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Sets the agenda in Asia and considers what’s been dominating the day in Europe and North America. The programme is sometimes co-hosted out of our Toronto and New York bureaux and features re...
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20 of 169 episodesIceland’s EU referendum and our shortcuts to a happier summer
Inga Thordar and Alexander Görlach on Iceland's looming EU referendum and why the organisation is popular again. Plus: an aerial-firefi...
Refuelling in southern France: Firefighters make progress but bigger challenges remain
Thomas Waterhouse joins us from Lacanau, where French water bombers are refilling from a nearby lake to fight the fires. Our panel of Ash Bh...
Broken norms: Are leaders less shy about backing other countries’ candidates?
Antônio Sampaio and Marion Messmer discuss Argentine president Javier Milei's direct intervention in Brazil's elections, endorsing Fl&...
The conflicts in Ukraine and Iran converge. Plus: What to make of political leaders’ attire?
Regional conflicts in Ukraine and Iran intersect as Kyiv hits a ship from Tehran in the Caspian Sea. Could the wars become global? Then: Can...
Is controlling the sun the brightest idea?
Tira Shubart and Andrew Mueller discuss the plans to reflect the sun's rays in a way to capitalise on solar energy. What could possibly go w...
The costs of war for the US and who will foot Pakistan’s mediation bill?
Charles Hecker and Patti Cohen on the effects of Yemen's Houthis on global shipping, how much the Iran war will cost the US, whether Pakista...
The message that a US deal allowing Saudi nuclear enrichment sends to the world
Hannah Lucinda Smith and Erin O'Halloran assess the global impact of a US agreement to build out Saudi Arabia's nuclear energy programme. Pl...
What UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s new cabinet tells us and the French far right shuns Elon Musk
Andy Burnham's cabinet sit down for their first meeting: what can we learn from their early policy positions? Then: why is the French far ri...
Andy Burnham takes charge in the UK – but does changing leaders midterm ever work?
Alex von Tunzelmann and Justin Quirk on the chances of Andy Burnham succeeding where Sir Keir Starmer could not. Plus: Farnborough Internati...
Vladimir Putin’s approval rating plummets and protests continue in Ukraine
Monocle writer Julia Jenne looks at the consequences of the cabinet reshuffle in Kyiv and why Vladimir Putin's popularity is dropping in Rus...
Change at the top in Ukraine and the 10-year anniversary of Turkey’s failed coup
The Ukrainian president's decision to dismiss popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has sparked anger. Then: Ten years after a failed co...
Who or what can stop the US-Iran conflict from becoming a forever war?
Iran and the US are back in conflict. Daniella Peled and Ash Bhardwaj discuss who (else) can bring an end to the war with Iran if the IRGC a...
The art of the military parade: Bastille Day and other case studies
France offered a show of military force and European unity during Emmanuel Macron's last Bastille Day parade. Is there such a thing as a goo...
Was diplomacy given a chance? Iran and US point to failures, as fighting resumes
Negah Angha and John Everard on the US and Iran's failure to give diplomacy a chance. Then: Japan aims to centralise intelligence and French...
The World Cup as a global policing operation
We look inside the Fifa International Police Co-operation Center, which brings together the law enforcement agencies of every competing coun...
US and Iran trade strikes on day of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s burial
The burial of Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei is now set to go ahead after delays due to US strikes. Then: India and Australia rea...
Trump uses trade to punish Spain over defence spend
US president Donald Trump has ordered a halt to trade with Spain, the only Nato member that hasn't committed to the alliance's new target of...
Top defence spenders Estonia takes its seat at the Nato conference in Ankara
All eyes are on Estonia at the Nato conference in Ankara as the Baltic nation looks to spend more than €10bn euros on defense over the...
The effects of Canada's multibillion-dollar submarine decision
Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, is poised to announce who will supply the Royal Canadian Navy's new submarine fleet – what it co...