The Briefing
Monocle
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.
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Genres:
World News
Networks:
Monocle
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Contact:
Midori House, 1 Dorset Street, London, W1U 4EG, UK +44 20 7725 4388
Email:
info@monocle.com
Episodes
Live from Paris: Accounting for the missing people of Ukraine
6/26/2025
How the fates of 40,000 missing people in Ukraine remain unknown.
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Duration:00:49:57
Live from Paris: Tensions rise as Trump descends on Nato Summit
6/25/2025
Donald Trump’s words to Nato might seem friendly enough but there are doubts about the future of US commitment.
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Duration:00:42:21
Live from Paris: Israel orders strikes on Tehran while Iran denies breaking truce
6/24/2025
Israel accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire as hostilities begin once again.
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Duration:00:41:22
Live from Paris: Europe reacts to US strikes on Iran
6/23/2025
Live from 16 Rue Bachaumont in Paris, Emma Nelson and guests assess Europe’s response to US strikes on Iran.
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Duration:00:42:18
Switzerland’s ‘20 Minuten’ ends print run, plus Alpine forums and architecture updates
6/20/2025
Live from Zürich: Maarit Ströbele from Hochparterre drops by to discuss their latest issue. Plus: Jessica Bridger on The Klosters Forum, a newspaper winds down and the next stop in our summer series.
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Duration:00:33:38
Stock markets, geopolitics, Trump and the Middle East
6/19/2025
Live from Zürich: Christian Gattiker of Julius Baer explains how stock markets and investors are reacting to the Iran-Israel conflict and other tumult from the US, Europe and the Middle East.
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Duration:00:40:29
The UN Human Rights Council resumes in Geneva. What’s next?
6/18/2025
We explore the UN Human Rights Council summer session in Geneva, which faces major budget shortages and threats from the US, with Michelle Langrand of Geneva Solutions.
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Duration:00:33:25
Can Iran return to the negotiating table? And what can it offer if it does?
6/17/2025
Donald Trump leaves the G7 as Iran signals that it’s willing to talk. We speak to a mediator in Zürich about Iran’s bargaining power after five days of Israeli strikes.
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Duration:00:33:05
Paris Air Show kicks off at a challenging time for aviation
6/16/2025
Simon Bouvier joins us from the Paris Air Show and Tyler Brûlé joins from our Zürich studio to discuss the launch of the Paris Air Show and what to expect from aviation at a time of global tumult.
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Duration:00:33:07
Israel strikes Iran: the view from Tel Aviv and Tehran
6/13/2025
As the world reacts to the IDF’s Operation Rising Lion, we get the view from Israel and Iran.
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Duration:00:37:54
The IAEA formally declares Iran non-compliant with nuclear standards
6/12/2025
As the UN nuclear watchdog formally declares Iran non-compliant with nuclear standards, we discuss how this will add to already ramped-up tensions between the US and Iran.
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Duration:00:38:36
The US and China achieve “framework” trade deal after two days of London talks
6/11/2025
As the US and China resume their trade truce, we discuss how certain it really is. Plus: Donald Tusk’s no-confidence vote, France versus Israel, book censorship in Malaysia and uranium mining in Utah.
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Duration:00:34:11
The Graz school shooting: what we know so far
6/10/2025
As Austrian officials respond to reports of a school shooting that has left at least nine people dead, Alexei Korolyov reports from Vienna on the latest.
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Duration:00:32:55
Donald Trump’s second-term travel ban comes into effect
6/9/2025
As the US President’s full travel ban on 12 countries comes into effect, we discuss the view from the Middle East.
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Duration:00:35:57
Israel arms Palestinian factions within Gaza and the rise of J-pop
6/6/2025
Israel confirms that it’s arming Palestinian factions within Gaza who oppose Hamas, Leila Molana-Allen tells us more. Plus: a flick through Brazil’s papers and J-pop’s government-backed global expansion.
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Duration:00:32:23
Musk turns on Trump
6/5/2025
We discuss the fallout of Elon Musk’s criticism of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”. Are the latest round of executive actions simply a distraction from Musk’s broadside?
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Duration:00:36:54
Israel halts aid distribution in Gaza for a full day
6/4/2025
The latest following Israel’s decision to pause aid distribution in Gaza for 24 hours. Then: the rift between Poland’s new right-wing president and its liberal prime minister. Plus: the Middle East’s burgeoning art market.
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Duration:00:35:41
Dutch government collapses
6/3/2025
The Dutch government collapses as far-right leader Geert Wilders pulls his far-right PVV party out of a coalition. We have the latest.
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Duration:00:35:00
What to expect from Ukraine-Russia second-round talks
6/2/2025
After a series of air strikes over the weekend, Ukraine and Russia sit down for a second round of talks in Istanbul.
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Duration:00:31:44
Macron warns Israel of sanctions
5/30/2025
Speaking in Singapore ahead of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue French president, Emmanuel Macron, called on European leaders to harden their collective position on Israel if the humanitarian situation in Gaza doesn’t improve soon.
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Duration:00:30:17