How vulnerable is our technology infrastructure?

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Democrats win big in the midterms, will the US become a better friend of Europe – or a foe? Then: the geopolitics of port operations. Plus: Angola steps up its tourism and on-screen gay kisses get Brazil talking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the midterms’ ‘blue tsunami’, is a reset in US-Israel relations coming? And what of the war in Iran? Plus: nationwide strikes in France. Then: Design Doha and ‘The Global Countdown’ heads to the US.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We gauge reactions from markets, the Gulf and the wider world to the US midterms. Can Democratic control of Congress rein in Donald Trump – or will it provoke further conflict in the Middle East?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How deep into red states can Democrats go in the midterms? We hear from Ryan Williams in Washington and Kathie Obradovich in Iowa. Plus: a fridge-freezer attack across Europe. And: we meet Ayala Land CEO Meean Dy in Manila.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bart de Wever has resigned as Belgium’s debt rises and budget talks collapse. With many centrist European leaders in a similar position, will he be the first of many? Then: we head to Texas for an update on the midterm elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.