Aug 2023

Understanding Pakistan's energy crisis

Electricity prices in the country have soared since the government cut energy subsidies to obtain a $3bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund leading to protests. We hear how this is impacting individuals and businesses. Also in the programme, we get the latest from Gabon ... Show More

27m 14s

Aug 2023

Is China uninvestible for US companies?

US commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, is calling on Beijing to reduce the risk of doing business in China for American companies.

26m 59s

Aug 2023

The US Commerce Secretary says her country doesn't want to 'decouple' from China

Gina Raimondo is the latest of four US top officials to visit China in the last two months. We look into what might come out from her four-day visit to the Asian superpower. London has expanded its Ultra Low Emission Zone to make it the world's biggest anti pollution charging zon ... Show More

26m 27s

Apr 2024

What new US aid means for Ukraine

<p>Meta’s revenues jumped by more than a quarter in the first three months of the year, Brussels raided the offices of a Chinese security equipment supplier, and earnings from Boeing reflected a slowdown of 737 Max production and compensation to customers. Plus, weapon shipments ... Show More

11m 18s

Jun 2024

Is new Ukraine support a 'game-changer?' | Your Euro 2024 primer

In a show of unity aimed at President Putin, G7 leaders meeting in Italy this week finally agreed to a deal to use profits from frozen Russian assets to provide around $50bn (£40bn) worth of support to Ukraine. And in another significant announcement, President Biden signed a 10- ... Show More

20m 9s

Feb 2022

3,000 U.S. Troops To Deploy In Europe Amid Ukraine Crisis

3,000 troops are preparing to deploy in Europe as President Biden escalates the response to the threat in Ukraine. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the forces were not permanent and would not fight in Ukraine. Plus, the fired coach of the Miami Dolphins is accusing the le ... Show More

39m 56s

Aug 2022

Ukraine: The economic impact on the arms industry

In total, the US has committed more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, so how have arms manufacturers done during the crisis? Another big handout from the US government is going to some of the nation's former students who have huge loan debts. President Joe Bid ... Show More

52m 12s

Mar 2022

Amazon’s Stock Split, ATVI Trades in Question, & Leaders Meet in Poland

<p>Efforts at <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-foreign-minister-says-russian-officials-live-in-their-own-reality.html">diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine</a> have so far been unproductive, and foreign leaders including Vice President Kamala Harris and Canada’s P ... Show More

26m 54s

Oct 2023

Microsoft cleared to buy Activision Blizzard

From the BBC World Service: Microsoft’s revised offer to buy Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard has been approved by regulators in the U.K. The Competition and Markets Authority said the deal addressed its concerns, after the watchdog blocked the original $69 billion bid in A ... Show More

8m 30s

Apr 2022

How might the war end?

As Russia shifts its strategy in Ukraine, so is the US shifting its tone and upping its urgency. President Biden asked Congress today for an additional $33 billion in aid, more than twice the amount he approved just last month. For more on this and how the war might end, Christia ... Show More

56m 30s

Aug 2022

Corporate America fumes at Biden’s economic package

<p>Taiwanese national security officials want to force Apple supplier Foxconn to unwind an $800mn investment in a Chinese chip company, and corporate America is fuming over president Joe Biden’s economic package. Plus, we have a military update on the war in Ukraine, and how tenn ... Show More

9m 34s

Ukraine six months on: The US announces ...