First Move with Julia Chatterley

While it's yet to be confirmed, Russian aviation officials say Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the plane that crashed near Moscow yesterday, killing all 10 onboard. This comes after General Sergei Surovikin was dismissed as head of Russia's aerospace forces. He hasn't been seen in public since Prigozhin's short-lived rebellion, fueling unconfirmed rumors of his detention. Joining Julia to discuss is Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen, an outspoken Putin critic. 

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The five BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are meeting in Johannesburg. Established in 2009, the block was created to help advance the interests of nations not traditionally aligned with the west. But agreeing on common policies has been a challenge to say the least, especially in light of Russia's war in Ukraine. Joining Julia to discuss is Hash Pant, vice president of studies and foreign policy at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. 

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What started as a company saw noodles in Ukraine has now turned into one of the newest players in the electric car market. VinFast Auto was founded in 2017 by Vietnam's largest private conglomerate. Its first models were combustion engine cars, but last year switched to producing only EVs. VinFast shares had a red-hot debut on the Nasdaq and recently broke ground on a factory in North Carolina that should start production in 2025. Joining Julia to discuss is VinFast Auto CEO Madam Le Thi Thu Thuy. 

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China's economic troubles continue, prompting the country's central bank today to cut interest rates for the second time in three months. However, the bank unexpectedly kept the five-year rate unchanged. Markets were expecting Beijing to offer more support for the property sector which makes up around 25% of the economy. Joining Julia to discuss is Michael Pettis, professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets. 

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Miniature golf with giant ambitions - the Swingers golf club chain hopes for a hole-in-one as it expands from London to the US and beyond, raising $52 million to fund a third franchise expansion. The question is, can it win over the high-rollers in Las Vegas? Swingers’ co-founder and co-CEO Matt Grech-Smith joins to discuss his company’s ambitious plans for the future.

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There have been plenty of headlines over the years heralding the demise of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency of choice, with an increasing number of countries looking at alternatives. Not to mention, of course, the rise of crypto and decentralized coins that don't rely on governments at all. In 2001, USD assets represented nearly 73% of global bank reserves. Now that figure has fallen to around 58% according to RBC Wealth Management. Joining Julia to discuss is Valor Capital Group partner Brian Brooks. 

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An op-ed published today in Foreign Affairs titled "The AI Power Paradox" warns, among other things, that some AI tech giants will become more powerful than nation-states one day, and that the patchwork approach to regulations will neither be sufficient nor swift and flexible enough. Joining Julia to discuss are the op-ed's authors, Ian Bremmer, the president and founder of Eurasia Group & Gzero Media, and Mustafa Suleyman, CEO and cofounder of Inflection AI. 

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Serious challenges to global food supplies remain, driven in part by the war in Ukraine and the impact of climate change and extreme weather. In the United States in particular, you can add to that a devastating disease that's done serious damage to orange crops. Production is set to fall to its lowest in decades, which would surely put upward pressure on prices. The problem is so severe that some orange growers have decided to give up on the citrus business altogether. Joining Julia to discuss is Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Matt Joyner. 

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Recently a group of teenage hackers managed to breach some of the world’s biggest tech firms last year by exploiting systemic security weaknesses in US telecom carriers and the business supply chain, in what is a cautionary tale for America’s critical infrastructure. Also, researchers from the cybersecurity firm ESET have uncovered a cyber plot targeting foreign embassies in Belarus. The company says at least four countries have been targeted by a cyber espionage group, using advanced techniques. Joining the show to discuss is Tony Anscombe, ESET's chief security evangelist. 

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