Monocle’s Hannah Lucinda Smith on Mark Rutte’s visit to Istanbul to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he seeks to woo support to become the next Nato chief. Also in the programme: Ed Stocker sits down with Lufthansa CEO Jens Ritter as the airline prepares to launch its new premium cabins known as Allegris. Plus: we discuss why the Indian city of Bengaluru is offering incentives for those who head to the polls and the latest news in film.
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Mexico’s diplomatic rift with Ecuador and Zimbabwe’s new currency
Israel’s isolation grows six months into war against Hamas in Gaza
Benny Gantz calls for early elections in Israel
Nato at 75: Old enemies, new faultlines
EU leaders head to Lithuania to show solidarity
A round-up of the day’s news
Turkey’s local elections: a test for Erdogan
How is Beijing trying to woo foreign investment?
Is a grain deal in sight for Poland and Ukraine?
Emmanuel Macron in Brazil and Robert F Kennedy Jr announces running mate
Tensions rise between France and Germany over Ukraine
Is there a way out of Haiti’s nightmare?
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s road to EU membership
EU summit in Brussels and Vietnam’s president resigns
Hopes build for a ceasefire in Gaza and Slovakia’s presidential election
Famine in Gaza and the Kremlin’s future elite
South Korea’s Summit for Democracy and an EU-Egypt migration deal
Russia’s election and US-Japan talks on Ukraine
Ukraine gets new military funding and a survey on democratic fixes
Germany’s AfD ruling and the Aukus submarine deal
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