A pacy round-up of the day’s main news stories, anchored from London by Chris Cermak. 

A pacy round-up of the day&rsquo;s main news stories, anchored from London by Chris Cermak.&nbsp;

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.

The Briefing

Friday 3 January

With two weeks to go until Donald Trump’s inauguration, we discuss Russia and Ukraine’s efforts to consolidate as much territory as possible. Then: Syria’s foreign minister calls for an end to US sanctions on his first trip abroad to Qatar. And: what Fernanda Torres’s historic Golden Globe win means for Brazil. 

With two weeks to go until Donald Trump&rsquo;s inauguration, we discuss Russia and Ukraine&rsquo;s efforts to consolidate as much territory as possible. Then: Syria&rsquo;s foreign minister calls for an end to US sanctions on his first trip abroad to Qatar. And: what Fernanda Torres&rsquo;s historic Golden Globe win means for Brazil.&nbsp;

Ukraine launches fresh offensive in Russia’s Kursk region 

‘The Briefing’ returns with breaking news from around the world in a new year, including the start of Poland's EU presidency.

&lsquo;The Briefing&rsquo; returns with breaking news from around the world in a new year, including the start of Poland's EU presidency.

Poland's EU presidency and the world in 2025

Join us for a New Year’s Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from best-selling author Elif Shafak; globally renowned architect Lord Norman Foster; Georgia Davis, Lizzie Mayland and Abigail Morris of UK band The Last Dinner Party; and Oscar-nominated screen star Jeffrey Wright.

Join us for a New Year&rsquo;s Day special in which we listen back to some of our best and biggest interviews on Monocle Radio from the past year. Today we hear from best-selling author Elif Shafak; globally renowned architect Lord Norman Foster; Georgia Davis, Lizzie Mayland and Abigail Morris of UK band The Last Dinner Party; and Oscar-nominated screen star Jeffrey Wright.

Friday 3 January

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