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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
Israel-Iran strikes latest: The view from Globsec 2025
We head to Globsec for the latest on the situation in the Middle East. Plus: our technology correspondent wraps up Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.
Air India plane crash: What we know so far
The latest on the fatal Air India crash in Ahmedabad, which has left at least 290 people dead.
Can South Korea ease tensions with its neighbour by muting its propaganda broadcasts?
South Korea’s military shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda. And: why Russia is determined to test the resolve of the Nato alliance
The EU proposes new sanctions on Russia. Will the 18th package work?
The European Commission rolls out tough new sanctions on Russia targeting energy, infrastructure and banks. Is it enough to pressure Moscow to end its war in Ukraine?
What can the LA, Freedom Flotilla and Madrid protests accomplish?
Protests against ICE raids swell in LA; Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists are seized; and demonstrators flood the streets in Madrid. Amid rising political instability, what is the function of protests?
Tales from Odesa and Portugal’s precarious politics
We discuss Andrew Mueller’s latest trip to Odesa during a big week in Ukraine and consider what comes next for the war.
Merz in the Oval Office
As Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, visits Washington, we discuss where the thorny transatlantic relationship might go next.
US to scale down military operations in Syria. Plus: Macron and Meloni meet in Rome
The US announces that it will scale down military operations in Syria, Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni meet in Rome, South Korea’s new president and why last-minute bookings are on the rise.
The UK’s major defence review and US-Iran nuclear talks
Nuclear talks between Iran and the US, the UK’s major defence-review programme, the collapse of the Dutch coalition government and should child-free hotels exist? Plus: Alexis Lerner on her book ‘Post-Soviet Graffiti’.
Ukraine-Russia peace talks and Maga’s world tour
Ukraine and Russia agree to a prisoner swap but little else in Istanbul. And: Poland’s presidential election shows Maga sentiments are alive and well in Europe.
