The Monocle Daily

Israel strikes Beirut despite new ceasefire. Will it jeopardise a wider peace deal?

Could Lebanon pose an obstacle to a regional peace deal at a time when the world is waiting for Iran’s response to a US proposal to end the war. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Remembering Ted Turner and one year of Friedrich Merz

We look back on the life of Ted Turner, founder of CNN, with former network host Fionnuala Sweeney. Then: our panel of Quentin Peel and Armida van Rij assesses Germany’s Friedrich Merz one year into his chancellorship. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Asymmetric warfare from the Strait of Hormuz to Ukraine and Lebanon

Our panellists Isabel Hilton and Somnath Batabyal discuss how Iran, Ukraine and even Hezbollah are using drones to frustrate much larger armed forces. Also: why are the US and China firing all their generals?   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

American troop drawdown in Germany and Canada joins European summit

Robin Lustig and Alex von Tunzelmann discuss the American troop drawdown in Germany and Mark Carney joining a summit of the European Political Community in Yerevan. Plus: Joe Luc Barnes’s book, ‘Farewell to Russia’ See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Our weekly quiz and what King Charles meant to say in Washington

Andrew Mueller and Rob Bound return for a quiz on the week’s headlines. Then: Charlotte McDonald-Gibson joins from Washington to dissect King Charles’s visit, pageantry and speech before US Congress. Plus: music from Corb Lund and Hayes Carll. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.