When will everything be back to normal following the end of the US government shutdown?

Reports emerge that the Trump administration has been secretly co-ordinating with Moscow on a new plan to end the war in Ukraine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How watertight is Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza and why are international students turning away from the US?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump has urged his fellow Republicans to vote for the release of the files on the basis that “we have nothing to hide”. How will this U-Turn pan out? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a look at a week in politics in Washington from a government shutdown to threats against the BBC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kenya says more than 200 of its nationals have joined Russian forces. We ask why Russia has its eyes on Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What next for Volodymyr Zelensky as Ukraine is shaken by one of the biggest wartime corruption scandals since Russia’s invasion three years ago.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Gaza ceasefire might be in place but what are the actual long-term solutions to conflict in the Middle East? Panellists Yossi Mekelberg and Julie Norman consider the viable options and whether Gaza will have to be split in two.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Syria’s leader heads to the White House for a landmark meeting and Iraqis prepare to go to the polls, we discuss how dramatically regional dynamics have changed in the Middle East.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle Radio’s Tom Webb brings us stories and interviews with tourism ministers at the World Travel Market in London this week. Plus: A review of US politics and Syria with Tara Kangarlou; and Dubai Design Week with Nic Monisse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our panel assess reports that US action against the Bolivarian republic might be imminent after all, possibly against targets believed or alleged to be associated with Venezuela’s drugs cartels.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.