The US-China ‘cat and mouse game’

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to raise as much as $100bn from Gulf investors to further his massive bet on AI, the Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv expressed misogynistic views online, and Donald Trump has said Washington will not strike Iran ...  Show more

Oil executives expressed their appetite for investing in the Middle East despite the war, the conflict has blown a near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances, and big investors are “bottom fishing” among beaten-down assets, including Italian bonds and corporate debt. Plus, Chin ...  Show more

On today's podcast:
(1) President Biden says China's economic challenges make a Taiwan invasion unlikely.

(2) The UK's Prime Minister confronts the Chinese premier over a Parliamentary spying arrest.

(3) Costs for UK tenants expected to soar by a quarter over ...

Negotiations over President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" continue on Capitol Hill — but now, his former ally, Elon Musk, is criticizing both the legislation and the president himself. How will Republicans respond? Then, we look at ongoing trade negotiations between the U.S. and ...  Show more

On today's podcast: (1) President Biden is considering a trip to Israel as Western nations ramp up efforts to prevent the war with Hamas from engulfing the region. (Interview) (2) The US is planning to tighten measures on China's access to advanced semiconductors and chip making ...  Show more

Breaking news: Kara Swisher will not referee the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Also, SpaceX is looking to up its valuation, and Meta wants to shut down access to news in Canada. And this weekend’s insurrection in Russia revealed how unequipped social media is ...  Show more