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Friday 11 December
Monocle’s Andrew Mueller is joined by Kathleen Burk and James Schneider for a look at the day’s top stories: Syria’s peace talks and Canada welcoming the first round of refugees. Plus we look ahead to two very different elections: Saudi Arabia and France.
Thursday 10 December
A round up of the day’s top stories: we look at the troubled leadership transition in Argentina and the coalition coming out of COP21. Plus we discuss the media landscape in Iran as a newspaper publishes a front-page editorial condemning the state’s censorship.
Wednesday 9 December
Steve Bloomfield is joined by guests Martin Plaut and Oscar Guardiola-Rivera to discuss the day’s top stories: from Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment process to ‘Time’ magazine nominating Angela Merkel as “person of the year”. Plus we look at two African leaders: Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Tanzania’s John Magufuli.
Tuesday 8 December
As Donald Trump ventures dangerously close to what some are calling fascism, we ask whether he is now guilty of inciting hatred. Meanwhile, after a chilly exchange between a journalist and the Australian prime minister, we look at the etiquette of the modern political interview. Plus: can a majority be…
Monday 7 December
As the US president wants people to know his administration is ahead of the terror threat, we ask whether he is right. Meanwhile in France we discuss what impact the recent attacks had on regional election results. Plus: a leaked blueprint from Isis, Venezuela’s government is ousted and Colombia stumbles…
Friday 4 December
Raffaello Pantucci and Michael Binyon discuss the day’s top news stories, including Germany’s strategy to combat Isis and Japan’s counter-terrorism plans. Plus: EU politics and the US’s gun problem.
Thursday 3 December
Our guests James Rodgers and Ramita Navai examine the day’s top stories, from Britain’s first airstrikes in Syria to Vladimir Putin’s annual state of the nation address. Plus: more arrests at Fifa and why the US top diplomats have spent more than $300,000 on fancy chocolate.
Wednesday 2 December
Our guests Daniella Peled and Tim Marshall examine the day’s top stories, from the UK’s debate on military action in Syria to Russia’s claim that Turkey is involved in oil trade with Isis. Plus: as Der Spiegel announces it will cut 20 per cent of staff and put up a…
Tuesday 1 December
Guests Peter Fleming and Michael Goldfarb discuss the day’s top stories, from the new alliances formed at COP21 in Paris to the latest on the Turkey-Russia feud over the downing of a military jet. Plus: Nato is likely to ask Montenegro to join the programme and printers in Thailand leave…
Monday 30 November
Our guests Nina Schick and Jane Kinninmont discuss the day’s top stories, including Turkey’s migrant deal with the European Union, Germany’s decision to send 1,200 soldiers to Syria and Israel suspending the EU from the peace talks with Palestine. Plus: Hamburg’s residents reject the city’s 2024 bid for the Olympic…
