Hezbollah has urged Lebanon to pull out of US-brokered talks with Israel. We speak to the Israeli ambassador to the UAE. Plus: the world’s biggest wine fair in Verona and we chat design in Abu Dhabi.

Hezbollah has urged Lebanon to pull out of US-brokered talks with Israel. We speak to the Israeli ambassador to the UAE. Plus: the world&rsquo;s biggest wine fair in Verona and we chat design in Abu Dhabi.

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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Live from Abu Dhabi: Lebanese and Israeli officials set to meet in Washington for the first time in decades

As the first visit to Syria by an EU leader is marred by explosions, we get the view from France and Damascus. Then: what next for Nato after renewed Trump threats? Plus: business news and Japan’s Yumiko Morioka. 

As the first visit to Syria by an EU leader is marred by explosions, we get the view from France and Damascus. Then: what next for Nato after renewed Trump threats? Plus: business news and Japan&rsquo;s Yumiko Morioka.&nbsp;

Damascus rocked by explosions during Macron’s visit to Syria: what comes next?

Donald Trump mocks his erstwhile ally Giorgia Meloni, while Marine Le Pen’s presidency is in the hands of a French court ruling. Plus: the US-Belgium controversy settled on the pitch and Haute Couture Week in Paris.

Donald Trump mocks his erstwhile ally Giorgia Meloni, while Marine Le Pen&rsquo;s presidency is in the hands of a French court ruling. Plus: the US-Belgium controversy settled on the pitch and Haute Couture Week in Paris.

Trouble on the right: Meloni faces Trump at Nato summit while Le Pen awaits her fate

Funeral processions for Iran’s slain supreme leader culminate in central Iran but his successor is nowhere to be seen. Plus: Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial gets under way; the chief economist of Swedbank; and how Bank of America is funding art-conservation projects.

Funeral processions for Iran&rsquo;s slain supreme leader culminate in central Iran but his successor is nowhere to be seen. Plus: Sara Duterte&rsquo;s impeachment trial gets under way; the chief economist of Swedbank; and how Bank of America is funding art-conservation projects.

Live from Abu Dhabi: Lebanese and Israeli officials set to meet in Washington for the first time in decades

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