The latest as Azerbaijan and ethnic-Armenian authorities in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh agree to a ceasefire. Plus: Libya’s media crackdown, why US governors from the country’s southwest are visiting Taiwan and a look ahead to Slovakia’s elections.

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India expels a Canadian diplomat amid an escalating row. Plus: Tina Fordham on the United Nations General Assembly as it kicks off in New York, a round-up of news from Latin America and a dispatch from Feria Habitat Valencia.

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Ukraine sues Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over agricultural bans and China ramps up its aggression, sending more than 100 war planes towards Taiwan. Plus: is French cheese making a comeback? We ask Patricia Michelson, owner and founder of La Fromagerie in London.

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We discuss the legacy of Mahsa Amini, who died after she was detained in Iran for allegedly violating hijab rules, ahead of tomorrow’s anniversary of her death. We also hear the last instalment of our weeklong series of audio diaries from Morocco’s devastated Atlas mountain region. Plus: Monocle’s Chris Cermak visits a quirky museum in Tallinn dedicated to medals and we get the latest culture news from Laura Kramer.

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The Norwegian Refugee Council’s Ahmed Bayram updates us on rescue efforts in Libya, we discuss the power of China’s new radar chip with technology expert Josh Cowls and Israel’s control of the West Bank. Plus: we hear from ‘GQ Middle East’ international editor Samira Larouci about the destruction of mountain culture. 

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We ask whether the fallout from flooding in Libya was preventable, with Monocle’s North Africa correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald, and environmental policy consultant Malak Tayeb. Also in the programme: economist Vicky Pryce discusses the Qantas ruling in Australia, we hear the latest instalment in a weeklong series of audio diaries from Morocco and look ahead to London’s Ukraine Film Festival 2023 with curator Olga Sidorushkina.

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The US agrees to unfreeze $6bn (€6.9bn) worth of Iranian assets ahead of a prisoner release. Also in the prgoramme: Russia expert Stephen Dalziel examines the Ukrainian take back of Black Sea oil platforms and we hear an audio diary from Morocco. Plus: the latest business news and a wander around Marylebone in the search for blue plaques.

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Mary Fitzgerald, Monocle’s North Africa correspondent, discusses rescue efforts in Morocco following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake as we hear from those on the ground. Also in the programme: journalist Ruth Michaelson gives us the latest on Egypt’s anger at Ethiopia over its Nile hydro dam. Plus: Germany and Latvia’s Baltic Sea naval drills and Venice’s floating cinema.

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Georgina Godwin is joined by Asian defence expert Alessio Patalano to discuss the viability of North Korea’s new nuclear submarine. Drone attacks, growing dissent and opposition in Siberia: Jade McGlynn discusses the challenges facing the Kremlin ahead of local elections in Russia this weekend. Plus: Monocle’s contributing editor Andrew Mueller brings us his shrewd observations from the news of the past week.

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As abortion is decriminalised in Mexico, we ask what’s next for Latin America’s so-called “Green Wave” of women’s rights movements. We also give you the latest from the Three Seas Initiative in Bucharest, where Volodymyr Zelensky addressed leaders. Plus: business news with Bloomberg’s Yuan Potts and we head to Turkmenistan for The Global Countdown.

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