The Briefing
By Monocle
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Apr 14, 2019
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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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Record high turnout early on in Israeli elections
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Oct 27, 2026 |
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Brazil election: the world and the markets react
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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Europe is spending more on defence but is it ready to defend itself?
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Oct 23, 2026 |
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British jets for the UAE and Emirati fuel for France: Europe and the Gulf’s new ties
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Oct 22, 2026 |
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Are Moscow and Washington drawing ever closer?
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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Alberta votes to remain in Canada
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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The political fallout after widespread protests and riots in France
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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Donald Trump’s energy ceasefire collapses: What next for the war in Ukraine?
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Oct 16, 2026 |
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EU budget showdown: Is a breakthrough possible?
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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Volodymyr Zelensky in the UK after deadly overnight attacks
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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IMF global economic forecast: bright spots and warnings
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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Protests in New Delhi: Is Modi now facing an insurmountable political crisis?
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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South African Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize
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Oct 09, 2026 |
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Houthis claim Riyadh attacks and Italy approves controversial electoral-reform law
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Oct 08, 2026 |
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Mail-in or early voting? How to get votes in ahead of the US midterm elections
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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France’s day of demonstration
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Spain calls a snap election and Brazil heads to a runoff
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Stories from the Ukraine war and 25 years since the grounding of Swissair
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Israel’s ambassador to the UAE on Flydubai
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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What we know of the diverted Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Can Japan and China break their diplomatic deadlock?
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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How much of a boost is France’s far-right surge in Senate elections?
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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The China-US dinner: Is Europe feeling left out?
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Does the UN still have teeth? Plus: Monocle’s October style issue
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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‘Greatness or obliteration’: Can the UNGA help Iran and the US secure a deal?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Is UNGA where the middle powers stop talking and start acting?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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The UN General Assembly convenes against the backdrop of the Iran war
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro battle for votes ahead of Brazil’s big election day
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Catwalks, pop-ups and after-parties: London Fashion Week begins
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Canada is set to become the EU’s first associate member
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial: what do we know in week 10?
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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The EU ices out the US with its new Arctic agenda
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Are markets recognising a renewed threat to global energy supplies?
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Does the future of the transatlantic relationship lie with Poland and Canada?
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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How to preserve a political legacy: the view from ‘Trumpapalooza’ and Macron’s twilight years
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Rubio in South America: celebrating the region’s rightward shift and eyeing 2028
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Germany’s far-right wins big: The view from the Bundestag and Brussels
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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What the biggest restructuring in Volkswagen’s history says about Germany
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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That’s Goethe hurt: Russia’s cultural swipe at Germany following accusations of drone attacks and spying
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Live from Zürich, which has just topped an index of the world’s smartest cities
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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The Mecca defence pact and Meloni’s record-breaking run
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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La rentrée politique: France’s presidential hopefuls kick start their campaigns
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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The death of Norway’s King Harald V and the enduring soft power of monarchy
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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A moment of truth for Volkswagen and Germany’s wider car industry
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Spain vows to overhaul immigration laws as the Ceuta crisis persists
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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A ‘path to prosperity’? The US removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Andy Burnham delivers secret missile plans on Ukraine’s Independence Day
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Myanmar’s post-coup leadership’s diplomacy tour lands in Bangkok – what does legitimacy look like?
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Can Ukraine’s new defence minister Yevhenii Khmara deliver what Kyiv needs most?
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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How do trade routes tip the balance of geopolitical scales?
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Oman, the inadvertent gate keeper
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Can the US get the Gaza peace plan back on track?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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This land is my land: how should countries resolve small territorial disputes?
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Maga without Trump? The future of The Republicans
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Why South Korea is reluctant to help Ukraine as North Korea boosts Russia’s war effort
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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South Korea’s defence future: chips and ships
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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The latest from Bangkok and ‘The Growth Story of the 21st Century’
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Are European companies outpacing their American peers?
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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‘Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography’ and ‘The Global Countdown’
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Revisiting La Rambla and the increasing importance of tree cover
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Boeing’s 737 Max 7 finally gets certification from FAA
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Why is Israeli withdrawal such a key issue for Gaza and Lebanon?
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Optimism remains as firefighters battle to get France’s wildfires under control
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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What’s next for Peru as it inaugrates its 10th president in a decade
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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What Japan can teach the world about disaster preparedness?
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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South Korea battles its ageing population with a foreign workforce
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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The UK-Ukraine special relationship
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Trump’s ‘Department of Revenge’ and the latest fashion news
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Why has Donald Trump signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia?
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Ukraine’s president attempts to de-escalate tensions at home
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Farnborough Air Show highlights defence; China patrols the South China Sea
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Lebanon's president visits the White House for landmark discussions
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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World Cup final: The mood in Argentina and Spain, plus half-time show preview
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Why is the world viewing China more positively than the US?
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Western Europe’s last frontier fence falls as Gibraltar joins the border-free Schengen community
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Macron uses his last Bastille Day to unite Europe in show of military strength
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed? US and Iran exchange tit-for-tat strikes
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Coming out of the cold? Myanmar tries to re-engage with the Asean bloc
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Will an establishment-versus-outsiders rift sink the Democrats’ mid-term hopes?
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Damascus rocked by explosions during Macron’s visit to Syria: what comes next?
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Trouble on the right: Meloni faces Trump at Nato summit while Le Pen awaits her fate
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Iran mourns Ali Khamenei amid questions over his son’s whereabouts
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Press freedoms in the spotlight on the 250th anniversary of US independence
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Kyiv suffers one of the worst nights of the war as Russia strikes back
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Wins and losses for Donald Trump at the end of the US Supreme Court’s term
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Germany looks to the Global South for a new international order
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Protests in Gaza erupt over living conditions in the besieged strip
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Quality of Life special: From Tokyo to Oslo
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Donald Trump and the US Senate battle over Iran ahead of midterm elections
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Will Russia’s fuel crisis bring peace to Ukraine?
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Would Britain be better off closer to Europe?
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Colombia’s polarising run-off election and the view from the south
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Tell it to me Strait: Will the Iran deal repair the global economy?
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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G7 summit talks critical minerals and Art Basel kicks off in Switzerland
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Is Trump ready to turn a corner on the war in Ukraine? Plus: Pitti Uomo
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Iran and the US reach a peace deal, with the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Albania’s flamingo protests take off as anger builds over Jared Kushner’s planned resort development
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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2026 Fifa World Cup opens amid fanfare and controversy
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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What’s behind the resurgence in inter-state conflict?
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Jun 10, 2026 |