The Globalist

Donald Trump is officially president elect of the US. Join our team as we rattle through the night's results and hear reaction from Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, Mitt Romney’s former campaign spokesman Ryan Williams and Poland's former foreign minister Radek Sikorski. Plus: our North America bureau chiefs bring you the latest from the Trump and Clinton camps.

We hear what the US presidential candidates had to say in the final hours of campaigning and get a global perspective from Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Germany and Australia.

Does Hillary Clinton have the upper hand as the US presidential race enters its final phase? We also hear from our bureaux in Asia and meet the man who helps design and build tunnels at consultancy Arup.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau marks one year in office; we look back over his performance so far. Plus: as the historic Paris Climate agreement comes into effect we hear from Connie Hedegaard, the former EU Commissioner for Climate Action – and in Ohio we wrap up our series on swing states.

Could protests in South Africa force Jacob Zuma from office? Plus: we discuss the first EU-Arab Summit in Greece and Bloomberg's Jason Kelly tells us all about the world of endurance sport and economics in his book ‘Sweat Equity’.

The perfect way to start the day in Europe is with Monocle’s morning news programme. Join Monocle 24’s editors, presenters and guests as they set the agenda in international news and business. Winner Best News & Politics Radio Show in the 2015 Mixcloud Online Radio Awards.

Mikhail Zygar, author of ‘All the Kremlin’s Men’, talks to us about Russia’s relationship with the West. We also profile the swing state of Colorado ahead of the US presidential election. Plus: is the future of Israel’s state broadcaster in doubt?

Who is Lebanon’s new president? Plus: we discuss whether France will succeed in luring the UK’s business community to Paris and why a tree at the University of Sydney is being mourned by students.

We ask whether the FBI’s chief should have revealed that the bureau is investigating Hillary Clinton’s emails. We also hear from Sean Kemp, who helped form the UK’s coalition government in 2010. Plus: we get the news and views from Monocle 24’s team in Asia.

As the conflict in Syria shows no sign of letting up, it begs the question: do sanctions work? Plus: Spain edges closer to finally forming a government, Japanese fighter jets scramble to chase Chinese planes and we look at Canada's most iconic soft-power symbol: the maple leaf.