2025-12-05
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first broadcast on 5 December 2025 on Monocle Radio, the Globalist in association with UBS.
Live from London, this is The Globalist.
I'm Vincent McAvinney.
Coming up, President Putin receives a warm welcome from Indian Prime Minister Modi,
while President Macron wraps up his visit to China.
We'll assess how it's gone.
We'll discuss allegations of fraud and funding misuse at the EU's diplomatic academy.
Then, we learned that a grieved French folk appeared weirdly intent on making a live-action pancake.
It's Friday, so we'll get Andrew Miller's ride-take on what we've learned this week.
After that, the UK's top prize for the funniest fiction, Georgina Godwin meets the winner,
plus the day's papers and the latest news from the art world.
That's all ahead on the globalist Live from London.
First, a look at what else is happening in the news.
President Putin has warned that Ukrainian troops must withdraw from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it,
rejecting any compromise over how to end the war.
Leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal aimed at ending their long-running conflict at a summit hosted by President Trump in Washington DC.
And the Netherlands, Spain,
Ireland and Slovenia will all boycott next year's 70th Eurovision Song Contest after it was decided Israel can continue to compete.
Stay tuned to Monaco Radio throughout the day for more on those stories, but first...