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    India and EU agree game-changing trade deal

    2026/1/27 | 8 mins.
    The European Union and India have announced a landmark trade deal as both sides aim to deepen ties amid tensions with the US. It will allow free trade of goods between the bloc of 27 European states and the world's most populous country, which together make up nearly 25% of global gross domestic product and a market of two billion people.
    Meanwhile, Donald Trump threatens South Korea with more tariffs, and a big shift in the global sportswear business as France’s billionaire Pinault family sells a big chunk of its Puma holding to China’s Anta Sports.
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    How are businesses impacted by protests in Minneapolis?

    2026/1/26 | 26 mins.
    The Trump administration ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to step up the removal of undocumented migrants more than six weeks ago, triggering large scale protests across the US. Rahul Tandon speaks to business owners who say staff are too frightened to come into work.
    In France, the government moves a step closer to banning social media for children under 15s.
    And as a deadly winter storm batters the US and Canada, a farmer explains how he keeps his animals safe in extreme conditions.
    [Photo: Protests in Minneapolis. Credit:CRAIG LASSIG/EPA/Shutterstock]
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    North Sea nations bet big on wind power

    2026/1/26 | 8 mins.
    Ten European countries bordering or close to the North Sea, including Germany, France, the UK and Norway, have pledged $11.3 billion to expand offshore wind capacity by 2030. They describe it as a historic deal that will wean Europe off dependency on Russian energy.
    Plus, France starts debating a ban on social media for under-15s in the wake of a similar move in Australia.
    And India and the EU are poised to conclude a trade deal.
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    Ukraine's battle to keep the lights on

    2026/1/23 | 26 mins.
    Andrew Peach speaks to the man in charge of keeping Ukraine's largest private energy company going in the face of relentless Russian drone attacks on the country's networks.
    And we look at how the US administration's decision to end protected visa status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is hitting the retirement home industry in Florida.
    Also, we'll be finding out how Robbie Williams has become bigger than the Beatles - by one measure at least.
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    TikTok secures US future

    2026/1/23 | 8 mins.
    The social media giant has finalised a deal to allow it to continue to operate in the United States where its famous algorithm will be retrained exclusively on American user-data.
    For the past year TikTok's been at the heart of a dispute between its Chinese owner Bytedance and the US government over data privacy.
    Plus we'll give you a rare glimpse into life on board one of the ships in Russia's shadow fleet.

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