As Iran protests continue, is US intervention likely? Plus: Myanmar’s election and the fall of Saks

随着伊朗抗议持续,美国干预是否可能?此外:缅甸选举与Saks的陨落

The Globalist

2026-01-12

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The latest from Tehran as protests enter a third week and US president Donald Trump warns that Washington is ready to intervene. Plus: Myanmar heads to the polls, Nato’s position on Greenland, Nordic news, the Golden Globes and our chairman Tyler Brûlé on the fall of luxury retailer Saks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • On the show ahead...

  • A rights group say deaths from the protests in Iran have reached over 500.

  • We'll examine the latest and look at what might happen next.

  • Myanmar has voted in the second round of an election widely seen to be neither free nor fair.

  • We'll have analysis.

  • Donald Trump is ramping up the rhetoric around a potential military takeover of Greenland will delve into what that means for NATO.

  • Then a freezing cold leaves foreign tourists stranded in Lapland,

  • Swedish boots on the ground in Greenland and Norwegian ski jumpers sartorial cheating.

  • I'm Orgel's Helsinki correspondent Petri Burtsov with the latest from the Nordics.

  • Plus, the parent company of the historical retail outfit Sax is considering bankruptcy.

  • Our founder and chairman, Tyler Brule,

  • gives us his take on the failure of the 158-year-old store and what it means for bricks-and-mortar luxury markets.

  • And we'll discuss the winners and losers at last night's Golden Globes.

  • That's all ahead here on The Globalist, live from London.

  • First, a look at what else is happening in the news.