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News: U.S. Election Final Days, Putin Welcomes The BRICS Leaders To Russia

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 22, 2024): Vladimir Putin brings Brics leaders to Kazan, our US politics correspondent brings us the latest two weeks before the presidential election and we discuss King Charles’s testy visit to Australia. Plus: a check-in from San Francisco’s Urban Transformation Summit.

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News: Hezbollah Finance Group Targeted By Israel, Moldova-EU Referendum

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 21, 2024): Moldova’s European Union referendum too close to call and the legacy of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo. Plus: architect Richard England and the Utopian Hours festival in Turin.

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Sunday Morning: Stories And The Top News From Zürich, Helsinki And Paris

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Monocle on Sunday (October 20, 2024): Our weekend programme comes live from Monocle’s radio studio in Zürich, where Tyler Brûlé and a panel of special-guest thought leaders discuss key topics in front of a studio audience.

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Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

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Monocle on Saturday (October 19, 2024): Monocle’s Amy Van Den Berg meets the creative director of the Frankfurt Book Fair to get a read on the mood ahead of the industry’s largest event.

Then: the editorial director of Cheerio Publishing, Darren Biabowe Barnes, discusses independent publishing in 2024. Plus: Charles Hecker joins to go through the latest news and culture, including Russian troops in North Korea, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and a new book on British food.

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News: Israel Forces Kill Hamas Leader Sinwar In Gaza, Mozambique Vote

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 18, 2024): What does the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean for the war? Then: we turn to Mozambique as the ruling Frelimo party claims victory in contested presidential elections.

Plus: we report from Art Basel Paris and check out Cathay Pacific’s new business class ‘Aria Suite’.

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News: Ukraine’s ‘Victory Plan’ To Western Allies, U.S. Strikes Houthi Targets

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 17, 2024): We examine Kyiv’s latest diplomatic push with its Western allies, as Volodymyr Zelensky presents his ‘victory plan’ to parliament in Ukraine. Then: a first for the EU as it hosts leaders from the Gulf nations.

Plus: Sweden’s plans to grow its military, retail news, a dispatch from the Frankfurt Book Fair and a meeting with the cast and writer of hit series ‘The Turkish Detective’.

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News: Israel Air Strikes Hit Beirut, U.S. Military Cuts, Portugal Banking Trial

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 16, 2024): As one of the biggest court cases in Portugal’s history kicks off, we discuss the effects of the collapse of Banco Espírito Santo and the Espírito Santo Group ten years on.

Plus: Donald Tusk’s new plans to curb asylum in Poland, a dispatch from the Paris Motor Show 2024 and architecture news.

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News: Harris And Trump Campaigns, How Global Wars Will Effect Election

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 15, 2024): With three weeks to go until the US presidential election, we check in with the latest from Washington. Then: we examine how global wars might affect the race. Plus:  we cast our eyes to Asia, where our correspondents break down the region’s outlook on the election.

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News: Israel Retaliation Options Against Iran, Hezbollah Drone Attack

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 14, 2024): We unpack the latest Iran-Israel tensions, get the results of Lithuania’s weekend election and hear about France’s tortured relationship with its former North African colonies.

Plus: Portugal’s tax incentive for under-35s.

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Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London, Bodrum And Nairobi

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Monocle on Sunday (October 13, 2024): Emma Nelson, Alex von Tunzelmann and David Bodanis on the weekend’s biggest talking points.

We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé in Bodrum after the Quality of Life Conference and Monocle’s correspondent in Nairobi, Naveena Kottoor, gives us the latest news from Kenya and the region.