We dive into the latest from Damascus and consider what journalists on the ground make of the country’s new reality. Plus: what are the UK Labour government’s key foreign-policy goals as it heads abroad? Then: we visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo for this week’s edition of ‘The Global Countdown’.

<p dir="ltr">We dive into the latest from Damascus and consider what journalists on the ground make of the country&rsquo;s new reality. Plus: what are the UK Labour government&rsquo;s key foreign-policy goals as it heads abroad? Then: we visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo for this week&rsquo;s edition of &lsquo;The Global Countdown&rsquo;.</p>

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.

<p>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.</p>