The Monocle Daily
Weekday global news and analysis. A guest panel reviews Europe’s stories, tracks American developments, and welcomes Asia’s early risers. Reports from Monocle’s correspondents worldwide.
Latest Episodes
Rare trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US cap a week of geopolitical change
Our panellists, Charles Hecker and Marc Adelman, discuss the US-Ukraine-Russia meeting in the UAE and whether a ceasefire is in the cards. Plus: our Friday battle of recommendations: French culture vs Hollywood.
Live from Nuuk: Crisis averted?
We wrap up a week of programmes from Greenland with politicians Sara Olsvig and Kuno Fencker, CNN’s Nic Robertson and Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self. Together, they respond to Greenland prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen’s press conference.
Live from Nuuk: Is Trump backing down?
From Katuaq cultural centre, ‘The Monocle Daily’ panel, Arnakkuluk Jo Kleist, CEO of Pikiala, Diego Arizpeleta, correspondent at TVE and Alexis Self, Monocle’s foreign editor weighs in on Donald Trump’s latest Greenland remarks at Davos.
Live from Nuuk: Greenland in the eye of the storm
In the first of three live shows from Nuuk, Andrew Mueller is joined by Inga Dora Markussen, chief sustainability officer at Air Greenland, Dr Steven Arnfjord, director of the llisimatusarfik’s Centre for Arctic Welfare and Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self, to discuss the latest on the crisis dominating world headlines.
Europe considers trade ‘bazooka’ against the US and Israel pushes back on Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
We have the latest from Nuuk as Europe contemplates its response to US tariffs over Greenland. Then: Israel contests Trump’s picks for the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’. Plus: why central banks are stockpiling gold and the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos.
Nervousness in the Nordics and why is the customer always wrong?
Threats to Greenland by Donald Trump have caused the Nordics to close rank. Is this the biggest challenge that they have faced since the Second World War? Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to director Kaouther Ben Hania about her harrowing true film. And: we discuss the decline in customer service.
Canada’s Mark Carney lands in Beijing, economic growth in Europe and crackdown on US media
We examine Mark Carney’s trip to Beijing, a US reporter’s house is searched by the FBI, economic growth in Europe and should we end branded liveries on aircraft? Plus: A letter from Marrakech.
The world braces for a potential US attack on Iran
The latest on Iran as Donald Trump reiterates threats to strike amid deepening civil unrest. Then: US vice-president JD Vance sits down with Danish and Greenlandic officials at the White House. Plus: the death of credits in the age of streaming.
Should the European Union begin peace talks with Moscow?
Russia’s most intense aerial bombardment of Ukraine this year. Then: As Europe ratifies a Mercosur trade deal we unpack how the US’s influence in Latin America will shift. Plus: China’s new ‘life-saving’ app.
Iran tells the world that it is ‘prepared’ for war
We examine Iran’s hardening rhetoric as protests turn deadly, with at least 544 people killed as the country enters a third week of unrest. Plus: we question whether the world is entering a renaissance of protectionism and why Rio has a beach problem.
