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Intelligence officials are asking serious questions about the handling of confidential material after a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman is arrested by the FBI for allegedly leaking documents to impress teenagers. Texas is at the center of a debate about what children can be allowed to read in libraries. We hear about the betting odds at the world’s most famous steeplechase – the Grand National - and the fight for the title for World Chess Champion. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a look at new EPA regulations that hope to boost electric vehicle adoption in the U.S. in the next decade. In Russia, opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seriously ill in jail. And a Federal court keeps limited access to abortion drug Mifepristone. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We visit a picket line in Britain where doctors are staging a four-day walkout. Rising interest rates and persistent inflation are adding to the struggle of debt-laden countries. Plus, Elon Musk opens up about Twitter and how California is using water tests to help fight the drug war. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We break down the legal tussle over the abortion drug Mifepristone. What happens next now that a federal judge has suspended FDA approval of the drug? What are U.S. security services most concerned about in the leak of intel documents? And why neither Taiwan nor China has it in their best interest for conflict to break out. *This episode was updated to correctly refer to the fact that the Biden administration is seeking to block a Texas judge's ruling on mifepristone (not that they have blocked it). Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on the scramble to find the source of highly classified U.S. leaks. We speak to Italian LGBT couples fearful that a new anti-surrogacy law will bar them from parenthood. And how President Biden is counting on the luck of the Irish to help calm tensions on a post-Brexit trade deal. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're on the streets of Belfast for the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Our photographer walks us through what it was like to take this week's most memorable photo inside a New York courtroom and the azaleas are out at Augusta as golf deals with new rivalries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is looking to Beijing not Washington as he goes into diplomatic overdrive. More violence at a Jerusalem holy site puts the Middle East on edge for Passover and Ramadan. U.S. recession fears stalk investors. Join us on the high seas with a migrant rescue ship in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manhattan prosecutors lay out their case against Donald Trump. What lies ahead for the former president? China’s more assertive foreign policy in focus as Macron heads to Beijing and Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan’s president. We look at why Beijing is renaming places along its disputed border with India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s arraignment day for former President Donald Trump in New York. NATO welcomes its newest member, Finland. A Wisconsin election that could shape the 2024 presidential election. Why Mexico doesn’t want sulfur dioxide balloons. Plus all the latest news from around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who owns the rights to AI-generated art? We dive into a legal grey area with billions of dollars at stake. New York awaits Donald Trump’s arraignment. What Jack Ma’s return means for China. Los Angeles’ property millionaires make a quick buck. OPEC and its allies surprise markets. Plus the latest from Bakhmut, St Peter’s Square and the Midwest’s devastating tornadoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump is criminally indicted – a first for the United States. We are in New York ahead of the former president’s expected surrender. Plenty of legal action across the pond too, will the Daily Mail publisher defeat Prince Harry and Elton John in court? Weight loss drugs – a Hollywood fad no longer? Plus new rules for baseball and a fake French video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk wants an AI pause: is he concerned or playing catch up? The Taiwan president’s high stakes trip--- to Latin America. Disney’s plot twist in Florida. Plus, Bolsonaro goes home, prayers for the Pope and South Africa's Blade Runner tries for parole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dozens of migrants from Central and South America die in Mexico detention center fire. Nashville shooter's collection of guns revealed. Quake survivors try to stop Turkey’s election from counting the dead. Bank regulators and Starbucks face questions on the Hill. Plus, experts call for pause on AI, new charges for Sam Bankman Fried and scientists serve up a mammoth meatball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nashville is left shattered after an ex-student shoots dead six at a Christian school. A Reuters investigation into Russia’s facial recognition system. Netanyahu’s balancing act. Europe’s wave of strikes test governments. Plus, U.S. regulators come for Binance and Prince Harry’s surprise court appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under huge pressure to halt a judicial overhaul plan after mass protests and civil unrest. Washington plays down the nuclear threat from Russia. Mississippi