Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey: The best cities for everything from housing and mobility to conviviality

Aliona Hlivco and James Rodgers on the Ukraine trade deal with the EU, the effect of USAID cuts and Danish women facing conscription by lottery. Plus: Mark Carney’s first Canada Day as prime minister.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can we trust intelligence when it becomes a political football? US intelligence officials and politicians spar while the reality remains obscured: does Iran still have nuclear capability?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

France’s efforts to reform its pension scheme remain at a standstill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US claims successful strikes as Iran’s supreme leader says that the US ‘failed to achieve anything significant’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Istanbul’s view of the tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmanuel Macron heralds a united Europe and why China’s competitive eating is becoming a challenge.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is anyone listening as Emmanuel Macron appeals for restraint in the Middle East? And: France braces itself for a heatwave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live from Zürich: We’ve refreshed our annual Quality of Life Survey: rather than a top 20 we explore the cities doing what they do best, from health and mobility to housing and conviviality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live from Zürich: our panellists Gorana Grgić and Gabe Bullard discuss whether the US will join Israel in attacking Iran, and how Trump’s base feels about the US on war footing.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live from Zürich: Benno Zogg, Juliet Linley and Mark Dittli discuss Swiss neutrality, meditation and where to buy your Alpine home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.