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The global markets are on edge, fears of an AI bubble burst are circling and investor anxiety is building as the world awaits Nvidia's earnings report. The chip giant which is the world’s most valuable company, has powered the AI boom and helped drive stock markets to record highs. But what could the results mean for the future of AI?

We hear how online retail giant, Amazon, lost a legal battle with a European court after requesting to be exempt from the EU's Digital Services Act.

The period of volatility and tensions in global trade is far from over, according to the boss of parcel delivery giant, DHL Group. We hear from their CEO, Tobias Meyer, whose company is investing €1 billion in India.

And why is a court in Paris suspending the sale of the world’s ‘first calculator’ invented in 1642?

Presenter: Leanna Byrne

Producer: Niamh McDermott

Editor: David Cann

Amnesty International alleges that the Kenyan government used digital tools to suppress Gen Z organised demonstrations

 

Has the rift between Senegalese President Faye and Prime Minister Sonko widened?

 

Also, Nigeria has Nigeria canceled mother-tongue teaching in primary schools and reinstated  English- why?

 

Presenter: Nyasha Michelle

 

Producers:  Joseph Keen, Saleck Zeid, Stefania Okereke and Elphas Lagat in London with Madina Maishanu in Abuja

Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga

Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa

Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

Learn 4 phrases with 'gold' with Phil in this podcast. They're worth their weight in gold!

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Both houses of Congress in the US have passed a bill that aims to force the publication of files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Once President Trump signs it into law, the Justice Department will have a thirty day deadline to release the documents. Also: Donald Trump defends the Saudi Crown Prince on his first White House visit since Jamal Khashoggi's murder; violence rises between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank; five hikers die in Chile's Patagonia; a report from the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's shadow fleet; Meta wins a five year legal battle; we look at the future of test cricket; and Australian prisoners fight for their right to Vegemite.

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For some it's the dream, for others it's the plan, for most it's an effort. On this programme we look at buying a first home. It's rarely easy but plenty of people are making the jump. The property site Zoopla says first time buyers accounted for 40% of sales in the first half of the year.

But the picture can be so different depending on where you live and how much family support you can tap into. We'll hear from those who've just bought as well as others struggling to make it work because their salaries are out of step with prices.

Felicity Hannah is joined by Richard Donnell who heads the research and insights team at the property website Zoopla and Jane King a mortgage adviser at the firm, Ash Ridge.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah

Producers: James Graham

Editor: Jess Quayle

Senior News Editor: Sara Wadeson

(This episode was first broadcast at 3pm on Radio 4 on Wednesday the 22nd October 2025).

During a visit to the White House, Donald Trump said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We hear reaction from Khashoggi’s former editor, Marty Baron.

Also on the programme: Poland’s foreign minister on suspected Russian sabotage of his country’s railways. And crouching woman, draped goose - we hear about the earliest known depiction of interaction between a human and an animal.

We look at the AI boom in detail, in the wake of comments by Sundar Pichai, the Google boss, in a BBC interview. He acknowledges the risks of a potential AI bubble.

We hear the thoughts of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu as well as from a future of work strategist and a campaigner for tighter AI regulation.

Also, what has Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince gained from a visit to the White House?

And TotalEnergies faces war crime allegations over a Mozambique massacre.

You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033.

The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has been welcomed to the White House by President Trump; it's his first visit to the US since the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents seven years ago.

Also in the programme: the US House of Representatives has voted in favour of compelling the Justice Department to release its files on the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein; and an Asian-American star of the hit TV series K-pop Demon Hunters talks about her experience of racism growing up.

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Phoebe plans for the future, and Justin is out of his comfort zone.