Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend, Stephen Dalziel reviews the papers, and we hear how Vienna is debating what to do with its Soviet memorials.
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Morning News: China Zero-Covid Policy Issues, Hungary-EU Spat, TV News
We hear from Beijing about the city’s fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown and ask how the country’s “zero-Covid” policy affects the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Plus: the escalation of Hungary’s rule-of-law spat with the EU, the latest TV news and an interview with South Korea’s only astronaut.
Morning News: Bulgaria & Poland Gas Cut, Singapore Politics, Venice Biennale
By shutting off gas to Poland and Bulgaria, Russia has made an aggressive move that may draw yet more European sanctions. How might the escalation end?
The popularity of Singapore’s ruling party has slipped, a bit, so it has selected a kinder, gentler leader ahead of elections in 2025. And why the delayed Art Biennale in Venice was worth the wait.
Morning News: U.N. Chief In Moscow, U.S. Diplomats Return, Musk Buys Twitter
As UN chief António Guterres heads to Moscow, we give you the latest on his meeting with Vladimir Putin. Plus: US diplomats begin to return to Ukraine, Elon Musk strikes a deal to buy Twitter and a round-up of the latest news from the Nordic region.
Morning News: U.S. Meets With Zelensky In Ukraine, Macron Wins Re-Election
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, promising to gradually re-establish a diplomatic presence in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term, beating far right candidate Marine Le Pen with 58 percent of the vote. And, workers at an Amazon sorting facility in Staten Island begin voting on unionization today.
Sunday Morning: News And Stories From Paris
Monocle’s Emma Nelson, Tom Burges Watson and panellists Florence Biedermann and Agnes Poirier cover the weekend’s biggest topics in this special broadcast from Paris. Also on the programme: how the French hospitality industry is enjoying a post-pandemic bounceback.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin covers the weekend’s biggest discussion topics, Charles Hecker reviews the newspapers and Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck is back with his weekend column.
Morning News: Germany’s Weapon Wavering, Japan-China, French Candidates
We discuss Germany’s dithering on the issue of sending weapons to Ukraine. Plus: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen enter the final days of campaigning, Japan weighs in on the Solomon Islands-China security pact and the latest urbanism news.
Morning News: French Presidential Debate, NATO-Finland, Venice Biennale
We discuss the French presidential election debate. Plus: Finnish MPs on Nato membership, an update from the Venice Biennale and the latest theatre news.
Morning News: Ukraine Refugees In Poland & New York, Russians In Turkey
The war in Ukraine has created the greatest flux of refugees in Europe since the second world war.
We visit Poland, where the response has been remarkably smooth, and a New York neighbourhood that is no stranger to émigrés from the region. And we consider the displaced who are largely overlooked: why are so many Russians exiling themselves in Turkey?
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