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

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.

Diplomacy converges in Geneva and we speak with Georgia’s Salomé Zourabichvili

The latest from Geneva as the US mediates two separate rounds of talks on Iran and the war in Ukraine. Then: we speak to Bill Browder about the future of Russia’s economy. Plus: Macron’s high-profile visit to India and news from the Balkans.

The latest from Geneva as the US mediates two separate rounds of talks on Iran and the war in Ukraine. Then: we speak to Bill Browder about the future of Russia&rsquo;s economy. Plus: Macron&rsquo;s high-profile visit to India and news from the Balkans.

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

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