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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The view of Nato from Poland and Saint Laurent’s new Parisian bookshop
The latest on the conflict in the Middle East and Finland’s election results
Pakistan’s controversial election and Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
Olaf Scholz’s US trip, the latest on Ukraine and Dutch coalition talks
Will Republicans block Biden’s bill on border security and Ukraine?
Antony Blinken’s latest Middle East trip and Pakistan’s elections
US strikes back
Australia-New Zealand regional security
Will Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief army commander step down?
Israel-Hamas hostage talks, austerity measures in Argentina and the future of the department store
Tensions between Iran and Pakistan, and fresh turbulence for Boeing
Can the CIA broker a deal between Israel and Hamas?
Israel’s tense relationship with allies
The EU far-right eyes farmers’ protests
New Hampshire primary and Germany’s train strikes
The EU’s role in Gaza
Nato prepares for its biggest drills since Cold War
Pakistan’s strikes in Iran and the Somalia-Ethiopia maritime dispute
China’s faltering economy and Japan Airlines’ first female president
Iran launches missile strikes in Iraq and North Korea’s foreign minister visits Moscow
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