Ben Rylan looks back at the week’s highlights across Monocle 24’s news and analysis shows. The uprising in Ukraine was a clear rejection of closer ties with Russia but just how much pro-European sentiment remains today? We also hear from Australia’s human-rights commissioner during a difficult week for the country’s harsh asylum-seeker policies. Plus: beer brewers unite but is it good news?

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Ben Rylan looks back at how last week’s events in Paris were covered by Monocle 24. Plus tecently released Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy discusses why prison can be the perfect incubator for extremism, the UK’s former anti-terror adviser explains why freedom of movement in Europe is effectively over and we visit AFP’s Brussels bureau.

Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet, the owner of Ali Baba wants to buy ‘South China Morning Post’ and North Korea wants the Unesco heritage status for its kimchi.

We discuss Britain and Germany’s decision to join the campaign against Isis and look to Nato as it asks Montenegro to join the alliance. Plus: Yahoo’s identity crisis takes another twist.

We cover France's Front National’s advance in regional elections, how Singapore is trying to become famous for its arts scene, the modern etiquette of political interviews and an Israel PM’s troubled pet dog.

What happens to diplomatic gifts, female power in Saudi Arabia and India’s bullet-train ambitions – with a bit of help from Japan.

Been on the road? Missed the latest world news? Then catch up with The Recap: the best of the week’s cutting-edge reports, comment, news and features from all the flagship shows
on Monocle 24.

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