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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
Jakarta is the largest megacity, Louvre hikes tickets for non-EU visitors and Brazilian soaps go international
We discuss the UN’s new report on megacities, Louvre’s price rise for non-EU nationals and Brazil’s telenovelas expansion. Plus: Mina al-Oraibi, editor in chief of The National.
France relaunches military service, Pope Leo’s first foreign trip and the housing crisis
Our guests Elisabeth Braw and Nina dos Santos unpack Emmanuel Macron’s decision to relaunch a limited military service in France. Plus: Pope Leo’s first overseas trip and how the housing crisis relates to a rise in populism.
Why is Europe taking a back seat when it comes to Ukraine’s peace?
Washington continues to take the lead on a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, where is Europe in all of this? Then: Trump asks his loyal supporter and Paramount Skydance’s largest shareholder, Larry Ellison, to revive ‘Rush Hour’. Plus: Sweden encourages its visitors to be bored.
The White House says that a peace deal for Ukraine is close – does Russia agree?
We unpack the latest on the Ukraine peace deal, as Washington scrambles to meet Moscow’s delegates in Abu Dhabi. Then: We unpack whether it’s possible for Iran to have a soft-power makeover. Plus: Should airlines enforce dress codes?
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?
