Monocle’s team in Europe discuss anti-lockdown protests on the continent. Plus: Swiss news with Florian Egli, business headlines with Bloomberg’s Yuan Potts and the Latin American papers with Fernando Augusto Pacheco.

Monocle’s Dr Chris Smith and Politico’s Suzanne Lynch examine Europe’s coronavirus surge. Plus: Philippe Marlière on the French presidential elections, the day’s business news and Monocle’s Andrew Mueller on the week’s stranger news stories.

Is Russia’s troop build-up on the Ukraine border anything more than sabre-rattling? And Joe Biden tours US swing states to sell his infrastructure bill. Plus: the business headlines and Indonesia’s pop charts.

What’s driving the renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan? Plus, we ask whether the UK will trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, look at Germany’s coalition talks and review the Latin American papers.

We have the latest as Russia’s space-missile test draws international condemnation. Plus: Germany’s Angela Merkel says that the world needs to be better prepared to probe the origins of novel diseases, Turkey’s currency continues to slide and Juliet Linley reviews the papers from Zürich.

Has the Cop26 summit failed to take meaningful action on climate change? Plus: Joe Biden and Xi Jinping discuss their differences; we explore the influence of the Gaddafi family on Libyan politics; and Monocle’s Chris Lord reviews the day’s papers.

Myanmar sentences a US journalist to 11 years in jail. Plus: the last day of climate talks at Cop26; the opening of Hong Kong’s M+ museum; and Andrew’s Mueller’s assessment of what we learned this week.

We assess the legacy of South Africa’s former president, FW De Klerk. Plus: the latest on the China-US climate declaration, the impeachment of Chile’s president and this week’s Global Countdown.

A new wave of subpoenas is issued to former Trump aides. Plus: we discuss Nato’s role in the crisis at Poland’s border, Macron’s decision to delay pension reforms and the latest business and urbanism news.

Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé and Benno Zogg have the latest on the tensions at Poland’s border with Belarus. Plus: Europe faces surging coronavirus cases, a dangerous crisis brews in the Balkans and we hear the latest business and culture news.