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The Briefing

Monocle

A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by a Monocle editor. The show features informed reporting, prescient business analysis and invaluable industry reports covering everything from technology to aviation and retail to media.

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Episodis

100 episodis

  1. Portugal battles storms as Spain weathers a general strike 29:36
  2. Hopes of resolution or talking shop? Ukraine and Russia hold direct US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi 29:51
  3. Jensen Huang’s Chinese affair: Why is the US not responding? 31:06
  4. Should Europe be less optimistic about future relations with the US now? 32:43
  5. If the US shifts away from the Iran war after the midterms, how will Israel react? 33:23
  6. Reactions from markets, Iran and the world to a Democratic sweep of the US midterms 31:01
  7. As US voters head to the polls, Trump’s Republicans have a hill to climb 32:37
  8. Is the prime minister of Belgium the first domino to fall? 34:53
  9. Can a Middle East security pact with Iran prove that diplomacy is still possible? 30:41
  10. Are new elections – or war – more likely than a coalition with Arab parties in Israel? 38:24
  11. Spain’s second deadly high-speed train crash in nine months 38:14
  12. Record high turnout early on in Israeli elections 36:01
  13. Brazil election: the world and the markets react 29:42
  14. Europe is spending more on defence but is it ready to defend itself? 32:21
  15. British jets for the UAE and Emirati fuel for France: Europe and the Gulf’s new ties 35:16
  16. Are Moscow and Washington drawing ever closer? 29:55
  17. Alberta votes to remain in Canada 32:19
  18. The political fallout after widespread protests and riots in France 30:09
  19. Donald Trump’s energy ceasefire collapses: What next for the war in Ukraine? 33:57
  20. EU budget showdown: Is a breakthrough possible? 35:56
  21. Volodymyr Zelensky in the UK after deadly overnight attacks 30:56
  22. IMF global economic forecast: bright spots and warnings 39:24
  23. Protests in New Delhi: Is Modi now facing an insurmountable political crisis? 35:29
  24. South African Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize 33:32
  25. Houthis claim Riyadh attacks and Italy approves controversial electoral-reform law 36:26
  26. Mail-in or early voting? How to get votes in ahead of the US midterm elections 28:58
  27. France’s day of demonstration 30:02
  28. Spain calls a snap election and Brazil heads to a runoff 33:17
  29. Stories from the Ukraine war and 25 years since the grounding of Swissair 33:46
  30. Israel’s ambassador to the UAE on Flydubai 33:23
  31. What we know of the diverted Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv 32:10
  32. Can Japan and China break their diplomatic deadlock? 28:56
  33. How much of a boost is France’s far-right surge in Senate elections? 29:35
  34. The China-US dinner: Is Europe feeling left out? 28:37
  35. Does the UN still have teeth? Plus: Monocle’s October style issue 35:38
  36. ‘Greatness or obliteration’: Can the UNGA help Iran and the US secure a deal? 28:23
  37. Is UNGA where the middle powers stop talking and start acting? 29:01
  38. The UN General Assembly convenes against the backdrop of the Iran war 31:24
  39. Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro battle for votes ahead of Brazil’s big election day 29:13
  40. Catwalks, pop-ups and after-parties: London Fashion Week begins 35:09
  41. Canada is set to become the EU’s first associate member 27:05
  42. Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial: what do we know in week 10? 26:23
  43. The EU ices out the US with its new Arctic agenda 28:53
  44. Are markets recognising a renewed threat to global energy supplies? 28:59
  45. Does the future of the transatlantic relationship lie with Poland and Canada? 38:40
  46. How to preserve a political legacy: the view from ‘Trumpapalooza’ and Macron’s twilight years 30:40
  47. Rubio in South America: celebrating the region’s rightward shift and eyeing 2028 32:54
  48. Germany’s far-right wins big: The view from the Bundestag and Brussels 30:42
  49. What the biggest restructuring in Volkswagen’s history says about Germany 30:56
  50. That’s Goethe hurt: Russia’s cultural swipe at Germany following accusations of drone attacks and spying 34:08