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The Briefing — 98 episodes
Does the future of the transatlantic relationship lie with Poland and Canada?
How to preserve a political legacy: the view from ‘Trumpapalooza’ and Macron’s twilight years
Rubio in South America: celebrating the region’s rightward shift and eyeing 2028
Germany’s far-right wins big: The view from the Bundestag and Brussels
What the biggest restructuring in Volkswagen’s history says about Germany
That’s Goethe hurt: Russia’s cultural swipe at Germany following accusations of drone attacks and spying
Live from Zürich, which has just topped an index of the world’s smartest cities
The Mecca defence pact and Meloni’s record-breaking run
La rentrée politique: France’s presidential hopefuls kick start their campaigns
The death of Norway’s King Harald V and the enduring soft power of monarchy
A moment of truth for Volkswagen and Germany’s wider car industry
Spain vows to overhaul immigration laws as the Ceuta crisis persists
A ‘path to prosperity’? The US removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism
Andy Burnham delivers secret missile plans on Ukraine’s Independence Day
Myanmar’s post-coup leadership’s diplomacy tour lands in Bangkok – what does legitimacy look like?
Can Ukraine’s new defence minister Yevhenii Khmara deliver what Kyiv needs most?
How do trade routes tip the balance of geopolitical scales?
Oman, the inadvertent gate keeper
Can the US get the Gaza peace plan back on track?
This land is my land: how should countries resolve small territorial disputes?
Maga without Trump? The future of The Republicans
Why South Korea is reluctant to help Ukraine as North Korea boosts Russia’s war effort
South Korea’s defence future: chips and ships
The latest from Bangkok and ‘The Growth Story of the 21st Century’
Are European companies outpacing their American peers?
‘Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography’ and ‘The Global Countdown’
Revisiting La Rambla and the increasing importance of tree cover
Boeing’s 737 Max 7 finally gets certification from FAA
Why is Israeli withdrawal such a key issue for Gaza and Lebanon?
Optimism remains as firefighters battle to get France’s wildfires under control
What’s next for Peru as it inaugrates its 10th president in a decade
What Japan can teach the world about disaster preparedness?
South Korea battles its ageing population with a foreign workforce
The UK-Ukraine special relationship
Trump’s ‘Department of Revenge’ and the latest fashion news
Why has Donald Trump signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia?
Ukraine’s president attempts to de-escalate tensions at home
Farnborough Air Show highlights defence; China patrols the South China Sea
Lebanon's president visits the White House for landmark discussions
World Cup final: The mood in Argentina and Spain, plus half-time show preview
Why is the world viewing China more positively than the US?
Western Europe’s last frontier fence falls as Gibraltar joins the border-free Schengen community
Macron uses his last Bastille Day to unite Europe in show of military strength
Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed? US and Iran exchange tit-for-tat strikes
Coming out of the cold? Myanmar tries to re-engage with the Asean bloc
Will an establishment-versus-outsiders rift sink the Democrats’ mid-term hopes?
Damascus rocked by explosions during Macron’s visit to Syria: what comes next?
Trouble on the right: Meloni faces Trump at Nato summit while Le Pen awaits her fate
Iran mourns Ali Khamenei amid questions over his son’s whereabouts
Press freedoms in the spotlight on the 250th anniversary of US independence
Kyiv suffers one of the worst nights of the war as Russia strikes back
Wins and losses for Donald Trump at the end of the US Supreme Court’s term
Germany looks to the Global South for a new international order
Protests in Gaza erupt over living conditions in the besieged strip
Quality of Life special: From Tokyo to Oslo
Donald Trump and the US Senate battle over Iran ahead of midterm elections
Will Russia’s fuel crisis bring peace to Ukraine?
Would Britain be better off closer to Europe?
Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister
Colombia’s polarising run-off election and the view from the south
Tell it to me Strait: Will the Iran deal repair the global economy?
G7 summit talks critical minerals and Art Basel kicks off in Switzerland
Is Trump ready to turn a corner on the war in Ukraine? Plus: Pitti Uomo
Iran and the US reach a peace deal, with the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen
Albania’s flamingo protests take off as anger builds over Jared Kushner’s planned resort development
2026 Fifa World Cup opens amid fanfare and controversy
What’s behind the resurgence in inter-state conflict?
Who’s calling the shots?: Trump and Netanyahu both look to sway the war in Iran
Israeli and Iranian retaliatory strikes as Trump administration looks on
Culture wraps, Konfekt’s new travel special and the Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival
Why did Germany fail to secure a seat on the UN Security Council?
Serpentine Pavilion by Lanza Atelier opens in London
What’s next in Colombia’s presidential runoff between the left and the far right
Why Poland’s leaders continue to jockey for power
Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum
Bolstering UAE defence and Monocle’s coffee special
Israel’s offensive against Lebanon intensifies
Iran warns that the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region
Pope Leo has views on AI: will Silicon Valley listen?
Hungary’s constitutional reform and prime minister Péter Magyar’s first weeks
Will Donald Trump’s Republican party purges cost him in the midterms?
Nato under strain as members seek clarity on US plans to withdraw troops
Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart
The political controversy engulfing Cannes film festival
Is Russia looking to end the war or escalate it?
On stage for Emmanuel Macron’s viral moment in Kenya
Ukraine-Russia ceasefire ends but Kyiv’s renewed confidence continues
Is it all over for Keir Starmer? The cabinet faces questions
Trump rejects Iran’s peace proposal
Trump’s global 10 per cent tariffs ruled illegal as he pushes for an EU-trade deal
Can Marco Rubio smooth things over with Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni?
Does the end of ‘Project Freedom’ point to peace? Plus: Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire’s Paris
Is the ceasefire in Lebanon all but over?
Trump announces ‘Project Freedom’ and Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech conference
Trump threatens troop withdrawal in Europe
Pete Hegseth defends Iran war – and calls his critics the true adversary
How healthy is the special relationship? Assessing King Charles III’s speech to Congress
Will Canada’s sovereign wealth fund bolster its economy in the face of Trump’s tariffs?