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In September last year, on the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin was captured by a hot mic, telling Chinese Premier Xi Jinping that humans could achieve immortality by replacing their organs. The conversation was generally dismissed as eccentric small talk between aging autocrats. But Wall Street Journal chief European political correspondent Bojan Pancevski decided to investigate. He's found that the Russian state is spending US$26 billion on Putin's quest for longevity.

Weekly chat about the week in politics with Patrick Gower and Guyon Espiner.

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The SIS has warned that China's military is deploying tactics to con Kiwis into passing on sensitive information through approaches on LinkedIn about fake job schemes. It comes a day after four MPs were banned from China after visiting Taiwan. Anna Fifield spoke to Guyon Espiner.

New Zealand has been given access to a frontier AI model that is deemed too dangerous for general release. Catriona Robinson, Deputy Director General of Cyber Security, at the National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of our intelligence agency the GCSB, spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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The Black Caps series in England, Super Rugby, the All Whites in the United States, and Kiwi polevaulter Imogen Ayris has also had quite the week.

Elisabeth Easther and Te Radar with a lighter take on some of the week's news.