Police in Bolivia have arrested the leader of an apparent coup attempt, soon after soldiers stormed the palace of the president. In Japan, the yen tumbles to its weakest level in 38 years. Plus: the US prepares for another tense presidential TV debate and Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey hits newsstands.

Police in Bolivia have arrested the leader of an apparent coup attempt, soon after soldiers stormed the palace of the president. In Japan, the yen tumbles to its weakest level in 38 years. Plus: the US prepares for another tense presidential TV debate and Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey hits newsstands.

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.

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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Attempted coup leader arrested in Bolivia

After European leaders agree who will fill the EU’s top posts, we discuss what comes next and look ahead to France’s elections. Plus, international reactions to the US presidential debate, the latest from Gaza, Monocle’s new Paris office and Greenland Air’s first flight to Canada in a decade.

After European leaders agree who will fill the EU’s top posts, we discuss what comes next and look ahead to France’s elections. Plus, international reactions to the US presidential debate, the latest from Gaza, Monocle’s new Paris office and Greenland Air’s first flight to Canada in a decade.

The EU fills its top jobs

‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Evan Gershkovich has appeared behind closed doors today in a Russian court, facing spying allegations that the publication and the US government have sternly rejected. Elsewhere, Volodymyr Zelensky hails the start of EU accession talks for Ukraine, Germany’s new citizens must declare Israel’s right to exist, Assange returns to Australia and, with a month to go, Paris completes final preparations for the Olympics.

‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Evan Gershkovich has appeared behind closed doors today in a Russian court, facing spying allegations that the publication and the US government have sternly rejected. Elsewhere, Volodymyr Zelensky hails the start of EU accession talks for Ukraine, Germany’s new citizens must declare Israel’s right to exist, Assange returns to Australia and, with a month to go, Paris completes final preparations for the Olympics.

Journalist Evan Gershkovich’s closed trial begins in Russia

After more than a decade in legal limbo, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of espionage in the US in exchange for his freedom. Also on the programme: why an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that ultra-Orthodox Jews must serve in the IDF could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Plus: business news, the Japanese state visit to Britain and China’s unique moon rocks.

After more than a decade in legal limbo, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of espionage in the US in exchange for his freedom. Also on the programme: why an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that ultra-Orthodox Jews must serve in the IDF could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Plus: business news, the Japanese state visit to Britain and China’s unique moon rocks.

Attempted coup leader arrested in Bolivia

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