mourns after a tornado kills at least 25 people. A deal for Silicon Valley Bank. As Israel churns, we look at the plight of young people in Gaza, risking death to leave or a slide into extremism if they stay. The Californian farmer fighting drought with floods. And finally, an update from the man who married his AI chatbot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to be a winner but does his lack of foreign policy expertise hold him back in 2024? India's parliament disqualifies opposition party leader Rahul Gandhi as a lawmaker after a court sentences him to two years in prison. We talk about a new product that’s helping long-distance couples bridge the kissing gap, and the dangers of AI-generated images in photojournalism. And the latest rulings from the World Athletics Council on trans athletes and testosterone in sports. *The episode was corrected to say that a Manhattan grand jury did not meet Thursday (rather than didn’t yet take up the case). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew heads to Capitol Hill to fend off a potential U.S. ban. Uganda’s LGBTQ+ community fight for survival after law threatens them with jail and even death. Is the Fed done hiking for now? Plus, New York on tenterhooks as Trump grand jury skips Wednesday meeting and Boris Johnson back in the spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s decision day at the Fed with volatile markets and questions swirling about its oversight of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin pledge to shape a new world order but barely a mention of Ukraine during Moscow talks. Protests in Paris, President Emmanuel Macron to address nation. And Winnie the Pooh horror flick cancelled in Hong Kong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City prepares for possible civil unrest if Donald Trump is arrested. Protests erupt in Paris after President Emmanuel Macron survives no-confidence vote. Fox News heads to court ahead of $1.6 billion defamation trial and London’s Metropolitan police is labelled as racist, misogynistic and homophobic in damning review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 11th hour deal for Credit Suisse and the turmoil in global markets. President Xi’s warm welcome in Moscow. Former President Donald Trump’s legal drama in New York. What happens when your chatbot stops loving you back? Plus French President Emmanuel Macron faces a no-confidence motion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two decades after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq we look at the legacy of the war, we talk to the reporters who were there when the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled and for the chaos that followed, and we hear from Iraqis about the future. *This podcast incorrectly referred to the date that the Saddam Hussein statue was toppled in an earlier version. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can Switzerland’s blank check for Credit Suisse soothe markets? Japan and South Korea’s fence-mending summit. Libya’s missing uranium. Joe Biden and Netanyahu’s judicial reforms. Abortion pill under threat in Texas lawsuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Confrontation over the Black Sea raises stakes between U.S. and Russia. Price stability Vs financial stability -- the Fed’s tricky balancing act. Downton can’t get the staff – worker shortages in the UK. Nor'easter buries New England and New York, storms soak California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contagion fears stalk the financial sector with smaller lenders in the firing line. Can government action stop the rout? The International Criminal Court is seeking war crime arrests against Russian officials. We go inside attempts to hold Russia accountable for the war in Ukraine. President Xi tries his hand at brokering peace. China reopens to foreigners, Lyft and Uber win in a gig economy case and all the latest from the Trump hush-money probe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sighs of relief after federal regulators step in to backstop Silicon Valley bank. Inside the scramble to save the tech region from fallout from the failed bank. And what comes next for financial institutions around the world. Plus the latest headlines from around the world. Including Trump's trip to Iowa after DeSantis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take you inside Tinseltown for Hollywood’s night of nights. The Academy’s new crisis-response team. The photographer who captured 'the slap'. Indie movies and Ireland’s huge haul of nominations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the war on inflation means for American pocketbooks. Li Qiang, who is China’s No.2? The silent war in Mexico’s Matamoros. All work and then play? South Korea’s population plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special episode of stories about women by women for International Women’s Day: Inside a maternity clinic in Afghanistan Abortion fights in the Americas The widening gender gap at hedge funds The macro view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Houston, we have a problem’- Bumper oil profits and the green revolution. Ukraine vows to defend Bakhmut in hellish battle with Russia. China’s warning to Washington about “conflict and confrontation”. South Korean singles’ big love for reality dating shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More poisonings, more protests in Iran. The toxic legacy of war on Ukraine’s farms. China’s cautious economic outlook and rising military spend. Coronation conundrum for Prince Harry and Meghan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The civil war inside the Republican Party. Debunking the 15-minute-cities myth. Formula One’s season opener in Bahrain. In the weeds of the Netherlands' pot legality headache. