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The Briefing — 59 episodes

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World Cup final: The mood in Argentina and Spain, plus half-time show preview

2

Why is the world viewing China more positively than the US?

3

Western Europe’s last frontier fence falls as Gibraltar joins the border-free Schengen community

4

Macron uses his last Bastille Day to unite Europe in show of military strength

5

Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed? US and Iran exchange tit-for-tat strikes

6

Coming out of the cold? Myanmar tries to re-engage with the Asean bloc

7

Will an establishment-versus-outsiders rift sink the Democrats’ mid-term hopes?

8

Damascus rocked by explosions during Macron’s visit to Syria: what comes next?

9

Trouble on the right: Meloni faces Trump at Nato summit while Le Pen awaits her fate

10

Iran mourns Ali Khamenei amid questions over his son’s whereabouts

11

Press freedoms in the spotlight on the 250th anniversary of US independence

12

Kyiv suffers one of the worst nights of the war as Russia strikes back

13

Wins and losses for Donald Trump at the end of the US Supreme Court’s term

14

Germany looks to the Global South for a new international order

15

Protests in Gaza erupt over living conditions in the besieged strip

16

Quality of Life special: From Tokyo to Oslo

17

Donald Trump and the US Senate battle over Iran ahead of midterm elections

18

Will Russia’s fuel crisis bring peace to Ukraine?

19

Would Britain be better off closer to Europe?

20

Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister

21

Colombia’s polarising run-off election and the view from the south

22

Tell it to me Strait: Will the Iran deal repair the global economy?

23

G7 summit talks critical minerals and Art Basel kicks off in Switzerland

24

Is Trump ready to turn a corner on the war in Ukraine? Plus: Pitti Uomo

25

Iran and the US reach a peace deal, with the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen

26

Albania’s flamingo protests take off as anger builds over Jared Kushner’s planned resort development

27

2026 Fifa World Cup opens amid fanfare and controversy

28

What’s behind the resurgence in inter-state conflict?

29

Who’s calling the shots?: Trump and Netanyahu both look to sway the war in Iran

30

Israeli and Iranian retaliatory strikes as Trump administration looks on

31

Culture wraps, Konfekt’s new travel special and the Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival

32

Why did Germany fail to secure a seat on the UN Security Council?

33

Serpentine Pavilion by Lanza Atelier opens in London

34

What’s next in Colombia’s presidential runoff between the left and the far right

35

Why Poland’s leaders continue to jockey for power

36

Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum

37

Bolstering UAE defence and Monocle’s coffee special

38

Israel’s offensive against Lebanon intensifies

39

Iran warns that the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region

40

Pope Leo has views on AI: will Silicon Valley listen?

41

Hungary’s constitutional reform and prime minister Péter Magyar’s first weeks

42

Will Donald Trump’s Republican party purges cost him in the midterms?

43

Nato under strain as members seek clarity on US plans to withdraw troops

44

Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart

45

The political controversy engulfing Cannes film festival

46

Is Russia looking to end the war or escalate it?

47

On stage for Emmanuel Macron’s viral moment in Kenya

48

Ukraine-Russia ceasefire ends but Kyiv’s renewed confidence continues

49

Is it all over for Keir Starmer? The cabinet faces questions

50

Trump rejects Iran’s peace proposal

51

Trump’s global 10 per cent tariffs ruled illegal as he pushes for an EU-trade deal

52

Can Marco Rubio smooth things over with Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni?

53

Does the end of ‘Project Freedom’ point to peace? Plus: Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire’s Paris

54

Is the ceasefire in Lebanon all but over?

55

Trump announces ‘Project Freedom’ and Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech conference

56

Trump threatens troop withdrawal in Europe

57

Pete Hegseth defends Iran war – and calls his critics the true adversary

58

How healthy is the special relationship? Assessing King Charles III’s speech to Congress

59

Will Canada’s sovereign wealth fund bolster its economy in the face of Trump’s tariffs?