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On today's podcast:

(1) Ukraine has agreed with the US on a deal to jointly develop its natural resources, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could ease recent tension with President Donald Trump and advance his administration’s goal of a ceasefire with Russia.

(2) Prime Minister Keir Starmer swept to power promising to raise living standards and grow the British economy. But now his premiership has an urgent and altogether different focus: preserving European security in a volatile world order upended by US President Donald Trump.

(3) President Donald Trump has signed an executive action directing the Commerce Department to examine possible copper tariffs, the latest in a string of measures aimed at imposing sector-specific levies that could reshape global supply chains.

(4) Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials to stay composed amid domestic and global challenges, signaling Beijing will take a measured approach to the Trump administration’s new trade and investment restrictions

(5) President Donald Trump said he is starting a program to offer residency and a path to citizenship to investors who pay $5 million, offering a new avenue for legal immigration even as he carries out a sweeping crackdown on undocumented migrants.

(6) Foxtons is often seen as an entry point for aspiring real estate agents. Junior employees described unwanted touching, drunk-driving — and senior staff who either ignored inappropriate behavior or were complicit.