• Twenty-eight countries demand immediate press access to Gaza as the UN declares famine in the enclave
    Aug 22 2025

    As outcry erupts over Israel’s actions in Gaza, ‘The National’ editor in chief joins to discuss press freedoms. Plus: Thomas Chatterton Williams’ ‘Summer of Our Discontent’ and is Russia’s Intervision worse than sanctions?

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    44 mins
  • Stubb, Trump and the challenge of negotiating peace today
    Aug 21 2025

    Live from Zürich: Eemeli Isoaho and Jessica Bridger on Europe’s bid to make peace and how leaders such as Alexander Stubb fit in. Plus: wildfires and the growing appeal of Silent Book Club.

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    38 mins
  • Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: Ukraine talks abroad, media disputes back home
    Aug 20 2025

    Live from Zürich: Juliet Linley and Marcus Schögel discuss Giorgia Meloni’s role in Ukraine talks, Victorinox’s possible US plans and reports that Pope Leo XIV might soon share his Vatican home with friars.

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    38 mins
  • Is a fresh ceasefire between Israel and Hamas possible?
    Aug 19 2025

    Hamas accepts a Gaza-ceasefire proposal, will Israel agree to the terms? Then: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon is under threat from Washington. Plus: is your relationship doomed if you meet online?

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    42 mins
  • Europe’s key leaders head to Washington to back Zelensky. Plus: Are young people reading books again?
    Aug 18 2025

    Volodymyr Zelensky heads to Washington accompanied by Europe’s top leaders. Can any progress be made? Plus: Israel faces increasing domestic pressure about the Gaza war and we discuss why young people are reading books again.

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    39 mins
  • Ukraine’s view of Putin-Trump talks and the new issue of Monocle
    Aug 15 2025

    As the world awaits the results of today’s meeting in Anchorage, we get the view from Kyiv. Plus: The new issue of Monocle, Flow festival in Helsinki and Taylor Swift’s podcast diplomacy.

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    43 mins
  • Zelensky meets Starmer ahead of Putin-Trump talks
    Aug 14 2025

    As we await the Putin-Trump talks in Alaska, can the UK and Europe ensure that redlines aren’t crossed. Plus: Netanyahu’s maniacal “vision” and why AI might not be coming for your job just yet.

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    37 mins
  • Is the global push for a Palestinian state a distraction from Gaza?
    Aug 13 2025

    As the world busies itself with discussions about a Palestinian state, the death toll in Gaza rises. Plus: Lebanon’s Iran problem, how to stop a shoplifter and are you guilty of “cagongjok”?

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    42 mins