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Tuesday 23 December

12/23/2025 • 37 min

Georgina Godwin delivers Monocle Radio's essential weekday news show, anchored from Midori House in London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Play episode

Monday 22 December
Shifting Western priorities, from Europe and the US to Asia
The EU decides on Russia’s assets, France’s social security vote and barte…
Europe establishes a Ukraine war damages body, Christmas returns to Bethle…
How will the Bondi beach attack affect the security landscape?
How will Australia cope with the Bondi beach shooting?
The global reaction as the US seizes a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast…
China-Japan tensions: Why the US is backing Japan
Lithuania sounds the alarm over Belarussian balloons. Is Europe still too …
Ukraine peace talks, Beijing might be about to sit down with Taiwan and av…
Syria marks a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad
Putin in India and what Mogherini’s fraud accusation means for EU trust
Eyes on Venezuela and the search for MH370 will resume
Emmanuel Macron’s balancing act on his state visit to China
Pope Leo’s last day in Lebanon and the Monocle book on Switzerland
The spotlight is back on Ukraine’s corruption scandal – what does this mea…
Why is Washington so interested in Honduras's presidential election?
The future of a nuclear deal and Russia’s path to democracy
Nicolás Maduro’s terrorist group designation and modern space woes
Sudan rejects a US-led ceasefire plan and Salone del Mobile debuts in Riya…
What next in the White House’s renewed push for peace in Ukraine?
Johannesburg braces for G20 summit protests
What’s next for Kosovo as it fails again to pick a prime minister?
Poland rail blast spotlights Russian sabotage in Europe and Zelensky goes …
Why South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea
How close is too close for Germany and China? Beijing meeting sets the sta…
Can Swiss negotiators seal a new trade deal with the US?
Venezuela prepares for a US attack and tariffs slam the brakes on Japanese…
Iraq’s parliamentary elections and a new EU intelligence unit
Ukraine’s energy companies fighting to keep heat and electricity running
Syria announces itself on the international stage: Ahmed Al-Sharaa at the …
Viktor Orbán at the White House: can Hungary’s PM avoid the bear in the ro…
Morocco celebrates as the world gambles with Western Sahara peace
Why does Russia care so much about the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?
What’s in a name? Taiwan’s recognition in Estonia hits a snag
The Novi Sad anniversary protests and Australia’s historic state treaty
A 12 out of 10 meeting: Trump lowers tariffs on China, Xi cuts rare earth …
Trump and Xi meet in Seoul and raids in Rio de Janeiro
Dutch elections, Lebanon seeks to disarm Hezbollah and the US government s…
Trump says he will solve the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis ‘very quickly’. P…
Asean leaders meet and Pope Leo heads to Turkey
EU and US sanctions on Russia, Art Basel Paris and tariffs’ impact on the …
EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East and ‘simplification’
President Erdoğan embarks on Gulf tour pursuing a deal with Qatar to buy u…
Japan’s new prime minister, what’s next for Israel and Gaza and L’Oréal ac…
The US-Australia meeting: are critical minerals Anthony Albanese's Trump c…
Zelensky and Trump to meet at the White House
Nato’s defence ministers meet as the European Commission prepares to unvei…
Why is Indonesia’s Prabowo under fire over Israel ban? Plus: Fendi’s new c…

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