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FDA blocks human trials for Neuralink brain implants. Cholera and malnourishment await Somalis fleeing starvation. Finland walls off Russia. Anger in Greece over devastating rail crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lone wolves and revenge mobs foil hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace. China’s demographic timebomb. Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. Supreme Court conservatives cast doubt on student loan plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Rishi Sunak’s high-stakes gamble means for Northern Ireland. Brits in search of better teeth hit by cost of living crunch. End of the Mouse House’s special status. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATO’s other mission: Find a new boss. The ancient Māori practice of moko kauae goes viral. Dozens killed in migrant boat shipwreck off Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reuters has been on the frontlines of the war for a year. We speak with our reporters on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Missile strike in Syria a warning from Israel. Biden and Putin shore up alliances in Cold War-like stagecraft. Sea turtles the winner as poachers turn protectors in the Philippines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re on the ground in Lagos for a fiercely contested presidential election. What did Vladimir Putin walk away from when he halted that nuke treaty? And the massive winter storm threatening the U.S. coast to coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**This podcast was corrected. A line inaccurately stating Kyiv is east of Moscow was removed. Putin accuses West of fanning conflict after Biden’s Kyiv trip. Wisconsin – the hottest political race of 2023. And all the latest from Turkey, Iran and the extreme weather hitting the Indian Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Joe Biden lands in Kyiv and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi prepares to go to Moscow after a weekend of sniping between the two nations. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken touches down in Turkey. We're on the ground for all of it. And the BAFTA's. What does Britain's night of nights foretell for the Oscars? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re in Munich as security chiefs gather to talk arms and conflict. Who will score in the Manchester United bidding war? And the Japanese rocket that failed to take off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We visit Afghanistan’s madrasas – the only educational option for teenage girls. The road ahead for Erdogan and Assad after the quake. Plus the latest from North Korea on the birthday anniversary of late leader Kim Jong Il. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re with Nikki Haley in her hometown state for her official announcement. We visit a small Himalayan town sinking under the weight of a construction drive. And how the biggest aircraft deal in history went down with a Goan fish curry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love in a time of war - how dating has been hit by Russia's conflict in Ukraine. How old is too old to be president? We’re in Cameroon to find out why not everyone is celebrating the president’s 90th birthday. Bakhmut is under heavy fire again after Russia launched its spring offensive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kazuo Ueda is tipped for the top job at the Bank of Japan. How will the academic adapt to the scrutiny as financial markets pore over his every word? Earthquake rescuers are finding fewer survivors among the rubble as Turkey turns its attention to stopping looters and holding builders to account. And what is happening over North America’s skies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're on the ground in Arizona ahead of the Super Bowl to get a read on whether the billion-dollar event pays off for locals. Then, in New York, we take a look at what to expect at Fashion Week. Plus all the latest developments on the Turkey-Syria earthquake, Ukraine and the global business headlines moving markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in Turkey and Syria as hopes fade of finding survivors in the rubble and the clamor for aid crescendos. Against a backdrop of politics and bitter civil war, how will the governments of Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar Assad respond? And in South Africa, the president is getting ready to give his State of the Nation address. But can he keep the lights on long enough to rescue a flatlining economy? Plus our reporter sits down with Jamie Dimon in Miami to talk interest rates and the flight of rich Wall Streeters from his hometown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything you need to know about your world in 10 minutes. Go straight to the source with a ten-minute news briefing by Reuters frontline journalists. Join host Kim Vinnell as she takes you around the world every weekday. For more stories please visit https://www.reuters.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices