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The Briefing

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    How vulnerable is our technology infrastructure?

    2026/11/13 | 31 mins.
    As Microsoft scrambles to get the world back to work after a major outage, we look at why we’re seeing more interruptions. Then: we’re in Dakar for the last day of the Youth Olympics.
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    Uncomfortably close: Ukraine strikes a Russian warship near Finland

    2026/11/12 | 31 mins.
    We’re in Helsinki as a Ukrainian strike on a Russian vessel 40km away escalates the security situation in the Baltic Sea. Then: we consider the importance of Nvidia leadership as its stocks plunge. Plus: Konfekt’s winter issue.
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    Portugal battles storms as Spain weathers a general strike

    2026/11/11 | 29 mins.
    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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    Hopes of resolution or talking shop? Ukraine and Russia hold direct US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi

    2026/11/10 | 29 mins.
    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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    Jensen Huang’s Chinese affair: Why is the US not responding?

    2026/11/09 | 31 mins.
    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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About The Briefing
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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