You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on 8 January 2025 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist, in association with UBS, live from Lond.
This is the Globalist with me, Emma Nelson.
A very warm welcome to today's program.
Coming up, we renew our demand for the United States of America to lift these sanctions that have become more against the Syrian people.
Unlike before when they were against the.
Assad regime, the United States begins to ease restrictions on Syria.
We'll ask if this is the start of a softer approach by the West.
Also ahead in the next 60 minutes, the UAE overtakes China to to become the biggest investor in Africa.
We'll examine the change in financial and political dynamics.
Plus, as London sees a flurry of luxury hotel openings in 2025, we'll ask, will there be enough customers?
25 years ago, our expectations were a little less.
People travel so much now that you know in London they're not going to put up with anything but the absolute best.
Plus, we'll go through the newspapers, hear the latest from the Consumer Electronics show and find out why Australia's Prime Minister is throwing shade at nation's beachgoers.
That's all ahead on the Globalist.
Live from London.
First, a quick look at what else is happening in today's news.
The US President elect Donald Trump has repeated his desire to take control of both Greenland and the Panama Canal.
There have been scenes of celebrations in the center of Paris following the death of France's far right National Front party leader Jean Marie Len.
And the casket of the former President Jimmy Carter has been brought into the US capital.