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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump and his team had several red lines that they used to justify the US war against Iran. At a press conference on Wednesday, Trump largely brushed them aside.

(2) Hosting his very last Group of Seven summit, Emmanuel Macron needed every base covered to make sure it was a success and he came prepared, even for a surprise at the end.

(3) It didn’t take Kevin Warsh long to get the bond market’s attention. In his first press conference as the Fed chair, Warsh again and again emphasized the Fed’s commitment to getting inflation under control.

(4) The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates on Thursday as inflation proves less of a threat than feared and energy costs fall on hopes for an end to the conflict in the Middle East.

(5) Harry Kane scored twice to equal the English record for World Cup goals, and Jude Bellingham put England in front for good two minutes into the second half of a 4-2 victory over Croatia on Wednesday.

(6) While Europe has fallen behind the US and China in consumer AI, it has a deep trove of production and manufacturing data and expertise from an industrial sector stretching back more than a century.

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