You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on the 7th of January 2025 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist in association with UBS.
Hello, this is the Globalist broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin on the show ahead.
I care deeply about this country and I will always be motivated by what is in the best interest of Canadians.
Justin Trudeau has resigned as Canadian Prime Minister and prorogued Parliament.
We'll hear from our man in Toronto.
As Ukraine pushes further into Russia's Kursk region, we'll ask who has the upper hand militarily.
We'll cross to Seoul for the latest in the political drama which has been gripping the country since the President's brief imposition of martial law.
Plus, we run something like 75 sales per year, so that means that we are changing and exhibiting new stuff every three to four days, with a very small number of days to install and disinstall the exhibitions.
We'll have the inside track from Sotheby's in Paris and we'll hear how Syria is working towards welcoming back international tourists with a look through the front pages and a roundup of design news.
We'll end the show in Amsterdam, where a new smart traffic light system has been given the red light.
That's all ahead here on the Globalist.
Live from London.
First, a look at what else is happening in the news.
U.S.
president Joe Biden's decision to block Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S.
steel cast a shadow over Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Japan today for farew meetings with Washington's most important ally in Asia.
Indonesia will formally join BRICS as a full member, Brazil's government said on Monday, further expanding the group of major emerging economies that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa.
And the US Congress formally certified Republican President elect Donald Trump's election victory on Monday during a session presided over by Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the November contest.