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World Service,03 Jun 2023,26 mins

Can the US transform the world's economy?

Unspun World with John Simpson

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President Biden puts America first. What will it mean for the rest of us? We get the detail from economics editor Faisal Islam. And our host, the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson, asks Olga Robinson from BBC Verify how the new team goes about sorting fact from fiction in Russia's war with Ukraine. BBC Urdu's Farhat Javad examines what's next for cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan in Pakistan. And environment correspondent Helen Briggs marvels at thousands of newly discovered ocean creatures already at risk from deep sea mining. Image: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his investing in America agenda, 25 April 2023 (Credit: Shawn Thew/Pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt

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