You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on the 16th of January, 2025 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist, in association with UBS Live from Lond.
This is the Globalist.
I'm Emma Nelson.
A very warm welcome to today's program.
Coming up, because at long last I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas.
Finally, a ceasefire is agreed between Israel and Hamas.
We'll analyze the details of the deal, the form it'll take, when it'll start and whether it'll hold.
Also coming up on today's program, we'll have the latest from South Korea as police use ladders and wire cutters to reach and arrest President Yoon, only for him to refuse to be interviewed.
And the Pope is dead.
The throne is vacant.
The conclave begins now.
A film about the election of a pope leads the nominations at this year's BAFTA Awards.
Plus, the papers, the latest tech news, and we open the pages of our latest book, the Monocle Handbook.
That's all coming up on the Globalist.
Live from London.
First, a look at what else is happening in today's program.
In today's news, I should say, in his farewell address, the US President Joe Biden has warned of a dangerous oligarchy taking shape in America.
The former Georgian prime minister and opposition party leader has been injured, reportedly by members of the ruling Georgian Dream Party.
And firefighters in Los Angeles say persistently strong and dry winds are still fueling two giant wildfires.