Georgia goes to the polls tomorrow in the first parliamentary elections since the country obtained EU-candidate status in December 2023, it is also the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Joshua Kucera joins Georgina Godwin to discuss this decisive moment for the country’s future and whether it is shifting towards Russia or the West. Plus: What will chancellor Scholz hope to secure for Germany’s economic future from his visit to India? Then: Dutch navy unveils the world’s first unmanned warships. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hello, this is the Globalist broadcast broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
On the show ahead, demonstrations in Georgia as the country prepares for polls tomorrow which will decide on whether it bends towards Russia or Europe.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Delhi.
We'll look at the relationship between Germany and India.
The Dutch navy is the oldest in the world, but it has the newest equipment.
We'll find out about the force's deployment of cutting edge unmanned vessels.
We'll have a flick through the international papers and a roundup of travel news.
And then we learned that the seething legions of Maga are now aflame with the notion that Vice President Kamala Harris did not, despite her claims, actually ever work at McDonald's.
Andrew Muller reflects on what we learned this week and will be in Taipei for the latest art news.
That's all ahead here on the Globalist.
Live from London.
First, a look at what else is happening in the news.
Austria's lower house of parliament has elected its first ever far right speaker after his Freedom Party won last month's parliamentary election and many conservatives backed him over the objections of the left and the Jewish community.
Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo has retained power in this month's national election, extending its five decade rule in the southern African state as the opposition accused it of fraud.
And in the U.S.
democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris bask in the support of rock legend Bruce Springsteen, entertainer Tyler Perry, director Spike Lee and former President Barack Obama on Thursday at a rally that drew thousands in the battleground state of Georgia.
Do stay tuned to Monocle Radio throughout the day for more on those stories.