We check in on Lebanon and how events in the Middle East have affected discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York. Plus: Distripress in Hungary and the Thai sensation that is pygmy hippo calf Moo Deng. 

We check in on Lebanon and how events in the Middle East have affected discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York. Plus: Distripress in Hungary and the Thai sensation that is pygmy hippo calf Moo Deng.

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

Lebanon latest and the struggles of multilateralism

‘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.

Special edition: the best interviews of 2024, part three

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

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

Lebanon latest and the struggles of multilateralism

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