With little sign of progress towards a government, president Emmanuel Macron casts a lonely figure in French politics. Plus: retired US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges and the Nobel Prize for physics. 

With little sign of progress towards a government, president Emmanuel Macron casts a lonely figure in French politics. Plus: retired US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges and the Nobel Prize for physics.&nbsp;

Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards. 

Monocle’s unrivalled coverage of news and current affairs kicks off on weekdays with ‘The Globalist’ at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET. Anchored from London and Zürich, join our editors for insight and opinion on the big current affairs and business stories of the day and a review of the European front pages. Nominated for Best Daily Podcast in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.

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Increasingly isolated, pressure mounts on France’s Emmanuel Macron to resign

With the risk of war looming over the Middle East, pressure mounts on Iran’s theocracy. As Washington moves more warships and aircraft into the region and Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to strike a new nuclear deal counts down, how close are we to a new conflict?

With the risk of war looming over the Middle East, pressure mounts on Iran&rsquo;s theocracy. As Washington moves more warships and aircraft into the region and Donald Trump&rsquo;s deadline for Tehran to strike a new nuclear deal counts down, how close are we to a new conflict?

The countdown is on as Trump ups pressure on Iran

Amid backlash from the EU, the UN and even the Vatican, President Donald Trump hosts his inaugural Board of Peace. Then: former UN special advisor on how to end the war in Sudan. Plus: the latest urbanism news.

Amid backlash from the EU, the UN and even the Vatican, President Donald Trump hosts his inaugural Board of Peace. Then: former UN special advisor on how to end the war in Sudan. Plus: the latest urbanism news.

Trump convenes the Board of Peace

We unpack the two high-level talks that took place in Geneva and speak with Salomé Zourabichvili, who maintains that she’s the legitimate president of Georgia. Plus: Greenland gets closer to the Nordics and Indonesian news.

We unpack the two high-level talks that took place in Geneva and speak with Salom&eacute; Zourabichvili, who maintains that she&rsquo;s the legitimate president of Georgia. Plus: Greenland gets closer to the Nordics and Indonesian news.

Increasingly isolated, pressure mounts on France’s Emmanuel Macron to resign

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