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What happens to diplomatic gifts, female power in Saudi Arabia and India’s bullet-train ambitions – with a bit of help from Japan.

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42	19 Dec 2015 30 min	News and analysis highlights What happens to diplomatic gifts, female power in Saudi Arabia and India’s bullet-train ambitions – with a bit of help from Japan.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
41	12 Dec 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We cover France's Front National’s advance in regional elections, how Singapore is trying to become famous for its arts scene, the modern etiquette of political interviews and an Israel PM’s troubled pet dog.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
40	5 Dec 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We discuss Britain and Germany’s decision to join the campaign against Isis and look to Nato as it asks Montenegro to join the alliance. Plus: Yahoo’s identity crisis takes another twist.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
39	28 Nov 2015 29 min	News and analysis highlights Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet, the owner of Ali Baba wants to buy ‘South China Morning Post’ and North Korea wants the Unesco heritage status for its kimchi.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
38	21 Nov 2015 30 min	News and analysis highlights Ben Rylan looks back at how last week’s events in Paris were covered by Monocle 24. Plus tecently released Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy discusses why prison can be the perfect incubator for extremism, the UK’s former anti-terror adviser explains why freedom of movement in Europe is effectively over and we visit AFP’s Brussels bureau.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
37	14 Nov 2015 30 min	News and analysis highlights Ben Rylan looks back at the week’s highlights across Monocle 24’s news and analysis shows. The uprising in Ukraine was a clear rejection of closer ties with Russia but just how much pro-European sentiment remains today? We also hear from Australia’s human-rights commissioner during a difficult week for the country’s harsh asylum-seeker policies. Plus: beer brewers unite but is it good news?	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
36	7 Nov 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We take a closer look at the plane crash in Egypt, a celebration of 15 years of the International Space Station and a debate on who should run ‘The New York Times’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
35	31 Oct 2015 29 min	News and analysis highlights The best of the week’s current-affairs programmes on Monocle 24 including coverage of the earthquake in Afghanistan, the product-placement of weaponry in films and how to heat a country using volcanoes.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
34	24 Oct 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights Matt Alagiah looks at the best news and current affairs covered on Monocle 24 this week, including Nato’s organisation of its largest military exercise in more than 10 years. We also get a guide to Justin Trudeau and look at the history of national anthems.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
33	17 Oct 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We take a look at modern Shakespeare adaptations, discuss Finland’s grey economy and hear Robert Redford’s cinematic take on journalism.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
32	10 Oct 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We discuss the state of Syrian refugees in Brazil and hear about the future of the ‘Los Angeles Times’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
31	3 Oct 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We talk about the UN General Assembly, take a look at Tesla’s new car and a get a summary of the week's top luxury news.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
30	26 Sep 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We air a live broadcast from Somerset House, hear from Nato’s Jen Stoltenberg in Ukraine and discuss China’s attempts to win over the US tech market.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
29	19 Sep 2015 28 min	News and analysis highlights We discover why the coup in Burkina Faso could have diplomatic consequences for Taiwan, hear how Thai junta threatens critics with an “attitude adjustment programme” and get the latest on European car industry.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
28	12 Sep 2015 30 min	News and analysis highlights We discuss Russian aid flights to Syria and take a look at the pro-Kurdish opposition party as it accuses the ruling AK party of pushing Turkey towards civil war. Plus: we learn how portrayals of political leaders on screen change the way we remember them.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play