
The Briefing
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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Netanyahu and Trump plan to meet in Washington. Plus: ‘Zootopia 2’ and animated...
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Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison
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The US and Iran hold direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme
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Human Rights Watch suggests the world is in a democratic recession. Plus: Puerto...
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Monocle at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Plus: New York’s first ever sa...
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France finally pushes budget through and the World Governments Summit in Dubai
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Rafah border crossing opens, Berlin grinds to a halt and ‘Melania’ bores
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Former Iraq prime minister Nouri al-Maliki rejects US threats over potential com...
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ICE agents head to the Winter Olympics, a new issue of Monocle magazine and high...
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Greenland and Denmark’s leaders in Paris: What’s on the menu for the working lun...
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How Iranians are receiving information during a brutal crackdown on protests
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Xi Jinping’s purge of high-ranking Chinese military figures continues
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Where does the Nato military alliance go from here?
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Live from Davos: Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, and day four of the...
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Live from Davos: Trump touches down and markets react to geopolitics
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Live from Davos: WEF gets underway, what makes a strong passport and redefining...
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Trump tells Norway’s PM he is no longer obligated ‘to think purely of peace’. Pl...
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Russia strikes energy facilities in Kharkiv as Zelensky declares a state of emer...
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Phase two of the ceasefire: what comes next for Gaza?
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Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi plans snap election
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Donald Trump issues financial warnings. Plus: an urbanism round-up
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Venezuela releases political prisoners, business news and Brazil at the Golden G...
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Russia’s reactions to US operations in Venezuela
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Tractors park at the Arc de Triomphe to protest a European trade deal with Merco...
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Will Venezuela hand over 50 million barrels of oil to the US?
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Venezuela: Mission not accomplished?
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What does Trump’s audacious attack on Venezuela mean for Europe?
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Friday 2 January
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Tyler Brûlé is joined by Benjamin Smith to discuss efficiency and sustainability...
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Wednesday 31 December
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Tuesday 30 December
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Monday 29 December
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Tyler Brûlé is joined by William P Lauder – the third-generation leader of the E...
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Christmas Day special
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Tyler Brûlé is joined by Jean-Claude Biver for a look at the art of watchmaking
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Tuesday 23 December
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Monday 22 December
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Reforming the US-Israel relationship and how behavioural science shapes urban po...
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Who will be the UK’s new ambassador to the US?
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“The time to build” at the UN Global Refugee Forum 2025, and Brazil’s 2026 forec...
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How can Europe succeed in the Trump era? Plus: design gifts for the holidays
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The international community weighs in on the Bondi shooting and Thailand’s next...
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Is Gaza’s US-brokered ceasefire moving ahead or failing?
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Fresh crisis in Yemen threatens to split the Gulf region
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Is the transatlantic relationship facing a major crisis?
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Thailand and Cambodia’s border feud escalates and the latest in urban-mobility d...
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European leaders huddle with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky
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Germany and France’s generational split over pensions. Plus: four nations boycot...
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The Dominican Republic: Caught between Trump’s America and Venezuela’s Maduro
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The Gulf states look towards a joint defensive strategy at the 46th GCC summit
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