The Briefing
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.
Episodes
Donald Trump’s words to Nato might seem friendly enough but there are doubts about the future of US commitment.
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Israel accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire as hostilities begin once again.
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Live from 16 Rue Bachaumont in Paris, Emma Nelson and guests assess Europe’s response to US strikes on Iran.
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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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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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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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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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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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As the world reacts to the IDF’s Operation Rising Lion, we get the view from Israel and Iran.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Speaking in Singapore ahead of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, France’s 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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As Viktor Orbán hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) next European stop in Budapest, former Hungarian MP Zsuzsanna Szelényi joins to discuss.
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