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On today's podcast:
1) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered attacks on Russian oil refineries to resume in a spiraling confrontation with Donald Trump over restrictions on US intelligence assistance.Zelenskyy said he’s ending a three-day pause on strikes in response to the US president’s call last week for an “energy ceasefire” after he accused Trump and billionaire Elon Musk of restraining Kyiv’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile and drone attacks.
2) President Donald Trump called for executing individuals who leak information to the media during a campaign rally as he railed against what he cast as critical coverage of the war in Iran. “In my opinion, leakers should be shot. They should be shot. In the old days, we used to shoot leakers,” Trump said at the campaign event in Bullhead City, Arizona. “Leakers should be dealt with very, very strongly. They’re real. To me, they’re the scum of the earth.”
3) Global equities fell as a selloff in the artificial-intelligence trade gathered speed and pushed investors toward the safety of bonds.S&P 500 futures were down 0.3% while Nasdaq 100 contracts retreated 1.2%. The leg lower came as Anthropic PBC disclosed $16.8 billion in third-quarter growth to prospective investors, figures that suggested the pace of growth had slowed even as it remained robust.An exchange-traded fund tracking chipmakers signaled the sector’s six-day selloff was set to continue. CoreWeave Inc. fell a further 6% in premarket trading after Wednesday’s 15% rout when its bonds also dropped to levels that typically show distress.