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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
The US claims progress on Ukraine talks, the G20 wraps up and Israel targets Hezbollah
US and Ukrainian delegations meet in Geneva to talk peace; Israel targets Hezbollah’s chief of staff; the G20 wraps up; and Saudi Arabia quietly allows alcohol sales for expats. Plus: Julia Ioffe on her new book, ‘Motherland’.
10,000 violations: The Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, nearly one year on
We discuss what’s next for the Middle East after a Unifil report tallies up Israel’s continued violations of a ceasefire agreement and as the US pressures Beirut to disarm Hezbollah.
Zelensky’s meeting with top US army delegation in Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to meet with a US army delegation in Kyiv after American and Russian officials draft a plan to end the war.
Are the US and Russia secretly working on a peace plan without Ukraine?
Reports emerge that the Trump administration has been secretly co-ordinating with Moscow on a new plan to end the war in Ukraine.
The UN green lights the first part of Trump’s Gaza plan
How watertight is Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza and why are international students turning away from the US?
Trump’s U-turn on the Epstein files: Does this help the Maga camp or make things worse?
Trump has urged his fellow Republicans to vote for the release of the files on the basis that “we have nothing to hide”. How will this U-Turn pan out?
When will everything be back to normal following the end of the US government shutdown?
We take a look at a week in politics in Washington from a government shutdown to threats against the BBC.
Why is Russia targeting Africans to fight its war in Ukraine?
Kenya says more than 200 of its nationals have joined Russian forces. We ask why Russia has its eyes on Africa.
Zelensky calls for the resignation of two ministers amid a growing energy-sector corruption investigation
What next for Volodymyr Zelensky as Ukraine is shaken by one of the biggest wartime corruption scandals since Russia’s invasion three years ago.
Solving conflict in the Middle East: How to break the deadlock
A Gaza ceasefire might be in place but what are the actual long-term solutions to conflict in the Middle East? Panellists Yossi Mekelberg and Julie Norman consider the viable options and whether Gaza will have to be split in two.
