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King Abdullah II at the White House, JD Vance in Europe

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11 February 2025

Episode 3540

58 minutes


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As King Abdullah II visits the White House amid rising anger over Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, Burcu Ozcelik joins Emma Nelson to discuss how tensions might be resolved. Then: JD Vance and Pete Hegseth visit Europe and the Munich Security Conference. Plus: Dubai’s World Governments Summit and the director and leading actress of ‘I’m Still Here’ with Fernando Augusto Pacheco. 

11 February 2025

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Trump’s team visit Europe

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Three of Donald Trump’s team will make separate visits to Europe this week to push his America First agenda. Vice president JD Vance will take part in an AI summit in France and attend the Munich Security Conference with secretary of state Marco Rubio before travelling on to the Middle East. Meanwhile, defence secretary Pete Hegseth will visit the headquarters of two US military commands in Germany, a meeting of Nato defense ministers and a gathering of Ukraine’s international supporters in Belgium before travelling to Poland.

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Dubai World Governments Summit

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Monocle is attending the Dubai World Governments Summit in the Middle East this week along with more than 30 heads of state, delegations from 140 nations and representatives from more than 80 international organisations.

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