The Briefing
By Monocle
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.
Episodes (29)
Iran hits Kuwaiti oil tanker in Dubai – are energy targets now fair game?
29m3/31/2026
Ukraine’s Easter truce proposal and Israel’s death-penalty bill for Palestinians
29m4/1/2026
How would ending birthright citizenship change American society?
37m4/2/2026
Is Donald Trump starting to fire his cabinet?
25m4/3/2026
Asia’s worsening fuel crisis: a sign of what’s to come for Europe?
22m4/6/2026
Trump’s Iran deadline approaches and JD Vance visits Hungary to bolster Victor Orbán’s election chances
28m4/7/2026
Keir Starmer heads to the Gulf after the US and Iran agree to a ceasefire
30m4/8/2026
US-Iran ceasefire tested by deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon
30m4/9/2026
The view from Beirut on Israel’s deadly strikes. And: Hungary’s pivotal elections
24m4/10/2026
The US prepares to launch Iranian port blockade within hours and Viktor Orbán defeated in Hungary
40m4/13/2026
Live from Abu Dhabi: Lebanese and Israeli officials set to meet in Washington for the first time in decades
39m4/14/2026
Live from Dubai: The state of tourism and education in the Gulf
39m4/15/2026
Live from Sharjah: The UAE’s start-ups look beyond the conflict
32m4/16/2026
How tourism in the UAE is staying resilient despite the Iran war
32m4/17/2026
Are US-Iran peace talks still on the table?
29m4/20/2026
Lula in Lisbon: what’s on the agenda?
31m4/21/2026
Planes, trains and ferries: How the Iran war is affecting travel
29m4/22/2026
Trump in the polls: the domestic impact of US foreign policy
30m4/23/2026
Israel and Lebanon extend ceasefire after White House talks
29m4/24/2026
Palestinians vote in Gaza for the first time in 20 years
31m4/27/2026
Will Canada’s sovereign wealth fund bolster its economy in the face of Trump’s tariffs?
34m4/28/2026
How healthy is the special relationship? Assessing King Charles III’s speech to Congress
25m4/29/2026
Pete Hegseth defends Iran war – and calls his critics the true adversary
31m4/30/2026
Trump threatens troop withdrawal in Europe
30m5/1/2026
Trump announces ‘Project Freedom’ and Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech conference
32m5/4/2026
Is the ceasefire in Lebanon all but over?
33m5/5/2026
Does the end of ‘Project Freedom’ point to peace? Plus: Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire’s Paris
23m5/6/2026
Can Marco Rubio smooth things over with Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni?
32m5/7/2026
Trump’s global 10 per cent tariffs ruled illegal as he pushes for an EU-trade deal
30m5/8/2026
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