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The Briefing

The Briefing

Written by: Monocle
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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.

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Episodes
  • Jensen Huang’s Chinese affair: Why is the US not responding?

    Jensen Huang’s Chinese affair: Why is the US not responding?
    Nov 9 2026

    Jensen Huang of Nvidia admits to an affair with someone that US intelligence considers to be a Chinese asset. So why hasn’t the US reacted more forcefully? And what does this say about competition in the tech industry?

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    31 mins
  • Hopes of resolution or talking shop? Ukraine and Russia hold direct US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi

    Hopes of resolution or talking shop? Ukraine and Russia hold direct US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi
    Nov 10 2026

    Monocle’s Gulf correspondent Inzamam Rashid, Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko and Russia analyst Stephen Dalziel share their perspectives on the Abu Dhabi talks between Ukraine and Russia. Plus: why Slovakia’s Robert Fico still courts Moscow.

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    30 mins
  • Portugal battles storms as Spain weathers a general strike

    Portugal battles storms as Spain weathers a general strike
    Nov 11 2026

    We’re in Lisbon with our foreign editor, Alexis Self, as Storm Charles brings widespread disruption to the capital. Then: Spain’s first strike in 14 years. Plus: the murky world of digital currency. And: Shanghai Art Week.

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    30 mins
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