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The Foreign Desk - When currencies collapse
15 January 2022
Turkey, once an economic powerhouse, is experiencing a currency meltdown as inflation skyrockets against a backdrop of unorthodox policies. What can we learn from past currency crises? How do people get around hyperinfla…
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The Briefing - Portugal’s government faces collapse
11 March 2025
As a no-confidence vote threatens to topple Portugal’s Luís Montenegro, Carlota Rebelo joins Christopher Cermak to discuss. Plus: who is North Korea’s Lazarus Group and how did it steal $1.5bn (€1.3bn) worth of cryptocur…
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Bridging the gap
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The Briefing - Putin’s call with Trump and the Honda-Nissan merger collapses
13 February 2025
Donald Trump says that he had a “lengthy and highly productive” call with Vladimir Putin. Also on the programme: who were the AI power players at Emmanuel Macron’s Paris summit? Then: the Honda-Nissan merger deal collapses…
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The Briefing - French government collapse unnerves Eurozone
5 December 2024
As president Macron searches for a new prime minister and prepares to address the nation tonight, Brussels looks on in concern over France’s debt crisis. Plus, the latest from South Korea after the attempted martial-law…
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Dark horizons
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The Monocle Daily - How will the Assad regime’s collapse affect Europe?
9 December 2024
Robin Brant and Giorgia Scaturro discuss how the collapse of the Assad regime will affect Europe. Also in the programme: a migration solution dubbed the ‘Musk bill‘, tensions over an EU-Mercosur trade deal and whether…
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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 3: What would happen if North Korea collapsed?
17 February 2016
Once again, tensions between the top brass in Pyongyang and Seoul are high. After North Korea’s decision to carry out a nuclear test and launch a test rocket earlier this year, its neighbour warned Kim Jong-un that he faces…
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The Monocle Daily - President Biden issues a pardon for his son and France’s government on the brink of collapse
2 December 2024
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…
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Monocle on Saturday - Trump-Zelensky talks collapse, Ubud Writers Festival and Oscar buzz
1 March 2025
How did yesterday’s talks between Zelensky and Trump go so wrong? International journalist Nina dos Santos joins Emma Nelson to unpack the disastrous meeting, plus more of the week’s news and culture. Then: Georgina Godwin…
