After 14 years in power, the UK’s Conservative Party suffers the most brutal defeat in its history. We’ll look at what’s next and examine how events in the Middle East impacted the vote. Plus, why Hungary’s president, Viktor Orbán, is making more headlines than usual and what to expect from India prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow. All that and a look at the latest film news. 

After 14 years in power, the UK’s Conservative Party suffers the most brutal defeat in its history. We’ll look at what’s next and examine how events in the Middle East impacted the vote. Plus, why Hungary’s president, Viktor Orbán, is making more headlines than usual and what to expect from India prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow. All that and a look at the latest film news.

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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The UK’s Conservative Party suffers a historic loss

The Asean summit in Laos begins with the focus on relations with China and Myanmar’s civil war. We’ll cross to Brazil to see how the right is reshaping itself. Then: as conflict spreads in the Middle East, we investigate the ensuing displacement crisis. Plus: London Frieze kicks off.

The Asean summit in Laos begins with the focus on relations with China and Myanmar’s civil war. We’ll cross to Brazil to see how the right is reshaping itself. Then: as conflict spreads in the Middle East, we investigate the ensuing displacement crisis. Plus: London Frieze kicks off.

The Asean summit agenda

In our weekly US election special, we’ll take you to the capital and the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia to see how the economy is affecting the race. As the top issue voters care about, will the economy help boost Harris or Trump to the White House?

In our weekly US election special, we’ll take you to the capital and the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia to see how the economy is affecting the race. As the top issue voters care about, will the economy help boost Harris or Trump to the White House?

How will the economy affect the US election

How will the geopolitical stories that have dominated 2024 continue to unfold? Plus: we reflect on the year since Hamas’s 7 October attack. Then: we hear from Yoox Net-a-Porter’s interim CEO, Alison Loehnis.

How will the geopolitical stories that have dominated 2024 continue to unfold? Plus: we reflect on the year since Hamas’s 7 October attack. Then: we hear from Yoox Net-a-Porter’s interim CEO, Alison Loehnis.

The UK’s Conservative Party suffers a historic loss

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