The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says "good progress" was made in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping of China. Our China correspondent will give us her assessment. Also on the programme: as President Trump steps up the rhetoric on Iran, what could happen if the US strikes it? And the musical director who stood in for Puccini’s challenging Turandot when the star tenor suddenly fell ill. (Photo: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer shakes hands with President Xi Jinping of China ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during his visit to China. Credit: PA)
Native America Calling - Thursday, January 29, 2026 — The Menu: Federal food guidelines, seals and treaty rights, and buffalo for city dwellers
Do Native Americans need more encouragement to consume saturated fats? Native nutritionists are wondering how the new federal dietary guidelines just unveiled by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. intersects with decades of scientific research urging the population with the highest rates of heart disease to limit their saturated fat intake. The new federal food pyramid shows up in recommendations for programs like Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Head Start, Indian Health Service, and the National School Lunch Program.
Tribes in the Pacific Northwest are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to seals taking a bite out of the salmon populations they worked decades to preserve. The seals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. They feast on fish that on which the tribes rely. We will look at how this situation affects tribal treaty rights and what tribes are doing in response.
A handful of organizations are working to strengthen traditional connections between urban Native residents and buffalo. Organizers in Chicago and Denver are among those working to put the animals closer to Native people who might not otherwise have exposure to a significant traditional source of food.
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Dr. Tara Maudrie (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), assistant professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Social Work
Cecilia Gobin (Tulalip), conservation policy analyst with the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Dnisa Oocumma (Eastern Band of Cherokee), community engagement coordinator for the American Indian Center
Lewis TallBull (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma), co-founder and president of Sacred Return
Dr. Valarie Jernigan (Choctaw), professor of medicine and director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Sciences
Carley Griffith-Hotvedt (Cherokee), executive director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
Marketplace All-in-One - The costs of banning gender-affirming care
Last year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending gender-affirming care for transgender children and teenagers under 19. Since then, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule that would ban hospitals offering that care from receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding. The attacks on transition-related care are having a profound effect on transgender kids and their families, but they’re also having an impact on health care providers. Today, we'll hear more. But first: progress on a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown.
CBS News Roundup - 01/29/2026 | World News Roundup
New video of Alex Pretti 11 days before shooting. Dangerous cold for millions of Americans. FBI raids Georgia election facility. CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick has these stories and more on the World News Roundup.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Trade talks underway between the U.K. and China
From the BBC World Service: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the latest political leader to visit China for trade talks. Chinese President Xi Jinping told Starmer that Beijing is ready to develop a long-term strategic partnership. Since President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on most imports, countries around the world have been scrambling to sign new trade deals. Plus, as South Africa has been grappling with 30% U.S. tariffs, farmers there are also looking to China.
WSJ Minute Briefing - FBI Seizes Fulton County Ballots as Trump Reignites Election Challenge
Plus: Gold has hit another record - topping the $5,500 mark for the first time - as the rush to precious metals continues. And demand for chips sends Samsung earnings to new highs. Luke Vargas hosts.
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WSJ What’s News - Meta’s AI Spending Pays Off
A.M. Edition for Jan. 29. Investors are rewarding Meta after the company’s latest earnings showed massive AI investments translating into a jump in digital-ad revenues. State Street’s Altaf Kassam gives his take on the AI boom’s early winners and losers. Plus, WSJ deputy finance editor Quentin Webb gives us the backstory on the metals rally that just won’t quit. And FBI agents search a Georgia election office as part of a broader push to re-examine Trump’s 2020 loss. Luke Vargas hosts.
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S12 Bonus: Dmytro Ovcharenko, Alcor
Dmytro Ovcharenko lives in Palo Alto, CA. He graduated from Berkeley in 2015 - not as an engineer, but as a lawyer. His first connection to tech was in his first role, as an attorney at a tech company. But outside of technology, he loves good sushi and burgers. In addition, he does a bit of hiking - some for fun, but also some for business. He's been known to take a meeting or two on the hiking trail.
Dmytro very much enjoyed working at his prior company. But he noticed the large gap between what his business was charging, and what the engineers themselves received. He thought he could close this gap, to provide a better wage for the workers while saving businesses money.
This is the creation story of Alcor.
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Marketplace All-in-One - A recycling startup joins the AI boom
Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino takes a tour of Redwood Material’s new R&D Lab with CTO Colin Campbell. Redwood, an EV battery recycling startup, is now offering off-grid, renewable energy grids to AI data centers and it’s looking to scale up its operations in this AI boom.
Marketplace All-in-One - What it costs to pass down a language
Author and journalist Aymann Ismail wants his kids to grow up with a real connection to their Egyptian roots, including speaking Arabic. For his family, that means committing to a private Islamic school -- and figuring out how to afford tuition.
Reema sits down with Aymann as he walks through his family budget and the financial trade-offs that decision requires. They talk about what’s at stake for him, financially and culturally, and why holding onto Arabic feels especially urgent right now.
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