‘Very Good’ Iran Talks, Burnham’s Big Moment, Morocco’s Football Power Play

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump said US officials had “very good” talks with Iranian envoys in New York, reviving fragile hopes for a new diplomatic off-ramp hours after he again threatened to annihilate the country.

(2) US President Donald Trump criticized a UK deal over the Chagos Islands during his first-face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, dealing a blow to the British leader in an otherwise warm encounter.

(3) Donald Trump dismissed calls for an international agreement to put guardrails around the development of artificial intelligence, brushing off concerns about the dangers of frontier models going rogue.

(4) With next month’s budget looming, an influential group of backbench MPs has mooted a solution to the shortsightedness besetting UK policy making.

(5) Traders are shielding themselves from the possibility that the Federal Reserve raises interest rates less than markets are currently pricing in.

(6) The man tipped to become Morocco’s next prime minister made a bold promise as he addressed a campaign rally under a traditional tent near Casablanca: “The World Cup final will be here in Ben Slimane province, whether they like it or hate it,” Fouzi Lekjaa declared to applause.

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