You are listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on the 24th of March, 2025 on Monocle Radio.
Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.
I'm Chris Chermak.
Coming up on today's program,
Turkish authorities arrest more than 1,000 demonstrators on the streets to protest imprisonment of Istanbul's mayor.
After that,
Trump has upended nearly all of those constants
that not only Canadians but Americans have been able to bank upon and view as the situation between.
The two countries Trump upends Canada and Canada faces new elections.
We'll have the latest from our Toronto correspondent, Tomas Lewis.
From there, we head to Japan, which is getting a visit from Brazil's president.
Fernando Augusto Pacheco is here to explain why the that matters.
Hello, Chris.
Lula arrived in Tokyo this morning for Japan's first state visit since 2019.
Thank you very much, Faye.
We'll get into that.
We'll also get fashion news from the luxury brand Loewe.
And we'll head to a summit of quite literally the happiest nations on earth.
All that right here on THE Briefing with me, Chris Jermack, Istanbul's mayor, Ekren Imamoglu.
His arrest last week drew international condemnation and prompted opposition parties and voters in Turkey to double down by nominating Imamoglu as their candidate to stand for Turkey's president against the incumbent,