Angela Merkel and Donald Trump finally meet today after being delayed by a snowstorm. Plus: we discuss the €60bn worth of deals signed between China and Saudi Arabia as King Salman concludes his Asia tour, and we wrap up our series on intelligence services.

With nearly all votes counted, EU leaders have welcomed Geert Wilders’ defeat in the Dutch election. But are they celebrating too soon? We also turn to Tokyo where US secretary of state Rex Tillerson starts his first major foreign trip; and in Brazil, lawmakers are trying to fix corruption – by giving themselves amnesty.

Donald Trump’s tax returns from 2005 have been made public, eliciting an angry response from the White House, and François Fillon has become the first candidate to run for the French presidency while under investigation for corruption. We've got the latest.

Tension brews between Turkey and the Netherlands as diplomatic sanctions are imposed. We also look at encryption – as we continue our series on security services – and get the latest from the world of bathroom design thanks to Monocle’s Chiara Rimella, who’s at tradeshow ISH.

As Turkey’s president calls the Dutch “Nazi remnants”, “cowardly” and “fascists”, we explain what caused the outburst and ask what might happen next. Plus: the future of Nato and travel chaos in Berlin.

What now for South Korea after the impeachment of the country’s president? Plus: we discuss the likelihood of Scotland holding a second independence referendum and have a stats round-up with Simon Atkinson from Ipsos Mori.

We ask if the EU can prevent Russian meddling in the Balkans and whether we should trust the polling ahead of the French presidential elections. Plus: why is a town in northern England considering a ban on bad language?

We ask whether Beijing has any interest in tempering North Korea’s behaviour and discuss plans by Israel’s parliament to impose a travel ban on some political opponents. Plus: are our TVs and smartphones being used to spy on us?

We discuss the extraordinary tit-for-tat diplomacy between North Korea and Malaysia and howthe Republican party plans to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare. Plus: two of the tallest members of Monocle's team discuss what it's like to have no legroom on a flight.

We ask if an internal feud is threatening to tear France’s Republican party apart and discuss the historical relationship between US presidents and their intelligence agencies. Plus: should your boss have the right to comment on your appearance?