an election that international leaders are denouncing as a “sham”. Hanna Liubakova joins us to discuss the state of the opposition in Belarus and how international actors are eyeing its repression.

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What role can Europe play in Ukraine’s peace negotiations?

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After a powerful speech by Volodymyr Zelensky asking Europe to step up, the future of Ukraine was a key theme at this year’s meeting of The World Economic Forum. Monocle’s senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, caught up with Pierre Heilbronn, France’s special envoy for Ukraine’s relief and reconstruction, to discuss the biggest challenges facing the country and how European allies must respond.

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