You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on the 20th of March 2025 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist in association with UBS.
Hello, this is the Globe broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
On the show ahead,
President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had a fantastic phone conversation.
They agreed all parties must continue the effort to make a ceasefire work.
We'll unpick just how fantastic that call was for the future of Ukraine.
We'll cross to the International Criminal Court in the Hague to hear more about a case facing former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
And we'll ask how relevant the ICC remains in the face of many, many external pressures.
We'll hear more on the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul and examine the struggle for power between the US And China over the Panama Canal.
We'll look at a new rail infrastructure project which could revolutionize travel in Europe as plans for a metro like system are revealed.
And we'll go to our Zurich studio for a look through the papers and get the latest news roundup from France.
Plus, we hear why it's a good time to be in the recording industry.
Part of that superfan relationship where they want an increased kind of connectivity with their artists.
That's all ahead here on the Globalist.
Live from London.
First, a look at what else is happening in the news.
French President Emmanuel Macron says he spoke with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman yesterday and the two leaders condemned the resumption of Israeli strikes on Gaza.
Police in India's northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to tear down their temporary camps in a border area where they'd protested for more than a year to demand better crop prices.