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When parliament takes charge:

Guests Latika Burke and Theo Usherwood join Andrew Mueller to discuss the power of parliament. First, we head to France, where lawmakers passed a no-confidence motion to oust prime minister Michel Barnier, and then, South Korea, where MPs vetoed martial law to stop the president from taking over. Also on the programme: UK prime minister Keir Starmer launches a plan for change. Plus: our team in Cannes reports from the International Luxury Travel Market as they meet the co-founder of Fora, Henley Vazquez.

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2918	5 Dec 2024 35 min	When parliament takes charge Guests Latika Burke and Theo Usherwood join Andrew Mueller to discuss the power of parliament. First, we head to France, where lawmakers passed a no-confidence motion to oust prime minister Michel Barnier, and then, South Korea, where MPs vetoed martial law to stop the president from taking over. Also on the programme: UK prime minister Keir Starmer launches a plan for change. Plus: our team in Cannes reports from the International Luxury Travel Market as they meet the co-founder of Fora, Henley Vazquez.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2917	4 Dec 2024 37 min	Can Russia afford another war in Syria? Reports suggest that the recent rebel advance in Syria is still on the march. Will Russia have the resources to protect its interests in the nation? Also in the programme: the most recent trade dispute between the US and China over semiconductor restrictions. Plus: France and Saudi Arabia try their hand at resolving the war in Israel and Palestine. Then: Italy bans Airbnb self check-ins.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2916	3 Dec 2024 38 min	South Korea’s president declares emergency martial law We get the latest from John Everard as South Korea’s president, Yook Suk Yeol, declares martial law after accusing anti-state elements of sympathising with North Korea. Also in the programme, Ukraine is high on the agenda as Nato foreign ministers meet in Brussels. But is an invitation likely? Plus: protests in Georgia continue for a fifth day and artificial intelligence in advertising.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2915	2 Dec 2024 38 min	President Biden issues a pardon for his son and France’s government on the brink of collapse We unpack the latest as President Biden issues a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon for the charges facing his son, Hunter Biden. Also in the programme, France’s fragile government teeters on the brink of collapse following Michel Barnier pushes his social security budget past parliament, without consulting MPs and the effect of a Trump presidency for Ireland. Plus: As public service complaints in England soar, we ask whether things are getting worse or do we just moan more?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2912	29 Nov 2024 37 min	Georgian protesters take to the streets and a documentary on the Taliban Protesters clash with police in Georgia after the government’s decision to pull out of EU accession talks. Then: we meet director Ibrahim Nash’at to talk about his new documentary, ‘Hollywoodgate’, which follows the Taliban’s recapture of Kabul. Plus: ‘What We Learned’ this week, a look at Zegna with Monocle’s fashion director, Natalie Theodosi, and a look ahead to the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2911	28 Nov 2024 35 min	Is the EU readying for a reset of relations with the UK? UK prime minister Keir Starmer has been invited to meet with EU leaders next year. Is this the beginning of a reset of relations with the bloc? Our guests Aliona Hlivco and Michael Binyon discuss this and other topics including the massive attack which has damaged Ukraine’s power network, the odds of Michel Barnier’s government surviving in France and why South Australia has decided to ban political donations and gifts to MPs.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2910	27 Nov 2024 34 min	What does an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire mean for Gaza? We unpack the latest as the fresh ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah takes hold and discuss what this will mean for the conflict in Gaza. Also in the programme, a police report shows that Brazil’s former president was aware of a plot to stage a coup in January 2023. Plus: Donald Trump’s threats of punitive tariffs against China and we ask whether singing should ever be allowed in the cinema?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2909	26 Nov 2024 39 min	How will history judge Angela Merkel? We discuss tensions in Pakistan as Imran Khan’s supporters reach Islamabad and demand his release. Then: Russia calls on the US to help rebuild Afghanistan as Moscow seeks stronger ties with the Taliban. Plus: we reflect on Angela Merkel’s legacy and the release of her autobiography, ‘Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2908	25 Nov 2024 39 min	Is the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire for real? Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire in principle but could it still collapse over the details? Our panel of Yossi Mekelberg and Rebecca Tinsley also discusses Cop29, the extension of the EU’s Schengen zone and why Germans take so many sick days. Plus: Keir Giles on his new book, ‘Who Will Defend Europe?’	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2905	22 Nov 2024 36 min	Trump’s cabinet takes shape and Brazil’s former president is charged with plotting a coup Simon Marks joins with the latest from Washington as president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet begins to take shape. Also in the programme: Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco on the impact of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, being charged with plotting a coup d’etat. Then: we flick through the latest issue of ‘Monocle: The Entrepreneurs’ with Tomos Lewis and speak to the American political scientist, Oriana Skylar Mastro, about her new book ‘Upstart: How China Became a Great Power’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2904	21 Nov 2024 35 min	The ICC issues an arrest warrant for Netanyahu The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the grounds of possible crimes against humanity, along with his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and a Hamas military commander, who is presumed dead. Rainbow Murray and Nik Gowing join to discuss the warrants, Russia’s first intercontinental missile, social media bans and faking accents.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2903	20 Nov 2024 36 min	Putin opens the door to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire with Trump We unpack the reaction from Europe as Putin states he is willing to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine with US president-elect Donald Trump. Also in the programme: we discuss the latest sabotage in the Baltic Sea and ponder the status of a hybrid war in the region. Plus: we ask whether China and India should still be regarded as “developing” economies and Italy puts the brakes on e-scooter use.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2902	19 Nov 2024 39 min	Ukraine marks 1,000 days of war We unpack the latest from Ukraine as the country marks 1,000 days of fighting with Russia and discuss whether the conflict is becoming a proxy war for Asia. Also in the programme: we analyse the latest protests in New Zealand against the proposed legislation that could redefine the Treaty of Waitangi and find out why Denmark is introducing a flatulence tax for livestock.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2901	18 Nov 2024 40 min	New York ramps up new policies – will local governments be re-energized in the Trump era? What comes next as Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia? Plus: Latika Bourke and Vincent McAviney discuss whether local governments will be re-energised in the Trump era as New York strikes broker fees for tenants. Then: how much would you spend on memorabilia?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2900	15 Nov 2024 34 min	Why New Zealanders are marching and performing hakas to protest a bill Reporter Natalia Sutherland joins Andrew Mueller in the studio to discuss the debate surrounding a controversial bill in New Zealand that’s sparked marches across the country. Plus: Gunnar Gronlid interviews British electronic producer Clark about his 2023 album, collaborating with Thom Yorke and his work on the ‘In Camera’ soundtrack.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

Affairs / Podcast

The Monocle Daily

Latest episode

Latest episodes

When parliament takes charge

Can Russia afford another war in Syria?

South Korea’s president declares emergency martial law

President Biden issues a pardon for his son and France’s government on the brink of collapse

Georgian protesters take to the streets and a documentary on the Taliban

Is the EU readying for a reset of relations with the UK?

What does an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire mean for Gaza?

How will history judge Angela Merkel?

Is the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire for real?

Trump’s cabinet takes shape and Brazil’s former president is charged with plotting a coup

The ICC issues an arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Putin opens the door to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire with Trump

Ukraine marks 1,000 days of war

New York ramps up new policies – will local governments be re-energized in the Trump era?

Why New Zealanders are marching and performing hakas to protest a bill