With Europe bracing for a second Trump presidency, we discuss what’s next for the EU and Ukraine. Then: Germany heads for snap elections as the ruling coalition crumbles. Plus: highlights from the 2024 World Architecture Festival and a special interview with the minister of tourism of Greece, Olga Kefalogianni.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the world processes the news that Donald Trump has once again been elected president, Vincent McAviney and the Monocle team join Emma Nelson to discuss what the geopolitical implications are. Plus: Boeing workers finally return and the view from Art Week Tokyo.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A special programme out of Washington as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declares victory over his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris. Our team on the ground brings you the latest results and analysis as votes trickle in – we’re in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, Alabama, California, Michigan and in the nation’s capital. Plus: the team in London on how Europe has reacted to the result.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As a historic US election day unfolds, Monocle’s Christopher Lord reports from a tense Washington, Georgina Godwin explores political branding in the American South and Andrew Mueller reviews bizarre election ads. Plus: Asia-Pacific security stakes and a Brazilian take on newspaper political endorsements. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We examine a frenetic final weekend of campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s US presidential election and speak with Ian Brzezinski about America’s role in the world. Plus: The World Weather Attribution report, an interview with director Steve McQueen and why crows hold grudges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As strikes and rockets continue to fire across the Lebanon-Israel border, there is still a sense of optimism about a ceasefire in the region. Hannah McCarthy joins Emma Nelson to discuss the situation. Plus: Andrew Mueller details the rigorous arguments of bloviating real-estate huxters, William Yang gives us the latest on Taiwan’s record-breaking typhoon and Rebecca Tay explains why Christmas is getting creepier.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle’s Simon Bouvier joins Emma Nelson to discuss the future of the Renaissance party, as former French prime ministers Gabriel Attal and Élisabeth Borne avoid a political bust-up over who will be its next leader. Plus: China’s mounting debt problems, Copenhagen’s witch exhibition and the Vatican City’s new anime mascot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle’s Christopher Cermak reports from Washington as Emma Nelson discusses Hezbollah’s new leader choice with Edmund Bower in Beirut. Plus: influence operations and disinformation in Switzerland, historic Italian naval ship docks in Singapore and Bangkok’s Jay Fai announces that she is hanging up her apron.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest on talks for a proposed two-day truce in Gaza. Plus, questions over the legitimacy of Georgia’s election results, a flip through the papers and the role of conspiracies in the US presidential campaign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has lost its majority in snap elections but Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on. Fiona Wilson, Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, joins Georgina Godwin to discuss what comes next. Plus: Lindsey Hilsum on Lebanon and we hear about protecting Slovakia’s cultural heritage and plans for Poland’s new supercity.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia goes to the polls tomorrow in the first parliamentary elections since the country obtained EU-candidate status in December 2023, it is also the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Joshua Kucera joins Georgina Godwin to discuss this decisive moment for the country’s future and whether it is shifting towards Russia or the West. Plus: What will chancellor Scholz hope to secure for Germany’s economic future from his visit to India? Then: Dutch navy unveils the world’s...

We get the latest following the deadly attack on a major defence and aerospace company in the Turkish capital. Plus: North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia, why Tokyo Metro’s market debut is on the right track and a look ahead to our new programme, ‘Monocle on Fashion’.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East – but prospects for a ceasefire appear slim. We also get the latest on the UN Biodiversity Conference in Colombia, find out why a former Peruvian president has been jailed for 20 years and learn how Egypt has managed to eradicate malaria. Plus: the Rome International Film Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vladimir Putin brings Brics leaders to Kazan, our US politics correspondent brings us the latest two weeks before the presidential election and we discuss King Charles’s testy visit to Australia. Plus: a check-in from San Francisco’s Urban Transformation Summit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moldova’s European Union referendum too close to call and the legacy of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo. Plus: architect Richard England and the Utopian Hours festival in Turin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean for the war? Then: we turn to Mozambique as the ruling Frelimo party claims victory in contested presidential elections. Plus: we report from Art Basel Paris and check out Cathay Pacific’s new business class ‘Aria Suite’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We examine Kyiv’s latest diplomatic push with its Western allies, as Volodymyr Zelensky presents his ‘victory plan’ to parliament in Ukraine. Then: a first for the EU as it hosts leaders from the Gulf nations. Plus: Sweden’s plans to grow its military, retail news, a dispatch from the Frankfurt Book Fair and a meeting with the cast and writer of hit series ‘The Turkish Detective’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As one of the biggest court cases in Portugal’s history kicks off, we discuss the effects of the collapse of Banco Espírito Santo and the Espírito Santo Group ten years on. Plus: Donald Tusk’s new plans to curb asylum in Poland, a dispatch from the Paris Motor Show 2024 and architecture news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest as the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit kicks off in Pakistan. Then: China holds fresh military exercises around Taiwan, campaigning begins ahead of Japan’s snap election and Nasa hunts for alien life in our solar system.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We unpack the latest Iran-Israel tensions, get the results of Lithuania’s weekend election and hear about France’s tortured relationship with its former North African colonies. Plus: Portugal’s tax incentive for under-35s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky launches a European tour to rally more arms and support from the West. But as the war heads into its third winter, what can he realistically expect? Plus: is Washington’s patience with Israel’s Gaza offensive wearing thin? Plus: we check in with the team at the Monocle Quality of Life Conference in Istanbul. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world waits on the nature of Israel’s response to last week’s Iranian missile attacks, Ukraine’s main newspaper speaks out against the country’s government, the US leaves its Typhoon missile system in the Philippines and China has imposed temporary anti-dumping measures on brandy imports from the EU. Plus: All the moments to look out for from Frieze London 2024.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the politicising of disaster response and how devastating back-to-back hurricanes could affect voting in the US election. Plus: what can the ASEAN Summit accomplish? And: a special interview with the former foreign secretary of India, ambassador Shyam Saran, on increasing cybersecurity threats and the need for global cooperation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the latest from the Middle East. Then: a look at how the Taliban have been profiting from their control of Afghanistan’s airspace and the strained relations between China and Pakistan following another targeted terror attack. Plus: Maria Hinojosa on her contributions to journalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.