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The Briefing
Hosted by Monocle · EN
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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Israeli and Iranian retaliatory strikes as Trump administration looks on
2d ago00:28:45Tap to summarizeIsrael and Iran show little interest in maintaining a ceasefire demanded by Donald Trump. Our Gulf correspondent, Inzamam Rashid, explains. Plus: China’s president in Pyongyang and the co-directors of furniture fair ICFF.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Culture wraps, Konfekt’s new travel special and the Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival
5d ago00:30:06Tap to summarizeHezbollah rejects a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Then: a look at Konfekt’s summer issue with Sophie Grove and a pop-up bookshop by Thames & Hudson at London’s Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Why did Germany fail to secure a seat on the UN Security Council?
6d ago00:31:05Tap to summarizeWe discuss Berlin’s failure to secure a seat on the UN Security Council. Then: are the world’s worst displacement crises under-reported? Plus: ‘The Global Countdown’ kicks off its World Cup special.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Serpentine Pavilion by Lanza Atelier opens in London
1w ago00:30:50Tap to summarizeNic Monisse takes a look at London’s Serpentine Pavilion ahead of opening on Saturday. Plus: Anita Riotta brings us the results of primaries across the US and we wrap the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa with Andrew Mueller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →What’s next in Colombia’s presidential runoff between the left and the far right
1w ago00:45:48Tap to summarizeWe consider what Colombia’s polarising election could mean for Latin America’s third-largest economy. Plus: we meet Ari and Ethan Gold, the twins behind one-shot musical film ‘Brother Verses Brother’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Why Poland’s leaders continue to jockey for power
1w ago00:28:44Tap to summarizeWe examine the prospects for Poland’s ruling coalition ahead of the 2027 parliamentary election. Plus: we head to Paris to speak with Laetitia and Arthur Cohen, owners of the best Franco-Japanese restaurants in town.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum
2w ago00:29:02Tap to summarizeContributing editor Andrew Mueller joins from the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa, Ukraine. Plus: a painting of Sue Tilley, one of Lucien Freud’s main muses, is set to go under the hammer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Bolstering UAE defence and Monocle’s coffee special
2w ago00:29:50Tap to summarizeWe get the latest from Iran, go behind the scenes with UAE defence manufacturer Edge Group and talk all things coffee with a special feature in Monocle’s June magazine, out today. Plus: The Global Countdown from Namibia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Israel’s offensive against Lebanon intensifies
2w ago00:32:14Tap to summarizeAs the US and Iran battle on with strained efforts to find peace, we assess the implications for Israel as its offensive against Lebanon intensifies. Plus: we discuss opera and AI with the Royal Opera’s Netia Jones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Iran warns that the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region
2w ago00:19:45Tap to summarizeAs Tehran and Washington discuss a framework to end their three-month war, Iran’s supreme leader warns that Gulf powers will no longer be a shield for the US and its bases. Plus: Why guilty consumption is taking off in Japan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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