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Safety fears grow as companies focus on winning the race

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The backlash against AI

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gideon&lt;/a&gt; talks to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on Greece as a leading shipping nation. They discuss Greece’s recovery from the financial crisis of 2015, how to achieve European strategic autonomy and the best way to bring the war in Ukraine to an end. &lt;em&gt;Clip: France 24&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/110b9bb3-ec4f-460d-bfe6-4ffae9a2e945?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Three supertankers attempt Strait of Hormuz crossing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/accfaf82-1dae-4493-bc78-72c795172140?accessToken=zwAAAZ7gsQnXkdOsz6-CHa5Ek9O8eHLHlRchQAE.MEYCIQDsgkAAosvLfRuZ6Oo8MYSTAKoipuvhtdftxLDJ7t6bgQIhAIn-WkcP0If42swqPk-Lofz99mGfBPqBpNP-gM2eHvOI&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;America owes its European allies a defence roadmap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/273aee17-25ee-4608-9be2-88433e28270e?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Protests spread in Africa as fuel crisis deepens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c4b786a6-55d4-4689-b19e-48a48f7946e6?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;UAE says drone strike caused fire at nuclear plant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f636f726-b185-4f6a-91d2-75ea3d1b9beb?accessToken=zwAAAZ7glOwElM8RC5uz7E9GDdO_5k_66aLpRc8nOu4XJe5GCNOb4ohDPignDtPEt4amVdRGidOxnkikj3lG5tP2NvcmsYVPatOR0nXqPRub6wE.MEYCIQDFJ7HMQFt3MkAyYn9mE33vy8nPshx-6xrPUuBpkKPcYQIhAO5em6kUzlZUjnBRVbimpjdOgszh6G1rAm9ifZL9L1jw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Tipping point looms for global energy crisis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cb6550b9-2667-4cee-ab7c-50d930ae2040" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Greek Prime Minister outlines his views on trade and security at a time of war

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Mitsotakis on Hormuz, Iran and how to escape a debt trap 

<description>&lt;p&gt;Gideon Rachman speaks to James Crabtree, former head of the Asia programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Perimeter&lt;/em&gt;, about Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his first in a decade. What do Washington and Beijing hope to gain, and what does the trip reveal about the evolving balance of power between the world’s two leading superpowers?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/156bf437-b5a8-40de-98c5-1ffe47d88b70?accessToken=zwAAAZ67AfmNkc8Va_Q3tahA3tOYxR_-R9iLcAE.MEQCIAyHPW3AywSsJcfm99Q9WJMxxMxvBfJbdimObzzuH4XwAiA9Gby2nHaF9_yfMnTINp3m9zlXEvG6LFvlSzh2x_2_qg&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Donald Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8db82813-85e1-4f82-83fd-fc224b605565?accessToken=zwAAAZ67A9L_kdONuCgTheFPgtOD_fwiS2BVZQE.MEUCIFyKNndJCvpk0tm_Ol65eMXiP267tEyZedCY090EbYKrAiEAqFSFeKxwiKZJltzEO5JqN3QqZUHvkb3hRGM83efbZGw&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/27ecd13b-c544-4304-8f76-0f2d4ed296e1?accessToken=zwAAAZ67BT3Qkc8n7NE7xURDBNOPdg8tTtKW4QE.MEUCIDLZfinBYSAwKbQxGekFQvUaJuQ1S3GbOqTGfH4TzbsyAiEArJ0hAxyx-CYd-oXbmNlpToYdYIVW7KtlvOzN5I-gjF8&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump’s war has given China an economic opening&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5f510d2e-63b9-42e3-8c3e-46f4f5c72e68?accessToken=zwAAAZ67Bl_dkc9fUQ0uY7lC49OMPkb09ccuaAE.MEUCIQCaf-ywDy0Tp-VhFh6Wu2Bey7UPEU2fysBZePJIiRCPAwIgWCnIHfOXxElRHxnIr37dj1zWMFfSpXt7jb0mCGkEDtc&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump, Xi and the bid for a ‘grand bargain’ between superpowers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/091b79d2-8fef-4b8a-bac3-ea6165a32a50?accessToken=zwAAAZ67CA10kc8JG3nSj-9LitO6w-phZaMqUAE.MEYCIQCsG2rmA40LR8V5g-c3O_CRNFXQwY2PyqSwPyVz17d23gIhAJZ3YiT2KT2Hihn0jXldZZJlWRguzSMC5JP6FdQ8pW1Z&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Trump prepares to press Xi on Iran war&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts — please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Nisha Patel. Sound design is by Breen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turner&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2d8a0fd5-c3ad-4977-a9f9-711fa5599bf6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

