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Germany’s chancellor touches down in Washington – but can Merz solder transatlantic ties?

Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, arrives in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with president Trump. Plus: Bulgaria gets the green light for the euro.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Can South Africa keep its G20 presidency promises?

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  Ukraine’s leadership shake-up as Washington ramps up military support for …

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  The race to attract international students and the best of Monocle’s ‘Medi…

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  US to deliver “top of the line” weapons to Ukraine

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  Trump’s Ukraine U-Turn and the Moomins turn 80

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  Europe weighs Ukraine’s reconstruction and lessons from Bosnia and Herzego…

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  Erdoğan’s crackdown on his political opponents intensifies

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  More Trump tariffs, ASEAN foreign ministers meet and the race for icebreak…

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  Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK, Japan’s emperor heads to Mongolia…

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  Trump and Netanyahu meet in Washington. Plus: Paris honours the designer o…

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  The future of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ and the UK redesigns its bankn…

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  As the US halts aid and Russia intensifies strikes, what will happen to Uk…

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  Japan in the firing line as Trump nears decisions on tariffs

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  The Senate’s marathon voting session on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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  Ukraine’s diplomatic-charm offensive across the African continent

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  EU summit: leaders meet to talk defence, tariffs, migration, Israel-Gaza a…