Trump’s Ukraine U-Turn and the Moomins turn 80

We unpack the reasoning behind Trump’s change of heart on Ukraine. Then: we address Turkey’s cultural clampdown as streaming platform Spotify threatens to pull out of the nation. Plus: Finland’s Moomins turn 80.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Global leaders meet in Rome to explore the reconstruction of Ukraine and its eventual accession to the EU. Then: lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portuguese art fairs and a pop star drops by. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s grip on his opposition tightens, we discuss the future of the country and why there are now calls for an early election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can the EU strike a trade agreement with the Trump administration? Israel’s ultra-orthodox jews are drafted to fight, ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Malaysia and the global race to build more icebreakers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmanuel Macron visits the UK, while Japan’s emperor, Naruhito, is in Mongolia for a weeklong trip. Plus: Haute Couture Week in Paris, news from Ukraine and the UAE, and Speedos in summer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Washington to discuss Iran and Syria.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US Congress votes on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”. Plus: the Mercosur-EU trade deal that was years in the making. Then: what would you put on the UK’s banknotes?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Kyiv to confront the new reality of war in Ukraine as the US halts key aid. Plus: the effects of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Americans and the Grand Egyptian Museum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get the latest from Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, Fiona Wilson, as Japan looks to placate Donald Trump on trade and tariffs – without buying American rice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Trump remains determined to pass his mammoth new bill before 4 July, we discuss why beauty might be in the eye of the partisan beholder.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.