Hay Festival 2025 and Monocle’s Hanami Market

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  This edition of Monocle on Saturday was first broadcast on 22 March 2025 on Monocle Radio.

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  Hello, I'm Georgina Godwin broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.

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  This is Monocle on.

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  On today's program,

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  we'll have a look through the week's news and culture with the managing editor of the Institute for War and Peace reporting,

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  Daniela Pellet.

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  Then we'll hear from Julie Finch, Hay Festival CEO, on the new programme for 2025.

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  And finally, we'll check in with Juliet Lindley,

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  journalist and friend of Monocle Radio, at Monocle's Hanami Market in Zurich.

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  That's all ahead here on Monocle on Saturday with me, Georgina Godwin.

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  First, though,

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  here's the Hamas says it's reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military onslaught to press the Palestinian militant group to free remaining Israeli hostages.

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  US Special envoy Steve Witkoff's bridge plan presented last week,

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  aims to extend the ceasefire into April beyond the holidays of Ramadan and Passover to allow time for negotiations on a permanent cessation of hostilities.

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  The top diplomats from Japan,

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  China and South Korea met in Tokyo today seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty.

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  The first gathering of the country's foreign ministers since 2023 comes

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  as US President Donald Trump upends decades old alliances,

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  potentially opening the door for China to forge closer ties to countries traditionally aligned with Washington.

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  The Japanese foreign minister said he believed this was a turning point in history.

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