Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alionahlivco.bsky.social and Mark Leonard of @ecfr.eu on Taiwan's big preparedness drill and the day's other stuff, plus @feap.bsky.social meets Brazilian designer Duda Lopes. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

How will Taiwan respond to limited internet connectivity as it begins its annual defence drills?

As Taiwan tests how the public responds to limited internet connectivity, Mark Leonard and Aliona Hlivco look into how to...

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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. Julie Norman, Mark Earls and Alexis Self on Oman's emergence as a mediation hub and the day's other stuff, plus @galbeckerman.bsky.social on his terrific new book "How To Be A Dissident". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

How Oman has turned mediation into part of its foreign-policy identity

Iran’s foreign ministry is discussing a new Strait of Hormuz shipping route with Oman. Julie Norman and Mark Earls explore...

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Latest Foreign Desk for Monocle Radio. Contemplating the rightward lurch of Silicon Valley, with @gilduran.com, @politicsprof.bsky.social, @adriennemassanari.bsky.social and Claire Stapleton. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

CTRL + ALT + RIGHT: Has technofascism taken over Silicon Valley?

Thirty years ago, it was assumed that the internet would be an engine of liberal democracy. Now, Silicon Valley’s massive...

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If I was Geelong Football Club, I would simply ever hold on to a goddamn lead. #AFLPiesCats

Latest Foreign Desk Explainer on Monocle Radio takes a look at India's upstart Cockroach Party. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Explainer 528: Does India’s Cockroach party have legs?

India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party is scuttling onto the political stage. It has already claimed one minister’s resignation but can...

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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social and @ashbhardwaj.bsky.social on the day's big stories, Thomas Waterhouse reports from the fire front near Bordeaux and our On This Day historical series reflects on a futile correspondence. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Refuelling in southern France: Firefighters make progress but bigger challenges remain

Thomas Waterhouse joins us from Lacanau, where French water bombers are refilling from a nearby lake to fight the fires....

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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @mgmessmer.bsky.social and @antoniosamp.bsky.social on Milei’s latest outburst and the day’s other stuff, and @joanamoser.bsky.social on the intricacies of beach etiquette. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

War with France! War with France! *bangs clipboard on desk* WAR WITH FRANCE! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Tory MP accuses French navy of firing ‘warning’ shots near him in Channel

Chris Philp says shots were ‘deliberate intimidation’ while he filmed interview on small boats crisis but France says it was training exercise

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I say this every year, but only because it's true. @defector.com's annual Why Your Team Sucks preview of the NFL season is just an absolute joy.

Drew Magary@drewmagary.bsky.social · last wk.

Why Your Team Sucks is back at Defector! Catch up with the early trash heaps we’ve written up so far defector.com/tag/wyts-2026

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @paulaerizanu.bsky.social and Yossi Mekelberg of @chmenap.bsky.social on what prime ministers should wear and the day's other stuff, plus @robinlustig.bsky.social on his tremendous new book "And The Cello Came Too". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

The conflicts in Ukraine and Iran converge. Plus: What to make of political leaders’ attire?

Regional conflicts in Ukraine and Iran intersect as Kyiv hits a ship from Tehran in the Caspian Sea. Could the...

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"Poll, pint, pie" is surely the winning Burnhamite formula?

Andrew Mueller@andrewmueller.bsky.social · last wk.

Compulsory voting is an outstandingly sensible idea, especially if done the Australian way, ie on a weekend, and with a barbecue. www.newstatesman.com/politics/dem...

Compulsory voting is an outstandingly sensible idea, especially if done the Australian way, ie on a weekend, and with a barbecue. www.newstatesman.com/politics/dem...

Should Andy Burnham make voting compulsory?

When voters stay at home, progressives lose out

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Depressingly timely episode of The Foreign Desk for Monocle Radio, on how and why climate denialism endures. With @mattomildenberger.bsky.social, @sominisengupta.bsky.social and @naomioreskes.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

How can we ensure that the politics of heatwaves doesn’t cool off?

As Canada battles wildfires, Spain declares a national climate emergency and France evacuates tens of thousands, where do the politics...

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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @patticohen.bsky.social and @charleshecker.bsky.social on the possible expansion of the US-Iran war, the day's other stories and. . . socks, plus Julie Norman from the West Bank on the increasing scepticism towards a two-state solution. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

The costs of war for the US and who will foot Pakistan’s mediation bill?

Charles Hecker and Patti Cohen explore the effects Yemen’s Houthis could have on global shipping, how much the Iran war...

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Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio asks when/if 10 Downing Street's revolving door will cease spinning. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Explainer 527: Andy Burnham and the revolving door of UK politics

Andy Burnham became the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years this week. Why has Britain adopted Italian-style political turbulence...

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I too have lots of terrible and stupid ideas for reforming the game and would therefore like a job at the AFL.

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @hannahluci.bsky.social and @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social on the US-Saudi nuclear deal and the day's other stuff, plus @guydelauney.bsky.social on the enduring value of the foreign correspondent in the misinformation age. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

The message that a US deal allowing Saudi nuclear enrichment sends to the world

Hannah Lucinda Smith and Erin O’Halloran assess the global impact of a US agreement to build out Saudi Arabia’s nuclear...

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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com and Jonathan Fenby on Day 2 of the Burnham Era and the day's other stuff, and a report from the West Village megadevelopment in Chengdu. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

What UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s new cabinet tells us and the French far right shuns Elon Musk

Andy Burnham’s cabinet sit down for their first meeting: what can we learn from their early policy positions? Then: why...

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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alexvont.bsky.social and Justin Quirk on the dawning of the Burnham era, the latest from the Farnborough Air Show and Jack Watling of @rusi.bsky.social on his new book “Statecraft”. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

There is presently technically no prime minister. I am declaring a provisional government until order is restored.

Excited for the live helicopter shots of cars driving to and from Buckingham Palace, so we know what cars driving to and from Buckingham Palace look like.

I wouldn’t normally bother watching the trophy being presented, but curious to see how this one pans out.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "Spain is a wasted cause. We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore, by the way. I'd like to cut it off. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. Cut off all trade with Spain, please. Including visits. We don't want anything to do. They're hopeless. Bad people."

The tedious vanquish the obnoxious.

What about a squirrel on the pitch. That’d cheer things up.

*This*, Trump stays awake through.

Getting nostalgic for the half time show now.

Can anyone remember who is playing in this game?

"I was clean-shaven when this started."

I would literally rather watch the first half again than this.

Why have they given him a box to stand on? He’s not next to anybody.