James Crabtree on the geopolitical significance of the US president’s visit

Gideon Rachman speaks to James Crabtree, former head of the Asia programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of&nbsp;The Perimeter, about Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his first in a decade. What do Washington and Beijing hope to gain, and what does the trip reveal about the evolving balance of power between the world’s two leading superpowers? Free links to read more on this topic:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/156bf437-b5a8-40de-98c5-1ffe47d88b70?accessToken=zwAAAZ67AfmNkc8Va_Q3tahA3tOYxR_-R9iLcAE.MEQCIAyHPW3AywSsJcfm99Q9WJMxxMxvBfJbdimObzzuH4XwAiA9Gby2nHaF9_yfMnTINp3m9zlXEvG6LFvlSzh2x_2_qg&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8db82813-85e1-4f82-83fd-fc224b605565?accessToken=zwAAAZ67A9L_kdONuCgTheFPgtOD_fwiS2BVZQE.MEUCIFyKNndJCvpk0tm_Ol65eMXiP267tEyZedCY090EbYKrAiEAqFSFeKxwiKZJltzEO5JqN3QqZUHvkb3hRGM83efbZGw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/27ecd13b-c544-4304-8f76-0f2d4ed296e1?accessToken=zwAAAZ67BT3Qkc8n7NE7xURDBNOPdg8tTtKW4QE.MEUCIDLZfinBYSAwKbQxGekFQvUaJuQ1S3GbOqTGfH4TzbsyAiEArJ0hAxyx-CYd-oXbmNlpToYdYIVW7KtlvOzN5I-gjF8&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s war has given China an economic opening</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5f510d2e-63b9-42e3-8c3e-46f4f5c72e68?accessToken=zwAAAZ67Bl_dkc9fUQ0uY7lC49OMPkb09ccuaAE.MEUCIQCaf-ywDy0Tp-VhFh6Wu2Bey7UPEU2fysBZePJIiRCPAwIgWCnIHfOXxElRHxnIr37dj1zWMFfSpXt7jb0mCGkEDtc&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump, Xi and the bid for a ‘grand bargain’ between superpowers</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/091b79d2-8fef-4b8a-bac3-ea6165a32a50?accessToken=zwAAAZ67CA10kc8JG3nSj-9LitO6w-phZaMqUAE.MEYCIQCsG2rmA40LR8V5g-c3O_CRNFXQwY2PyqSwPyVz17d23gIhAJZ3YiT2KT2Hihn0jXldZZJlWRguzSMC5JP6FdQ8pW1Z&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump prepares to press Xi on Iran war</a>&nbsp; Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts — please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Nisha Patel. Sound design is by Breen&nbsp;Turner Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2d8a0fd5-c3ad-4977-a9f9-711fa5599bf6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gideon&lt;/a&gt; talks to Lloyd Austin, who served as US defence secretary under the Biden administration, about the need to adapt to new forms of warfare, accusations that he presided over a ‘woke military’ and how he headed off a nuclear threat from Russia in the early days of the Ukraine conflict. &lt;em&gt;Clip: AP&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5f7ba94e-8a42-4f36-8c4c-19be932c8f66?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;US pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump seeks way out of Hormuz impasse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f87a8b04-e683-4e0e-8c66-647d23bfc2ff?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;US warns Europe of delays to arms shipments as Iran war drains stockpiles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4cabedc3-0119-4c3f-9867-094b7e1398f6?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Pentagon to pull 5,000 soldiers out of Germany in dispute over Iran war&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1414942a-b314-443e-8bbc-8c13fa011d8e?accessToken=zwAAAZ6YjBJ8lM9fe6lOikJPNtOMTBm-kyyPZtP4eosE5oNODtOMZmR9I7_C_89Mq-3DARlMP9OYZwlLfhOY9s8UFJQqsxREPtOLvIwT-gEdjgE.MEUCICkRHLC_1SYjz5b5d5nbuA2g8jUmoY5mtq7W3XbxkcV0AiEA98CTJCqqRo7v9L2w15QKW3g-A6UKA7-_-NFYIeMPu4k&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Donald Trump’s Iran war has cost $25bn, Pentagon says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our inaugural FT Weekend Festival in NYC is quickly approaching! Join John Lithgow, Orna Guralnik, Jancis Robinson and more on Saturday, June 20 at Spring Studios or online — as the FT Weekend comes to life for one unforgettable day. Register now and as a podcast listener save 10% off using our code&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://event-registration.ft.com/register/9c3a94ba-a95b-42de-9a27-ff90f2354807/tickets-selection?promo=FTPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;FTPodcast&lt;/a&gt;— this is the Saturday you won’t want to miss it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts — please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/72e6c15a-0283-4e9b-a740-debf86171b56" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Former US defence secretary outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the US military

