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Plus: Japanese markets brace for the next political shift as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba exits. And, BMW and Mercedes take on Tesla with new luxury SUVs. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 8. South Korea’s foreign minister is on his way to Washington D.C. to help bring Korean workers back home following one of the largest workplace immigration raids under President Trump. Plus, WSJ’s Kim Mackrael explains why the EU’s trade truce with the U.S. is threatening to unravel. And, BMW and Mercedes gear up to zoom past Tesla in the EV arms race. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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From the BBC World Service: Markets in Japan have reacted positively to the departure of the country's leader, Shigeru Ishiba, following recent election losses and despite a recent U.S. trade deal. Then, French Prime Minister François Bayrou looks set to lose a confidence vote over drastic budget cuts as the country faces mounting debt. And the United Kingdom is trying to tackle the high price of prisoner reoffending; in England and Wales, nearly a third of prison leavers end up back inside, costing the U.K. government around $24 billion annually.
Video gaming can be an expensive hobby. Nintendo’s latest Mario Kart game, Mario Kart World, released in June, costs $80, and it’s widely expected that Grand Theft Audio VI, coming out next year, will top $100. So are games becoming unaffordable … or do gamers not know how good they’ve got it? The BBC’s Will Chalk breaks it down.
The Booker prize winning novelist Arundhati Roy looks back at her foremost influences in her memoir, Mother Mary Comes To Me. While her writing and activism are shaped by early circumstances – both financial and political – at the centre is her relationship with her mother, who she describes as ‘my shelter and my storm’.
The poet Sarah Howe won the TS Eliot prize for poetry for her debut collection, Loop of Jade. In her new work, Foretokens, she returns to the complex inheritance of family and language, as she tries to piece together the fragmentary, often mythical, early life of her Chinese mother, given away at birth.
The academic Lea Ypi travels through the history of Ottoman aristocracy to the making of modern Albania and the early days of communism as she attempts to retrace the life of her beloved grandmother. In her new book, Indignity: A Life Reimagined, she reveals the fragility of truth, as her own memories collide with secret police reports and newly discovered photographs.
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Nearly 500 workers were detained in a federal immigration raid at Hyundai’s Georgia EV plant, sparking diplomatic involvement from South Korea. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Western troops sent to Ukraine would be considered “legitimate targets.” In Los Angeles, the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass faces weekend closures as a major repaving project begins. Meanwhile, President Trump hosted Silicon Valley leaders at the White House, where executives pledged billions for AI and manufacturing as part of his push to keep U.S. tech globally competitive. In business, McDonald’s is cutting meal prices while Erewhon plans an exclusive NYC tonic bar.
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One month after sending the National Guard into Washington, D.C. saying they would fight crime there, President Trump is so pleased with the results that he is discussing how to put federal troops onto the streets of cities across the country — from Chicago to New Orleans. It’s a potentially dramatic expansion of what has already become an unprecedented military deployment on domestic soil.
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An unpopular budget will probably spark the ousting of another prime minister, Francois Bayrou—and with him goes another government. Parliamentary impasse is now business as usual, and voters are fed up. Getting Chinese spenders spending is tricky, so policy wonks are at last considering reforming the stingy pension system. And why so many people listen to podcasts at warp speed.
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For the first time since invading Ukraine, Russia hits a government stronghold in Kyiv. President Trump denies he’s calling for a “war” in Chicago, despite using that word in a social media post – but previews new immigration action in Democratic-led cities. And the man accused of plotting an assassination on Trump’s golf course heads to trial.
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