2026-01-06
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first broadcast on the 6th of January, 2026 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist, in association with UBS.
Hello, this is The Globalist, broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
On the show ahead, Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty in a New York court,
and the United Nations meets to debate the situation.
Our security correspondent joins us from Zurich to discuss the latest developments surrounding America's supposed takeover of Venezuela.
Then protests in Iran intensify.
Donald Trump has threatened to intervene here too.
We'll get analysis of the situation.
We'll rustle through the papers and then look at the Portuguese presidential campaign which began yesterday.
Though in truth, the 11 candidates have been hustling for weeks.
We'll hear about a global movement to undamn rivers before crossing to our Paris Bureau for a round-up of the top stories in France and Italy.
And as the new fashion season kicks off, we anticipate the highlights from Pityou Amour in Florence.
That's all ahead here on the Globalist Life from London.
First a look at what else is happening in the news.
In Venezuela, journalists were briefly detained while covering events in Caracas,
as political tensions deepened following the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
Ireland's Prime Minister is in Beijing for high stakes trade talks with China,