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Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gideon&lt;/a&gt; talks to Dmytro Kuleba, former Ukrainian foreign minister, about the current state of Russia’s war against Ukraine.&amp;nbsp;What would it take to break the stalemate and how has the conflict been impacted by the US-Israeli attack on Iran? &lt;em&gt;Clips: DW; Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free links to read more on this topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b8c32f5f-9611-4713-8825-58a703a5bd5d?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Vladimir Putin pares back Victory Day parade over fear of Ukrainian strikes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/33d5d8d4-a7db-4647-9751-c21de8ebecb8?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;US ambassador to Ukraine to leave over differences with Donald Trump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9287516e-8ec1-4209-acbc-bc33011ed914?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Ukraine’s drone pilots hit Russian targets from 500km away&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1b29527a-6c94-4516-aa5b-c60fb889a296?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Toxic rain falls on Russian city after refinery blaze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@gideonrachman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2b53272d-0533-4f5d-912d-56ef51b0c81b?syn-25a6b1a6=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Iran war has empowered Putin but Kyiv is fighting back

<a href="https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gideon</a> talks to Dmytro Kuleba, former Ukrainian foreign minister, about the current state of Russia’s war against Ukraine.&nbsp;What would it take to break the stalemate and how has the conflict been impacted by the US-Israeli attack on Iran? Clips: DW; Reuters Free links to read more on this topic:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b8c32f5f-9611-4713-8825-58a703a5bd5d?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vladimir Putin pares back Victory Day parade over fear of Ukrainian strikes&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/33d5d8d4-a7db-4647-9751-c21de8ebecb8?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US ambassador to Ukraine to leave over differences with Donald Trump</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9287516e-8ec1-4209-acbc-bc33011ed914?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine’s drone pilots hit Russian targets from 500km away</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1b29527a-6c94-4516-aa5b-c60fb889a296?accessToken=zwAAAZ50MLKZldO4wy9flhFHE9OIJVinA6W9Xc9GQfwwb8lD1NO8hH6gUhp5sc8z1djUp9tGR9OXUcId6OvsuNOSh1FujsFCCdOsvLwzAR7ZFM8bKVJ6bJRFFtOqW8YPuImilgE.MEYCIQCgy5DYmyl_30LJXTgMfJhlfYAl6NsOtbXQ5qXIMWKzFwIhAMddUO85uM_mGFdi4Dqw0p33j4awhsOSfY0GDS-IfE6i&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toxic rain falls on Russian city after refinery blaze</a> Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2b53272d-0533-4f5d-912d-56ef51b0c81b?syn-25a6b1a6=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ukraine’s ‘existential’ battle with Russia

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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