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On today's podcast:
(1) Apple is in talks to build Google's Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry.

(2) A defiant Vladimir Putin says Russia won't be stopped from pursuing its goals after he swept to a record victory in a presidential election whose outcome was pre-determined

(3)Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his board have one more day to decide if it's time for the nation's first interest rate hike in 17 years amid simmering speculation that it will proceed.

(4) Israel's military made its deepest incursion into Gaza City in about two weeks, saying its troops were undertaking a "precise operation" targeting the main hospital in the northern metropolis that bore the brunt of the first weeks of fighting in the conflict.

(5) A trade, targeting the remains of Sam Bankman-Fried's once-vast cryptocurrency empire, is netting distressed investing firms a 200% profit.