Following the overthrow of the Assad regime, what will happen to the millions of Syrians who were granted asylum abroad? We give you the latest and look at why strikes are continuing. Plus: Emmanuel Macron’s grand coalition talks, China sends its largest fleet in nearly 30 years to the Taiwan region – and we meet Finland’s ambassador to the UK, Jukka Siukosaari, and Business Finland’s director for western Europe, Jukka Holappa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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I'm Georgina Godwin.
On the show ahead, Israel has struck sites in Syria over 300 times since the ousting of Assad.
We'll ask why the violence is continuing and what the future holds for Syrian refugees.
French President Emmanuel Macron hopes to name a new government within the next 48 hours.
We'll catch up with developments from the coalition talks.
China has has launched the biggest military drill in decades around Taiwan.
We'll have analysis on what this means for security in the region.
We'll catch up with events in Ukraine as it emerges that Beijing has been supplying arms components to Kyiv.
We'll have a look through the papers and have a roundup of urbanism news from our Zurich studio.
And then Finland is a great country to make a living, to establish yourself, not only from the business perspective, but also Finland has been recognized as the happiest nation in the world for seven years in a row.
That's the Finnish ambassador to Britain who's explaining why we should all move to Helsinki.
That's all ahead here on the Globalist.
Live from London.
First, a look at what else is happening in the news.
The International Rescue Committee, the IRC aid organization, says Sudan has topped a 2025 watch list of global humanitarian crises.
German Chancellor Olaf Schulz will submit a request to Parliament today to hold a vote confidence, the necessary precursor to holding new federal elections after the collapse of his coalition last month.
And South Korean police raided the office of President Yoon Sik Yul in a widening investigation into the embattled leader's failed attempt to impose martial law.