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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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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.

    Why did Baltimore’s bridge disaster happen?

    Why did Baltimore’s bridge disaster happen?

    As experts recover the data recorder onboard container ship ‘Dali’, we examine why the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed so quickly. Voters in Turkey head to the polls in local elections, with president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party hoping to win back cities that it lost five years ago. Plus: the latest on the ground from Ukraine and what foreign TV is allowed to be broadcast in North Korea?
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    • 35 min
    Israel’s ultra-Orthodox conscription row

    Israel’s ultra-Orthodox conscription row

    Benjamin Netanyahu is facing major pressure over the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service. Could this collapse Israel’s coalition government? Then: retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan discusses China’s military readiness for a potential invasion of Taiwan. Plus: a look at how declining fertility rates will transform the global economy and a flick through today’s Latin American papers.
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    • 40 min
    Special Edition, no 2: Live from the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai

    Special Edition, no 2: Live from the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai

    The latest in a series of special live editions recorded at the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum at Expo City Dubai. Tom Edwards hosts a discussion on heat and wellbeing in the city, featuring insights from the chief heat officer for North Dhaka, Bushra Afreen; director of Art Jameel, Antonia Carver; and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck. Plus: Monocle meets Seafood Souq co-founder Fahim Al Qasimi.
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    • 35 min
    Moscow concert attack: a major blow to Putin?

    Moscow concert attack: a major blow to Putin?

    Jenny Mathers and Mateusz Mazzini discuss the Moscow terror attack and the reaction in Poland after a Russian missile breached Polish airspace. Plus: The latest on Senegal’s presidential election, business news and a special interview with Ambassador Mark Green, president of the Wilson Center.
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    • 39 min
    What lies ahead for India’s elections?

    What lies ahead for India’s elections?

    After the arrest of a major opposition politician in India, we examine why the country’s forthcoming elections might be off to an auspicious start. Then: we discuss Armenia’s efforts to cosy up to the West and head to a European aviation conference. Plus: a special report on the rise of the Communist Party in the Austrian city of Salzburg and a look at the legacy of Karl Lagerfeld as his last apartment in Paris goes up for sale.
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    • 36 min
    What progress has been made towards a ceasefire in Gaza?

    What progress has been made towards a ceasefire in Gaza?

    As US secretary of state Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East, we examine whether there’s any progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza. Then: we get the latest on a long-standing legislative fight over immigration policy in the UK and how it could affect the country’s elections. Plus: we head to Finland for a special extended edition of ‘The Global Countdown’.
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    • 33 min

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88 Ratings

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If you are looking for a podcast which presents interesting topics and then destroys the discussion with pompous sixth-form comments, you’ve found the right one. The sardonic tone and bias of the host is obnoxious, and distracts from the substantive material. I think that I will stick to the FT.

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